Evangelicals now prefer the Old Testament, especially the Pentateuch - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers & Deuteronomy- because those books contain a lot more "smiting" of people for breaking rules & not a whole lot of love or forgiveness of others!

There's also the uncomfortable fact that Jesus was pretty darn " woke"! (See Matthew: 5-7, otherwise known as The Sermon on the Mount.) Evangelicals much prefer "smiting" to love.