I like to think of myself as a writer, though it's been a long time since anyone has paid me for my words — not since my husband retired a few years ago and we moved to Florida. Which simply does not offer the opportunities that had been available in the Washington, DC area. I'm hoping Helium.com will fix THAT!

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the philosophy of religion

I know too much about ...

the Bible

My parents always told me ...

clean your plate, there are children starving in Africa

My childhood ambition ...

to become either Shakespeare or Jane Austen reincarnated

My favorite memory ...

Annisquam, Massachusetts

Why I write ...

because I'm alive

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I love "Torchwood" and "Doctor Who"!

Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Bible study: Old Testament overview

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The Hebrew Scriptures are (wrongly) called the "Old" Testament by Christians. The word "testament" is a synonym for "covenant," or binding legal agreement. The first covenant between God and humanity, as recorded in the HS, is "I [God] will never again seek to destroy all flesh" (Gen. 9:15) — and this covenant has never been superseded. Even Christians must acknowledge that the Hebrew Scriptures were the only Bible that Jesus knew; "Do not think that I have come to supersede [the HS]," Jesus said. "I have come not to abolish but to fulfill" (Matt. 5:17).

(The "new" covenant of the ...

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