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  • The whole sermon begs us to move away from old-testament style vengeance.

    CBS Poll Has Mostly Good News For Obama On Race Speech 2009

  • The whole sermon begs us to move away from old-testament style vengeance.

    CBS Poll Has Mostly Good News For Obama On Race Speech 2009

  • When Moses comes down off the mountain to find the orgy around the Golden Calf, the expectation of a righteous, old-testament smackdown is palpable.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006

  • When Moses comes down off the mountain to find the orgy around the Golden Calf, the expectation of a righteous, old-testament smackdown is palpable.

    This Is Cinerama Matthew Guerrieri 2006

  • Remember, old-testament Jews were fearsome, deadly fighters doing the will of God.

    Think Progress » Wolfowitz: No WMD, No War 2005

  • By the way, a "life for a life" is old-testament, not new.

    CTV News RSS Feed 2009

  • It appears that you are basing your understanding of Jesus 'statement on the cross primarily upon his fulfillment of old-testament prophecy.

    Pulpit Pimps 2008

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. living/blog; featured-posts = 1; green = 1; living = 1; nickname = michael-dejong; entry_id = 151533; candles = 1; festival-of-lights = 1; green-living = 1; hannukah = 1; hope-and-change = 1; jewish-culture = 1; maccabees = 1; menorah = 1; miracles = 1; obama = 1; old-testament = 1; rededication = 1; wax = 1",

    Michael DeJong: Hanukkah: How to Celebrate (And Clean Up After) the Festival of Lights 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. world/blog; world = 1; nickname = steve-posner; entry_id = 167004; arabs = 1; bible = 1; faith = 1; gaza = 1; hamas = 1; islam = 1; israel = 1; israelis = 1; jewish = 1; jews = 1; middle-east = 1; muslims = 1; old-testament = 1; palestine = 1; palestinians = 1; religion = 1",

    Steve Posner: Ode to Gaza 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. premium/blog; nickname = deepak-chopra; entry_id = 288432; christianity = 1; constantine = 1; eighties = 1; hivaids = 1; intolerance = 1; old-testament = 1; political-incivility = 1; religion-and-politics = 1; rick-warren = 1; ronald-reagan = 1; seventies = 1",

    Deepak Chopra: When God Tells You to Hate 2009

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