Just as those chosen people, to live out that covenant, to show that they really were God's people, they had to live according to the word of God, that is true of us also.

Let us reject the arrogance of replacement theology and embrace the humility of being grafted in. Let us long for the ...

God chose to pursue his people by the use of this covenant idea. In Malachi 2 we find several references to this idea that God reveals who he is through covenant-making.

It’s a universal covenant that God has made with all people everywhere. It can bring our world to a fullness of life that God intends as God makes God’s reign happen in our midst.

In the covenant of the pieces, Abraham splits animals in half and prepares fowl – symbolic, according to Nachmanides, of the future Temple sacrificial service (Genesis 15:9, 10).

Covenant, it turns out, is not an agreement between human beings after all, but a relationship initiated by God and sealed in baptism. In covenanting with human beings, God reaches out to them and ...

It’s been said that God’s care for His children is like the sun: it’s constant. Even though the clouds often obscure it, this does not mean it’s not there.

A mutual covenant of belonging, as we declare in the prayers of Yom Kippur: “We are Your nation, and You are our God.” ...

Yes, our flesh wants a cozy relationship with God, but the closer we are to Him, the more sacrifice and suffering we will endure. This explains why the average religious person remains content to ...

Our relationships to God and marriage were never promised to be simple. But if we understand the concept of a “covenant,” then we are challenged to persevere when the going gets tough.