And it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. Genesis 17:11 I believe we should have some understanding of the covenants that God made with His creation if we want to comprehend His ...

The terms contract, agreement, treaty and covenant have the same basic legal interpretation. Two or more sides, or parties, have agreed to carry out obligations or responsibilities in exchange for ...

The idea of “covenant” comes up frequently in proposed solutions to mainline crises. Before writing its final report, the PCUSA Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church drew up ...

This article looks at the covenant between God and the Jewish people; a thread running throughout the early parts of the Bible and one of the vital pillars of Judaism. The covenant between God and the ...

To understand Abraham properly, one needs to understand the centrality of God’s covenant with Abraham. As the Fourth Eucharistic Prayer tells us, “Again and again [God] offered a covenant to man and ...

I wonder how many of us noticed that there was a discrepancy between the version of the descent of the Holy Spirit given to us by St. Luke in the Acts of the Apostles and the version given to us by ...

I'm sure all of us are very familiar with this feast of Corpus Christi, which means, "Body of Christ," but which we now celebrate as the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Most of us probably ...

Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you. — Genesis 12:1-2 God instructed Abraham to leave ...