Through sacrifice and unwavering faith, Abraham’s covenant with God prefigures the greater fulfillment in Christ, as depicted ...
God establishes a covenant with Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and finally Jesus. In these succeeding covenants we see God expanding his covenant family until there is a one, holy, catholic ...
For the second Sunday of Lent, the readings remind us that God has renewed the covenant repeatedly throughout history.
For the believer, the answer is simple: God commanded Abraham, and ever since circumcision has been the mark of the covenant. For the academic historian, the answer is more complicated ...
Pieter Lastman’s 1614 painting captures the biblical moment when Abraham leaves everything behind to follow God’s call.
Sunday of Lent year C ✠ A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 9:28-36 Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went ...
After preaching on the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor in Luke's Gospel, the Rev. Daniel Kingsley shares how ...
The term covenant refers to a promise or agreement which is made between two people or groups of people. Judasim teaches that covenants were made between God and Noah, Abraham and Moses.
Consider their inheritance: their great-grandfather Abraham disowned his ... it was about committing to God’s mission. Anyone unwilling to accept the covenant was cast out.