God’s covenant with Abraham is depicted in a medieval illustration from a manuscript from around the 13th century, Rudolf von Ems’ depiction in the Weltchronik (World History).

God has promised to be “mindful of his holy covenant and of the oath he swore to Abraham our father …” (Luke 2:72-73). The amazing thing is that God himself swears oaths, thus binding ...

Christians often hear and use the term “covenant theology,” but some may not know all it entails. The term is an iceberg that ...

This would be God acting as human beings do, taking his revenge on the region, on the guilty and the innocent indiscriminately. But Abraham, who is close enough to God to speak directly with him about ...

​A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

The titles "Old" and "New Testament" were used by St. Paul (2 Corinthians, 2:14). The term "testament," as applied to the two parts of the Bible, means: a covenant, agreement, pact. In the ...

Isaac is the fulfillment of God’s promise, the long-awaited and almost-despaired-of biological heir and heir of the covenant. Now God asks Abraham to sacrifice him. For many people, God’s ...