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 ...

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).

Ted Cruz’s politics aren’t just conservative, they’re theological. Jonathan Newman explores how dispensationalism shapes US ...

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

If Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit harbors this love for the Jewish people then ought we not share this same ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...