by Anne Hamilton | Sep 24, 2021 | Covenant, Thresholds
We’re so used to violating covenant and breaching the vows of undying oneness and permanent relationship that, in excusing ourselves, we gloss over the stories of covenant betrayal in Scripture. We miss the significance of them and fail to notice the pattern involving...
by Anne Hamilton | Sep 17, 2021 | Covenant
It’s very easy to become stuck with modes of thinking about covenant that are partly right but mostly wrong. Once we become mired in the notion that covenant is more-or-less an exceptionally serious and sacred contract and marginalise its core—the oneness with another...
by Anne Hamilton | Sep 10, 2021 | Covenant
The importance of understanding covenant is underscored by the various ways we can fall into traps if we cherish a wrong view of it. When we focus on the contractual aspects of it, we can slide into an idea best described as ‘transactional Christianity’. One of my...
by Anne Hamilton | Sep 3, 2021 | Covenant
Does God want you to be like Him? I have to reveal right up front that this is a trick question. During a seminar on the topic of covenants, I’d even warn people beforehand not to call out their answer but someone always would. And that instinctive shout in response...
