Covenant
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How does Marcion’s legacy surface in modern Bible reading? Examine the separation of Jesus from Israel’s Scriptures and the apostolic gospel.
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What does the new covenant promise about the law written on the heart? Read Jeremiah 31 alongside the New Testament’s account of covenant faithfulness.
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Grace did not begin with the crucifixion. Trace divine mercy and covenant faithfulness through Israel’s Scriptures and their fulfillment in Christ.
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Explore resurrection within Israel’s national and covenant hopes, and how that background helps explain the New Testament’s promise of life beyond death.
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Enter the assumptions of a first-century Jewish reader: covenant, community, judgment, and hope as background for understanding the New Testament.
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Explore biblical passages about unanswered prayer, righteousness, and covenant faithfulness, asking what Scripture means when God hears his people.
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Read prayer within the biblical language of covenant, judgment, and participation in God’s purposes, rather than only as private religious expression.
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Explore the Holy Spirit through biblical language of God’s presence, power, and covenant life, with attention to the interpretive categories readers bring.
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Who are the lost in Jesus’ teaching? Examine the audience and covenant setting of his sayings before applying the term to modern religious categories.
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Explore Matthew 5:21–48 and Jesus’ teaching on anger, desire, truthfulness, and love, with attention to the relationship between conduct and the heart.
