Studying how God reveals Himself in the Bible can be enlightening.

Few people realize that the Old Covenant was essentially a marriage covenant.

Today's democratic system of government in Western nations is based on liberty that is both defined and guaranteed by law. Biblical freedom or liberty is no different. Without law, there can be no effective or lasting liberty.

When God confirmed the Sinai Covenant with ancient Israel, He summarized how He wanted the people to respond.

Eternal life comes as a result of God's grace. It is His gift, unearned and undeserved on our part.

Did Jesus replace God's previous commandments with just this one new commandment?

The popular belief that the New Covenant abolishes God's law reflects a misunderstanding of both covenants.

Consider for a moment the penalty that each of us brought on ourselves by sin.

Perhaps the most widespread controversies about the teachings of Jesus concern His attitude toward the laws of God recorded in the Old Testament.

Some people believe that the early Church's decision in Acts 15 freed Christians from the need to obey the laws revealed in the Old Testament. But is this the case?

Jesus Christ, the living Word of God, is a perfect replica of what God's law teaches. Pointing us to His character and work is the "aim" of the law.

By the time of Jesus and Paul, some Jewish religious leaders had distorted the focus of God's law.

One of the most misguided conceptions of the New Covenant is the idea that through it Jesus Christ canceled obedience to the laws contained in the Old Testament.

The inadequate and misleading translation of a passage in Colossians 2 in some Bible versions is often used to support the flawed belief that God's law was "wiped out" by Jesus Christ.

Paul's letter to the Ephesians is about God's marvelous plan to bring peace, unity and salvation to all peoples—Jews and gentiles alike.

Several years ago my wife and I were spending a few days at a small inn near the town of Baddeck on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

God planned from the beginning to transform the limited and temporary covenant He made with ancient Israel—with its abundance of symbolic sacrifices—into a far superior covenant commitment with a permanent sacrifice for sin open to all of mankind.

The New Covenant unquestionably provides a better relationship with God than the relationship portrayed only symbolically in the former covenant.

God balances justice with mercy by considering what is in the heart—whether there remains any possibility of repentance.

In countering the Galatian heresy, Paul sometimes refers to Christian freedom. But the freedom he describes is very different from the way his words are commonly interpreted today.