How should God’s people respond to such great salvation? The heart of their response ought to be love. An obvious question arises: how are God’s people to express that love?

Occasionally some married couples renew their wedding vows. They may do so for a variety of reasons, but their goal is to strengthen their marriage by renewal of their covenant.

Part 2

Covenant Renewal at any time or in any place must consist of a renewed pledge of loving loyalty and devoted obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Covenants, covenant renewal and covenant commitment were major aspects of the First (Sixteenth Century) and Second (Seventeenth Century) Scottish Reformations. But where did our spiritual ancestors get this idea of covenanting?

Ezra is the man who God will use for the third phase of the restoration: faithfulness to God’s Word. As we look at Ezra the man, at least three things are worth noting about him: