#covenant

As the gospels present it to us, the mission of Jesus of Nazareth is about the way in which the community of God's people - historically, the Jewish people who had first received the law and the covenant - is being re-created in relation to Jesus himself. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

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One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth. ↗

— Anne Hutchinson

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They thought that I did conceive there was a difference between them and Mr. Cotton... I might say they might preach a covenant of works as did the apostles, but to preach a covenant of works and to be under a covenant of works is another business. ↗

— Anne Hutchinson

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A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective. ↗

— Russell M. Nelson

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