A Covenant to Keep: Meditations on the Biblical Theme of Justice

by Skillen, James W.

• ISBN13: 9781562125448
• ISBN10: 1562125443
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Faith Alive Christian Resources

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(2)
Prologue: The Biblical Drama	11	(6)
Justice Required	17	(40)
Meditations
Which Way Forward?	27	(2)
Gaining a Global Perspective	29	(2)
Three-story Universe or Setting for the Divine Drama?	31	(2)
Of Nations and Covenants	33	(2)
Weighed and Found Wanting	35	(2)
Judge of the Whole Earth	37	(2)
Fire and Ax	39	(2)
Christmas---Interlude or Main Event?	41	(2)
Light That Shatters the Darkness	43	(2)
Preparing for Immanuel	45	(2)
Wisdom and Weariness	47	(2)
An Enigmatic Line of Succession	49	(2)
God's Dwelling Place?	51	(2)
The Passing of an Era	53	(2)
The Roots of a Transnational Vision	55	(2)
Justice Restrained	57	(40)
Meditations
Rainbow Justice	67	(2)
Tempting, Isn't It?	69	(2)
A Little, With Righteousness	71	(2)
Jesus and Neopaganism	73	(2)
The Quiet, Patient Push for Justice	75	(2)
In The Sight of All People	77	(2)
Vengeance Is Mine	79	(2)
God's Revelation in History	81	(2)
Blasphemy Deserves Death	83	(2)
The Modest Patience of the King	85	(2)
Land, Faith, and Justice	87	(2)
If Christ Has Not Been Raised	89	(2)
Maturity and Righteousness	91	(2)
Thanksgiving for God's Justice	93	(2)
Remembering, Celebrating, Anticipating	95	(2)
Justice Administered	97	(42)
Meditations
Render to Caesar	109	(2)
Shared Administration of Justice	111	(2)
Tax Time	113	(2)
Mighty King or Mad Cow?	115	(2)
Natural Law	117	(2)
Wisdom and Politics	119	(2)
Patience or Pressure for Unjust Rulers?	121	(2)
The Song of Deborah	123	(2)
Good Stewardship and Dangerous Luxury	125	(2)
God's Power Over Our Kingdoms	127	(2)
Hungry Lions and the Administration of Justice	129	(2)
Speak Up for All Who Are Destitute	131	(2)
Responsibility of and for the Poor	133	(2)
Work or Don't Eat!	135	(2)
The Wisdom of a Public Man	137	(2)
Justice Assured	139	(40)
Meditations
Wisdom and Justice	149	(2)
Don't Give Up Meeting Together	151	(2)
Can Humility Exist in a Democracy?	153	(2)
Labor for the Lord	155	(2)
To Serve Him in All Our Ways	157	(2)
Food Scarcity or Population Glut?	159	(2)
Identifying with What Endures	161	(2)
How Long Will Evil Prosper?	163	(2)
Have Nothing to Do with Them!	165	(2)
Prosperity or Hunger---Which Is Best?	167	(2)
Freedom---No Cover-Up for Evil	169	(2)
Iranamok and I Told You So	171	(2)
Impatience Breeds Idolatry	173	(2)
Both Lord and Christ	175	(2)
Envisioning the New Order	177	(2)
Justice Fulfilled	179	(40)
Meditations
The Second Coming	189	(2)
He Will Save His People from Their Sins	191	(2)
Looking Back, Looking Forward	193	(2)
Shaking the Earth	195	(2)
Of Builders and Buildings	197	(2)
Herod the Prophet	199	(2)
Augustine and the City of God	201	(2)
Overcoming Racial Barriers	203	(2)
God, the Nations, and Judgment	205	(2)
Discipline or Judgment	207	(2)
The King and the Beast	209	(2)
Civilizations, Mysteries, and the End	211	(2)
Politics by Faith	213	(2)
The Blessed Hope	215	(2)
The Mystery of the Slaughtered Lamb	217	(2)
A Final Reflection	219