The Covenant
Listen to the Story…
We recorded the The Covenant story and dialogue during one of our gatherings. The story itself is just a few minutes long and the dialogue follows, so give it a listen and then dive into the discussion.
Participate in the Dialogue…
Try to answer these questions only from this or previous stories without jumping ahead. Let the story emerge…
What do we learn about Abraham and Sarah?
What is anything you learned about this couple in the story?
How does God seem to be changing how he’ll interact with humans?
What do you see changing here that is significant?
God declared Abraham “righteous”. What do you think it means to be righteous?
Was Abraham full of “rightness”? Who declares Abraham righteous? Why? Did he deserve it?
Do you deserve to be declared righteous?
What do we attempt to do at times to appear “righteous”? What do these attempts at righteousness produce in us?