One of the strangest things we’ve done to the Bible is pretend it fell from the sky. We treat Scripture like a collection of timeless sayings, detached from place, people, and covenant. Verses are lifted, shared, and applied as if they exist in a vacuum—portable truths for any moment, any meaning, any life. But the Bible does not work that way. It never has. SCRIPTURE IS A COVENANT DOCUMENT The Bible is not primarily a self-help manual or a theological reference book. It is a

There was a time when faith meant something solid. Weighty. Demanding. Today, much of what passes for Christianity feels thin—pleasant, affirming, endlessly customizable. We talk a lot about grace, belonging, and personal relationship. Far less about obedience, loyalty, or cost. That shift didn’t happen overnight. And it didn’t happen because people stopped believing in Jesus. It happened because we slowly replaced covenant with comfort . COVENANT WAS NEVER SAFE In Scripture