Was the Old Covenant just about fear, punishment and vindication?

Didn't the Old Testament God use fear to instill faith, and wasn't the Old Covenant just about punishment and vindication? Hasn’t Christ provided us with a different covenant, one of love, grace, and mercy?  {Paraphrase of Tending Weeds' comment.] This question was raised by one of our readers, Tending Weeds, in a previous post, and… Continue reading Was the Old Covenant just about fear, punishment and vindication?

Deception and Truth: The Danger of Staying in Spiritual Diapers

(Hebrews 5:11-14  ESV)  (11) About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.  (12) For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid… Continue reading Deception and Truth: The Danger of Staying in Spiritual Diapers