A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture

It is amazing how bad that the Catholic Church educates Catholics. It is incredible how someone can be raised and confirmed in the Catholic Church, and have such little knowledge of the Faith. Very few Catholics can tell you what the definition of "Amen" is -and even fewer can define "Covenant." This book did a great job explaining what a covenant is, which unlocks so much understanding of the Catholic Faith.

My small group chose this book with the idea that we wanted to do a book on the Old Testament that linked to or referenced the New Testament. This book certainly focuses on the Old Testament, but doesn't really tie it into Christ until chapter 12. There are some nuggets of information that I picked up, to be sure, but, overall, I was pretty disappointed by the book. At then end, the God of the Old Testament and the New Testament were even more difficult for me to reconcile than before I started. Hahn goes just far enough to point out the double-standard of God authorizing mass genocide in the old testament when Christ has us "turn the other cheek", but never reconciles the two. He merely points it out and leaves it.

When reading individual books of the Bible, or even when reading it cover-to-cover, it is easy to lose sight of the overarching themes that tie the various books of scripture together. In A Father Who Keeps His Promises, Scott Hahn tells the story of salvation history by explaining the various covenants God made with his people, and how they find their fulfillment in Jesus Christ and his Church. An excellent resource for Catholics and other Christians looking for a clearer understanding of the Bible.

Hahn explores the "covenant love" God reveals to us through the Scriptures and explains how God patiently reaches out to us—despite our faults and shortcomings—to restore us into relationship with his divine family. Join Hahn as he follows the high adventure of God's plan for the ages, beginning with Adam and Eve and continuing down through the generations to the coming of Christ and the birth of the Church. You'll discover how the patient love of the Father revealed in the Bible is the same persistent love he has for you.

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God's covenant love in Scripture