http://www.pietisten.orgseries/BehaviorBefittingaCovenan.html http://www.pietisten.orgseries/BehaviorBefittingaCovenan.html en-us http://www.pietisten.org/vii/3/exodus_19.html http://www.pietisten.org/vii/3/exodus_19.html These days there is much discussion among evangelicals about behavior. The discussion is cloaked in the language of “family values” and is part of political platforms and rhetoric. The Northwest Conference of the Covenant Church is devoting the theme of its winter conclave to the issue as well. I want to add to this discussion by wondering about behavior that befits people in a covenantal relationship with God. I am not as concerned with the content of this discussion as with the process that underlies living in covenant. It seems to me that how we talk about these matters is as important as what we are actually talking about. http://www.pietisten.org/vii/4/behavior_befitting_covenant.html http://www.pietisten.org/vii/4/behavior_befitting_covenant.html In the last issue, I argued that honest conversation is the foundation of covenant life and that this is seen in the exchanges between God and the people in Exodus 19 — that the running up and down that Moses does is a picture of such conversation. It is in this spirit that I offer the following to continue the conversation.