COVENANT

Covenant is a word almost never heard in American life today, for it speaks of a commitment to Christ and to one another that is deeper and more demanding than most of us are willing to make. As a consequence, most of us modern American Christians are of little use to God in the building of His Kingdom. For the building of that kingdom, as the Puritians demonstarted, requires total commitment. (The Light and The Glory - God's Plan for America, Vol 1, p.183)