Name Covenant: Invitation to Friendship: Strategies for the Threshold #3 - Anne Hamilton

n nAbram became Abraham. Jacob became Israel. Simon became Peter.n nName covenanting seems at first like an archaic, long-discarded practice that disappeared in the first century around the time Saul became Paul. The patriarchs and apostles exchanged names and so received new destinies. But that was then. And this is now.n nHowever name covenanting never went away.n nRobert Louis Stevenson became Teriitera. Paul Gauguin became Tioka. James Cook became Terreeoboo. Arthur Phillip became Woollarawarre.n nThese recent examples throw light on this ancient practice of friendship and kinship. They show us that, when God offers a new name, more than simply a new calling is attached. It's an invitation to friendship with Him.n