Bible (see chap. 1), capacious in dealing with a variety of social issues with coherence, and efficacious in motivating Christians for moral actions. In short, covenant captures the rich moral vision and thick ethos of the Bible more accurately than other metaphors. Here are several more reasons why covenant is central to the biblical worldview and a key metaphor of Christian ethics: Covenant constitutes the basic story line, a narrative plot, and a central drama of Scripture holding together the