7 Defining the Covenant We are arguing for the objectivity of the covenant. But how are we to define this objective covenant? We are seeking out how to “think covenantally.” But we must be careful lest this turn into nothing other than “mindlessly reciting covenantally.” The use of buzzwords advances nothing, and so we have to take care to ground what we are saying in the teaching of Scripture. Nowhere is this more important than in defining the word covenant. Our Bibles can be divided into two sections