Covenant Podcast

God’s plan of salvation has been revealed to us believers from start to finish. Although we live in the present, the truth of past prophecies builds confidence for our future inheritance.

Life involves trials, even for those who are beloved of God. We can have joy, even in our trials. All of this life’s trials are temporary, since this life is short and we can be sure that God will use them to accomplish his purposes. Don’t be surprised by trials, instead understand that they are revealing to you the quality of your faith. More importantly, the power of the one in whom you believe,...

We are exiles in a foreign land, but we have every reason to bless God! Through Jesus’ death and resurrection we are born again. We now have a hope waiting for us that this world cannot touch.

The apostle Peter writes a book to a group of churches in modern day Turkey. In it, he reminds them that even though they are exiles in this world, that they are also chosen by God.

Sex is a part of God’s plan for the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman. Sex unites two people, both body and soul, and so we must be careful to keep it within the bounds of marriage. In marriage sex should be frequent, patient, and giving.

Problems exist within any marriage. At the heart of a great number of marriage problems are an unwillingness to prioritize your spouse, commit to loving them as they change throughout life, and trusting God’s good plan in submission and servant leadership.

Because Christ is ultimate, singleness is not a problem to fix, a season to waste, or a sign that someone is incomplete. Whether singleness lasts a season or a lifetime, our identity, fulfillment, intimacy, purpose, and hope are ultimately found in Jesus, not in a relationship status.

Marriage is meant to be sanctifying. As two people come together in honest and loyal friendship and commitment, they help one another toward the common goal of the upward call of sanctification.

A marriage commitment is based on a Biblical understanding of love. Love is not a feeling, but an action. Marriage is a lifelong commitment to act in a loving way toward another person.

When we have the Holy Spirit, we are enabled to submit to one another in marriage and eschew self-centeredness as the cancer to healthy marriage that it is.

There are good reasons for getting married, but one core reason that is often overlooked in today’s society is companionship. We are meant to marry our best friend. 

Marriage is not well understood in our culture or in our churches today. God has a design and a desire for marriage, it is something the God has created and it is something that God defines. If we don’t understand the design, or don’t recognize that God created and regulates marriage, we will end up struggling in our marriages or missing out completely. 

When a nation or a people forsake the Lord, collapse is inevitable. We are in need of a King whose reign will never fail: we have one, His name is Jesus. 

J udges 17–18 shows how sincere worship can still be false when it’s shaped by our preferences instead of God’s truth. Micah creates a version of worship that looks spiritual but is ultimately self-made, turning his relationship with God into something transactional and controllable. In the end, what he built fails him, revealing that anything we elevate above God will eventually collapse and leav...

God raised Samson with a clear calling and incredible strength, yet his story shows how a person can be outwardly gifted but inwardly drifting from God. Instead of following the Lord’s direction, Samson repeatedly pursued what was right in his own eyes, allowing small compromises to pull him further from obedience. His life warns us that spiritual strength doesn’t come from our abilities, but from...

Judges 10-11 explores Israel's repeated cycle of idolatry — abandoning God to serve false gods like Molech and Chemosh — and God's response of tough love followed by compassion when they genuinely repented. The core message is that idolatry means seeking from other things what only God can provide, and true repentance requires destroying those idols, not just setting them aside. The story...

Judges 9 marks a dark turning point in Israel’s history as the familiar cycle of sin, repentance, and deliverance collapses. Abimelech, Gideon’s illegitimate son, seizes power through manipulation and violence, and when faithful leadership steps aside, Israel crowns a bramble instead. The result is destruction for both the king and the people who chose him, revealing how tolerated sin grows heavie...

In this message, we follow Gideon’s story to see how starting well and finishing well aren’t the same—especially after success. Gideon trusted God in weakness, but after victory he began relying on himself, chasing recognition, and building a “replacement” for dependence on the Lord. This is a warning about the spiritual danger of success and an invitation to return to prayer, accountability, and...

Judges 6–7 shows Israel caught in a cycle of spiritual decline, hardship, and crying out to God. The message highlights how faith can fade across generations, and how God uses unlikely people like Gideon to bring deliverance. Even when God’s plans seem confusing or impossible, He confirms His calling and proves His power. The takeaway: trust God—He is faithful, big enough, and His plans are always...

God alone deserves the praise that results from a life of faith in practice.. We should live with a mindset of obedience and faith, recognizing that we’re not alone as we follow. God goes before, God works His will, and we give Him praise. 

God is not as predictable as we often seem to make Him out to be. He is sovereign over all; and that includes sin, evil, and suffering. God will stop at nothing to redeem His people, and works in mysterious ways to accomplish that goal. He is always seeking our trust, and will work in the necessary ways to foster our dependance on Him. 

Judges 2 show God’s people slowly drift from Him through partial obedience, forgetting He is Lord across generations, yet are relentlessly pursued by a faithful, rescuing God.  

As Christians, we have been saved and given an inheritance that we will experience more and more as we’re sanctified by the Holy Spirit, grown to emulate Christ, and work to mature in their faith. 

This sermon will be laying out the series, bringing in past context, talking about the purpose behind Judges and examining the reality of what happened to the people of Israel when they made it into “the promised land”.

If we are willing to follow basic obedience to Christ by pursuing financial, relational, and spiritual peace, we can have more overall peace in our lives and more effectively point others to Him in our efforts to seek and save the lost.