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Joshua 22-24 Receiving God’s blessing and an inheritance of great wealth and real estate (22:6-9) is the result of: 1) not forsaking the covenant community (22:1-3a), 2) obeying God’s commands (22:3b). Continuing to be faithful in the present and future is necessary to keeping the promises and blessings afforded through our faithfulness in the past […] The post Journaling – Joshua 22-24; Judges 1 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

Following Christ requires that you daily submit every single area of your life (your mind or heart, your decisions and desires, your worries and cares, your past, present and future) to His Lordship (His Word, will and way) and justice (His penalty for sin), so that it will count for His Kingdom (Mat 16:21-24; Luk […] The post Following Christ – Part 4 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

To be united w/God and receive His forgiveness (justification/salvation) we must go to His house (18:1 “tent of meeting” = Literally, “tent of reunion” Deu 12:11; Jer 7:12; Joh 4:21 = God’s house of salvation/reunion wb all over the Gentile world). “Let no man deceive himself. Outside of this house, that is, outside of the […] The post Journaling: Joshua 18-21 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

Following Christ requires that you daily submit every single area of your life (your mind or heart, your decisions and desires, your worries and cares, your past, present and future) to His Lordship (His Word, will and way) and justice (His penalty for sin), so that it will count for His Kingdom (Mat 16:21-24; Luk […] The post Following Christ – Part 3 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

Though everyone in the covenant community receives a divine inheritance, the quality of our allotment wb determined by several factors: 1) the testimony/witness of our priests and our Joshua (commander-in-chief) (14:1; Heb 13:17; Joh 8:26), 2) God’s larger plan/purpose (14:2-5; Pro 16:33), 3) the faithfulness of our tribal chief (14:6-15:62 [Caleb was the tribal chief […] The post Journaling: Joshua 14-17 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

As discussed (in Part 1), following Christ requires that you daily submit every single area of your life (your mind or heart, your decisions and desires, your worries and cares, your past, present and future) to His Lordship (His Word, will and way) and justice (His penalty for sin), so that it will count for […] The post Following Christ – Part 2 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

Ganging up and going to war can be a sign that your enemies greatly fear you and the God your serve (10:1-5).   We have an obligation to protect the welfare of those who represent our personal property (10:6-7; slaves [the Hivites/Gibeonites – 9:23, 27], wives and children; Eph 5:25-29, 6:4 = Welfare includes their […] The post Journaling: Joshua 10-13 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

Following Christ requires that you daily submit every single area of your life (your mind or heart, your decisions and desires, your worries and cares, your past, present and future) to His Lordship (His Word, will and way) and the justice He requires for your sin, so that it will count for His Kingdom (Mat […] The post Following Christ appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

There are three principles Jesus establishes in these verses that must DEFINE your life to be ALL IN for God: You view everything in this world according to its value as an eternal investment (something earning heavenly reward) versus its value as a commodity (something for present enjoyment only) (19-21). The questions (then) I need […] The post All In vs Not In At All appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

Coveting happens whenever we choose to indulge the temptation to pleasure our minds with thoughts of possessing or experiencing what God says is presently prohibited or forever forbidden (Jos 7:21 = pleasured/afflicting himself thinking about the forbidden fame and fortune, power and prestige of those things could bring; e.g. Exo 20:17/Deu 5:21 = pleasuring/afflicting ourselves […] The post What You Need To Know About Coveting appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

This study will present the biblical doctrine of God’s sovereignty (rule/governance/control), that unlike the theories of Evangelicalism, preserves the equally biblical doctrine of human free-will. God exercises His sovereignty in relation to everything that exists (small and big events, blessings and calamity, governments and cultures, who wins, who loses, planets, weather, animals, humans and angels […] The post God the Great Shepherd – Part 2 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

God-ordained and effective strategies for defeating our enemies include: 1) psychological warfare (6:1-16 w/20; 4-5 -“march around the city…blow the trumpets” = Sign that battle is beginning; 10-11 – “you shall not shout or make your voice heard…spent the night in the camp” = Sign that they are withdrawing from battle; 14-16, 20 – “marched […] The post Journaling: Joshua 6-9 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

This study will present the biblical doctrine of God’s sovereignty (rule/governance/control), that unlike the theories of Evangelicalism, preserves the equally biblical doctrine of human free-will. God exercises His sovereignty (rule/governance/control) in relation to everything that exists (Psa 135:6). This includes: 1.1. Celestial bodies (Jos 10:12-13; Psa 105:28 w/Exo 10:21-23; Psa 147:4; Jer 31:35-36; Mat 27:45) […] The post God The Great Shepherd – Part 1 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

Civil disobedience to protect the innocent among God’s people from being destroyed by the evil governments of this world wb: 1) viewed as faithfulness/loyalty to God/covenant community (2:1-16, 12 – “dealt kindly” = Literally, acted w/ faithfulness/loyalty [Heb. hesed]; Pro 24:11), 2) rewarded – even if that person is a pagan (2:17-21; Mar 9:41; See […] The post Journaling: Joshua 2-5 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

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Deuteronomy 32-34 It is important that we “ascribe greatness to our God” (32:1-3) thru “words” that affirm His “perfection”, “justice”, “faithfulness” and sinlessness (32:4), and attribute any failure to our own propensity to act “corruptly”, be “blemished”, or “crooked and twisted”, or “foolish and senseless” (32:5-6). IOW: God is not the One to blame.   […] The post Journaling: Deuteronomy 32-34; Joshua 1 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

(1Co 15:1-3) Paul’s words in 1Corinthians fifteen make it clear that how we understand Christ’s death directly affects whether the “gospel” we believe is “in accordance with the Scriptures” (and saving) – or false (and damning). It is therefore (as Paul states) of “first importance”; a doctrine the Church cannot afford to get wrong. This […] The post Christ Died For Our Sins – Part 2 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

(1Co 15:1-3) Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians fifteen make it clear that how we understand Christ’s death directly affects whether the “gospel” we believe is “in accordance with the Scriptures” (and saving) – or false (and damning). It is therefore (as Paul states) of “first importance”; a doctrine the Church cannot afford to get wrong. […] The post Christ Died For Our Sins – Part 1 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

The decisions being made in relation to COVID-19 is based on feelings NOT facts. 1.1. Dividing the CDC’s total number of deaths (for C-19) by the total number of confirmed cases, produces a worldwide and US survival rate of 97% (749k/20.6m;167k/5.25m). 1.2. Considering that only 21% of the US population has been tested and that […] The post Gaining a Biblical Perspective on the COVID Craze appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.

Faithful and “careful” obedience – not perfection, is: 1) what God expects in relation to His commands (28:1), 2) a condition of our salvation (28:1 – “If you faithfully obey…”; Evangelical view = There are no conditions other than faith).   If we “faithfully obey the voice of the LORD (our) God” and are “careful […] The post Journaling: Deuteronomy 28-31 appeared first on Christ Covenant Church.