As Bishop Alexander expounds on the life of Jacob, he explains that to get to your next sometimes you must go back to places and people you left behind. The return allows you to confront your pride and face your fears. God causes us to go back to receive redemption from our actions and relieve […]

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Bishop Alexander uses the life of Jacob to explain how and why our lives are the way they are. God allows us to achieve and receive everything we have. God protects and keeps us because we are joint heirs with Christ. God’s promises and purposes never change even if other things in our lives change. […]

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Closing out his series on the autopsy of an insurrection, Alexander uses the words of Jesus to address how Christians are to treat their enemies. He points to truth and love as God’s directive to us in how to respond to our enemies as we live out our God-created identity. He says we treat others […]

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The story of David defeating the giant Goliath is the back drop for the sixth part of the series addressing the insurrection at the capitol on January 6, 2021, where Alexander looks at the impeachment trial following the insurrection and how the former president was not charged. Alexander expands on appeasement and acquiescence as contributing […]

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Alexander uses Pharoah’s insecurity to unpack the autopsy of an insurrection. This insecurity of a king who did not know the history of the Israelites forced him to instruct people to oppress the Israelites because he perceived them as a threat. However, the midwives, who were instructed to kill the male Israelite babies, did not. […]

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Addressing how we move on after the insurrection at the capitol on January 6, Alexander says people of faith need to lead with clarity, conscience, conviction and courage. Utilizing the verses from Leviticus addressing how to treat foreigners, Alexander discusses the United States’ recent history of fearing non-whites within America and outside of our country. […]

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In the fourth part of the series, Alexander continues to dissect the contributing factors of the insurrection to address the issues, overcome them and reconcile as agents of healing. Using the speech of Pilate and Jesus during Jesus’ trial as the background, Alexander says we need to stand up and speak the truth, remembering our […]

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In the third installment of the 7-part series, Alexander uses the model of Daniel and the Hebrew boys who refused to eat the king’s food, understanding that diet leads to desire. Daniel uses his place at the table for God, not for himself. We too have been placed in our positions to represent God and […]

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In the second installment on his 7-part series addressing the insurrection at the capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, Bishop Claude Alexander provides the antidote for the spirit of lawlessness and rebellion utilizing Jesus’ trial before Pilate. He says the kingdom of God is not of the world as nationalism may lead us […]

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Bishop Alexander compares the story of Noah and the great flood to our experience with the pandemic. God had enough with the violence on the earth. He explains, even the grace of God has a limit. God used the flood to recreate the earth and the people on it. If you have survived this pandemic, […]

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