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The letter of Romans strengthened the ancient church, brought reformation to the dark ages, has brought hope for 2000 years, and can change your life!

This week Pastor Joel continues Part 2 of his message series in the book of the Bible called Romans, “Bold Faith That Wins”. Are there some ideas in the Bible, such as God’s sovereignty, that make you uncomfortable? This week, Joel looks at one of the most controversial texts in the Bible, Romans chapter 9. Paul gives us three powerful warnings in verses 6-13: don’t count on your physical lineage, your moral superiority, or earning God’s favor. And most of all, God doesn’t want you to figure all this out, He wants you to rest in His sovereignty.

This is a special four part series that will span the year of 2025. Let’s listen in…

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Recommended reading for this series

• Calvinism, Arminianism

• John Scott “Many mysteries surround the doctrine of election, and [we] are unwise to systematize it in such a way that no puzzles, enigmas, or loose ends are left.”

• Charles Spurgeon; Karl Barth; Augustine

• Download the free study guide by visiting and clicking on the button "Download Study Guide"⁠

• Find a complete transcript here

• Scripture References: Romans 9, verses 6-13

• Find out more about Covenant Church at ⁠covenantexperience.com

The letter of Romans strengthened the ancient church, brought reformation to the dark ages, has brought hope for 2000 years, and can change your life!

This week Pastor Joel continues Part 2 of his message series in the book of the Bible called Romans, “Bold Faith That Wins”. Are there some ideas in the Bible, such as predestination, you don’t want to wrestle with? Over the next several weeks, Joel will be doing just that in one of the most controversial texts in the Bible, Romans chapter 9. What should be our proper disposition? This is a special four part series that will span the year of 2025.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Recommended reading for this series

• Ray Stedman; J.I. Packer; James Montgomery Boice; Ben Shapiro; Penn Jillette; Ed & Kathy Litton; Dwight L. Moody

• Download the free study guide by visiting and clicking on the button "Download Study Guide"⁠

• Find a complete transcript here

• Scripture References: Romans 9, verses 1-5; Matthew 7, verses 13-14; Matthew 6; Matthew 25; Acts 23; Aninias & Saul of Tarsus (Paul) Acts 9; James

• Find out more about Covenant Church at ⁠covenantexperience.com

This is a message for all women, whether you’re single, a mom, or a wife… Proverbs 31 is about a woman who fears the Lord. Where do you find your identity and source of power? Pastor Joel encourages you to find it In God!

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Richard Bauckram; Corrie Ten Boom; Elisabeth Elliot; Monica (4th century)

• Find a complete transcript here

• Scripture References: Proverbs 31, verses 3 & 10-31; Deborah (Judges 4); Junia (Romans 16); Lydia (Acts 16); Phoebe (Romans 16); Lois and Eunice (2 Timothy 1)

• Find out more about Covenant Church at ⁠covenantexperience.com

The letter of Romans strengthened the ancient church, brought reformation to the dark ages, has brought hope for 2000 years, and can change your life!

This week Pastor Joel continues Part 2 of his message series in the book of the Bible called Romans, “Bold Faith That Wins”.This week we continue to look at the life, the person, and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Are you waiting for something on the outside to change, to “get back to normal”? Our peace is not contingent on what happens on the outside, but how the Holy Spirit changes what’s on the inside of us. This is a special four part series that will span the year of 2025.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Recommended reading for this series

• Charles Spurgeon; John Piper; Frank Lloyd Wright - Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

• Download the free study guide by visiting and clicking on the button "Download Study Guide"⁠

• Find a complete transcript here

• Scripture References: Romans 8, verses 26-39; John 15; Genesis 50, verse 20; Matthew 11; Revelation 12, verse 10

• Find out more about Covenant Church at ⁠covenantexperience.com

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Find a complete transcript here

• Scripture References: Ezekiel 37, verses 1-14; Ezekiel 3; Proverbs 150; Proverbs 15, verse 29; John 5, verse 21; Romans 6, verse 11; Matthew 16; Ephesians 6

• Find out more about Covenant Church at ⁠covenantexperience.com

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• “Is God Real?” by Lee Strobel

• Find a complete transcript here

• Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 15, verses 1-11; Ephesians 1, verse 7; Isaiah 53, verse 6; John 11, verses 25-26; Ephesians 1, verses 19-20; 1 Corinthians 2, verse 9; 1 John 5, verse 13; Romans 6, verse 23; Romans 10, verses 9-10, 13

• Find out more about Covenant Church at ⁠covenantexperience.com

The letter of Romans strengthened the ancient church, brought reformation to the dark ages, has brought hope for 2000 years, and can change your life!

This week Pastor Joel continues Part 2 of his message series in the book of the Bible called Romans, “Bold Faith That Wins”. This week we continue to look at the life, the person, and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. In Romans chapter 8 Paul tells us with the Holy Spirit we can live like a free man, a family man, who is anchored and who has been renewed! Join us as we listen in.

This is a special four part series that will span the year of 2025.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Recommended reading for this series

• Walter Payton

• Paul David Tripp podcast

• Princess Bride "Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something"

• C.S. Lewis "If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world”

• Wilbur E. Rees “I would like to buy $3 worth of God please, not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don't want enough of God to make me love a black man or pick beats with a migrant. I want ecstasy, not transformation. I want the warmth of a womb, not the new birth. I want a pound of the eternal in a paper sack.”

• Download the free study guide by visiting and clicking on the button "Download Study Guide"⁠

• Find a complete transcript here

• Scripture References: Romans 8, verses 12-25; John 10, verse 10

• Find out more about Covenant Church at ⁠covenantexperience.com

The letter of Romans strengthened the ancient church, brought reformation to the dark ages, has brought hope for 2000 years, and can change your life!

This week Pastor Joel continues Part 2 of his message series in the book of the Bible called Romans, “Bold Faith That Wins”. In Romans chapter 8 it begins with the reassurance of “no condemnation” and ends with the encouragement of “no separation.” Over the next several weeks, we're going to be introduced to the life, the person, and the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

Who is he and what's his role? And how does he empower us? And how does his presence in our life assure us victory over these battles that we see Paul fighting and that we know are our fight almost daily now? Join us as we listen in.

This is a special four part series that will span the year of 2025.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Covenant Church Outreach brochure

• NT Wright and other recommended reading for this series

• Download the free study guide by visiting and clicking on the button "Download Study Guide"⁠

• Find a complete transcript here

• Scripture References: Romans 8, verses 1-11; Galatians 2, verse 20

• Find out more about Covenant Church at ⁠covenantexperience.com

The letter of Romans strengthened the ancient church, brought reformation to the dark ages, has brought hope for 2000 years, and can change your life!

This week Pastor Joel continues Part 2 of his message series in the book of the Bible called Romans, “Bold Faith That Wins”. This is a special four part series that will span the year of 2025.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Dynamics of Spiritual Life by Richard F. Lovelace and other recommended reading for this series

• Tim Keller, Martin Luther, St Francis of Assisi, Jim Daly, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt; John Owen“Be killing sin, or sin will be killing you.”

• Download the free study guide by visiting and clicking on the button "Download Study Guide"⁠

• Find a complete transcript here

• Scripture References: Romans chapter 7, verse 7 – chapter 8, verse 1; Exodus 20; Acts 9; Galatians 5, verse 17; Psalm 139; 1 John 2, verse 1; John 11; 1 Thessalonians 4

• Find out more about Covenant Church at ⁠covenantexperience.com

The letter of Romans strengthened the ancient church, brought reformation to the dark ages, has brought hope for 2000 years, and can change your life!

This week Pastor Joel continues Part 2 of his message series in the book of the Bible called Romans, “Bold Faith That Wins”. Paul's going to teach us that victory over “that thing that dogs you” starts with recognizing and choosing to live in the new identity that God has given you. Our enemy whispers in our ear, “Are you really sure that you are who God says you are?” And then, of course, the really fun part for him is once it's all over and done and we have failed miserably, he gets in our ear and he gets louder and he says, “I told you you were not who He said you were.” Here are four practices to fight your sin and live in freedom: receive the power of grace, repeat the habits of grace, refuse to depart from grace, and renew obedience under grace.

This is a special four part series that will span the year of 2025.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Recommended reading for this series

• John Owen“Be killing sin, or sin will be killing you.”

• St Augustine

• Download the free study guide by visiting and clicking on the button "Download Study Guide"⁠

• Find a complete transcript here

• Scripture References: Romans chapter 6, verse 15 – chapter 7, verse 6; 1 John; Romans 7, verse 24

• Find out more about Covenant Church at ⁠covenantexperience.com