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Covenant Life Church is a community of people who have been transformed by God’s grace through the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are covenanted together in our aim to know, love, treasure, and worship God beginning in Tampa Bay and unto all nations.

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Mark 8:31-9:1 – The Necessity of the Cross11/8/2018

Those who think that if they were present the day Jesus was crucified, they could have somehow prevented his death, speak out of ignorance. I often rehearse the following words to my congregation, which I am sure to have borrowed from someone else: “The cross was not an atrocity; it was a necessity.” As I […]

Mark 8:1-9 The Reach, Breadth, and Expanse of Christ’s Compassion and Power10/18/2018

While many similarities exist between Mark 6:30–44 and 8:1–10, there are also key differences. For instance, the crowd in 8:1–10 is much smaller, consisting of four thousand people total, whereas the crowd in 6:30–44 consists of five thousand men. These men would have had their families with them, making the total number fed on that […]

Pastoral Prayer – October 14, 201810/15/2018

Almighty God, your people in this place – we who, by your grace, have seen the wretchedness of our sin, repented of it, and surrendered to Jesus as Lord – humbly come before you now at His invitation; not on our own merits but on His. Merciful Father, you have adopted us as your children […]

Mark 7:31-37 – The Compassionate Touch of Jesus10/11/2018

The last thing which demands our notice in these verses, is the remarkable testimony which was borne by those who saw the miracle here recorded. They said of our Lord, “He has done all things well!” It is more than probable that those who said these words were little sensible of their full meaning, […]

Book Review – The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert10/1/2018

The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield Review written by Marbeth Wickliffe Some of my favorite types of books are missionary stories. I love to hear how God uses regular people with struggles to bring glory to Himself. This book is a missionary story with a twist. It tells the story […]