Sam says
Friend, this one surprised even me. Most folks think "Old Covenant = the Jews back then, New Covenant = us now." But Marte (following Paul and EJ Waggoner) shows it's not about time at all — it's about your heart. You can be living in the Old Covenant today without knowing it. Let's find out which one we're in.
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📖 The Sermon
Henry Marte's walk through Galatians — Paul's argument, the two women, EJ Waggoner's key insight, and the "ropes of sand."
Hear it →⚖️ Old vs. New
The two covenants side by side: man's empty promise to obey vs. God's promise to give a new heart. Bondage vs. freedom.
Compare them →❓ Covenant Quiz
Which covenant are you living in today? Seven heart-checks — and where you slip into the Old, Sam points you back to the New.
Check your heart →☀️ A Day in the Life
The same day under the Old Covenant ("ropes of sand") and the New Covenant (a new heart). Tap to compare.
See both →🎵 Sam Sings
"Two Covenants" — songs in favor of the New Covenant gospel of the changed heart. Play them in your browser.
Press play →🛤️ vs. LGT & cheap grace
Marte himself says the Old Covenant amounts to both legalism and cheap grace. Here's how both extremes are really the same old covenant.
See both ditches →The message in one breath
The Old Covenant
Man's promise to God: "All that the LORD hath spoken we will do" (Exodus 19:8). Sincere, but made with an unchanged heart — and so it is only empty human promises. as one well-known Christian author put it: without the new heart, "our promises and resolutions are like ropes of sand." It always amounts to self-effort — whether it shows up as legalism or as cheap grace.
The New Covenant
God's promise to us: "A new heart also will I give you… and I will put my spirit within you" (Ezekiel 36:26). It is "all of God" — He writes the law on the heart, and the obedience follows as fruit. This is the covenant Abraham lived under (he "saw Christ"), long before Sinai. Not a matter of time — a matter of the heart.
Sam says
Here's the test, friend, straight from the sermon: is your Christian life built on your promises to God, or on God's promises to you? One is sand; the other is rock. The whole topic comes down to whose promise you're standing on.