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Covenant and Constitution
by Jenna Hays
Covenant & Constitution is a comprehensive resource for understanding Christian Moral & Political Theology, applied for the Church. How should we, as believers, understand modern political issues in light of Scripture? Jenna Hays is Founder of Mountain Academy, a K-10th American Classical Christian Leadership Academy in Oregon. She’s also co-host of The School of Life podcast which is a comparative worldview podcast, dissecting the prevailing worldviews of our day. Jenna grew up as a minority thinker (as a conservative Christian) in a radical leftist progressive city and while attending the University of Oregon and Southern Oregon University. Leaving with a degree in Political Science, she knows firsthand the ideological soil of our cultural moment. This became the training ground to truly understand what it means to live as a faithful exile in a modern Babylon. She learned from early on that one must develop entirely different spiritual muscles to effectively engage our cultural mo
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The Faith You Can’t Borrow — Mathew 25:1-13
In Matthew 25:1–13, Jesus gives a sobering picture of what it means to live ready for His return. The difference between the wise and foolish virgins was not that one group looked more religious, stayed awake longer, or knew when the bridegroom was coming. The difference was that some had…
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Matthew 24: Signs of the End and a Call to Faithfulness
Jesus is coming back. How should that shape the way we live today? In this teaching, Jenna begins with an introduction to biblical eschatology—the study of the end times—and walk verse by verse through Matthew 24:1–14. We consider Jesus’s warnings about deception, wars, suffering, persecution…
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The Greatest in the Kingdom: Humility, Discipleship, and the Call of Biblical Fatherhood
This teaching was from Father’s Day, 2026 at Mountain View Christian Church in Ashland Oregon. Matthew 18:1–14, Jesus answers one of the most revealing questions His disciples ever asked: “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” What follows is not merely a lesson on humility—it is a...
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You Can’t Heal What You Won’t Surrender
In this teaching from Matthew 15:29–32, Jenna walks through Jesus’ ministry in the Decapolis, where great crowds brought the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others to His feet — and He healed them. But this message presses deeper than physical healing. It asks: what areas of our lives are...
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“Government Should Exclude Religion”
In this episode, Jenna continues with the 2nd of the 5 broadly held mistaken views regarding the role of Christians in politics according to Dr. Wayne Grudem.
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Even the Dogs Eat the Crumbs: Humility, Persistence, and Great Faith
A Hard Saying In this powerful and deeply personal sermon, we walk through the encounter between Jesus and the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15:22–29—a passage that at first glance can feel surprising, even uncomfortable, but ultimately reveals something profound about the nature of faith. Why does...
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Civics & Worldview Ep 8: Who Decides Our Rights? The Supreme Court and Constitutional Power
In this episode of our Civics and Worldview series, we take a closer look at the judicial branch of the United States government—what the Constitution says about it, what the founders intended, and how the role of the courts has evolved over time. We explore the purpose of the judiciary within…
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Civics & Worldview Ep 7– The Presidency Explained: Design, Power, and Constitutional Limits
What is the president actually supposed to do? Most Americans think of the presidency in terms of personalities, headlines, and political battles—but the Constitution describes something much deeper and more structured. In this episode, we step back from the noise and explore the original design…
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When the Idols Fall: A Call Back to the Unshakable Kingdom
In this unscripted and deeply personal episode, I speak candidly about the growing geopolitical and national instability we’re witnessing right now — from the unraveling of powerful institutions, to cultural upheaval, global tensions, division, and the erosion of public trust. It can feel like...
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Civics & Worldview Ep 6: Congress and the Moral Logic of the Constitution
In this episode of Covenant & Constitution, we walk through the structure, purpose, and moral logic of Congress. What did the Founders intend when they vested legislative authority in Congress? Why is lawmaking deliberately slow? And what does the structure of the House and Senate reveal about...
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Civics & Worldview Ep.5: When We Call It a ‘Right’… What Changes?
You’ve heard the phrases: “Healthcare is a human right.” “Reproductive rights.” “Education is a right.” “Housing is a right.” But what do those statements actually mean? In this episode, we slow down and unpack the word right itself. • Is a right something that protects you from government...
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Civics & Worldview Ep 4: The Constitution Is Not the Gospel — But It Still Matters
In this episode, we begin an introduction to the United States Constitution — not as a sacred document, not as a substitute for the gospel, and not as a political rallying cry — but as one of the most consequential experiments in self-government in human history. What were the founders actually...
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Immigration and Moral Clarity
This is a pastoral and theological examination of immigration, written not to offer political slogans or policy prescriptions, but to help Christians recover discernment in a morally complex and emotionally charged issue. Rather than beginning with partisan conclusions, it begins with...
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Civics & Worldview: Ep 3 The Citizen and Self-Government
Lesson Three tackles the question modern civics quietly avoids: Who governs first—the state, or the citizen? In this episode, we explore the Founders’ radical assumption that self-government begins long before ballots, laws, or institutions — it begins with the moral formation of the individual.…
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American Civics & Worldview Ep 2: What is Government For?
Lesson Two of this new series moves from the human person to the purpose of government — and it changes how everything else makes sense. In this episode, I ask a foundational question most people have never actually examined: What is government for? Rather than starting with modern assumptions…
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American Civics & Worldview: *New Course*
This course is not about politics as spectacle — it’s about understanding the architecture of freedom and the biblical worldview which provides its foundations. This is not theology being added onto civics later. This is civics starting where it actually starts. In American Civics & Worldview,...
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Politics and a Biblical Worldview
Before examining specific political issues it’s important that we begin with an overall Christian worldview. There are several basic, fundamental truths about God and his relationship to the world, and about human beings, that will affect nearly every political policy decision in one way or...
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Human Rights & Our Cultural Moment
In the wake of the Supreme Court decisions this week, a 30,000 ft look at the distinctly Biblical notion of human rights.
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Charlie Kirk: How Now Shall We Live
Live from Mt. View Church on September 14, 2025 In this sermon, I reflected on the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk and interpreted these events through the lens of unchanging biblical Truth. I explored how culture is already responding across a wide spectrum—from secular media analysis to…
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The Cross: Where the Wrath of God & the Mercy of God Intersect
This episode was taken from a sermon that Jenna taught at Mt. View Christian Church in Ashland, Oregon in March of 2025. The Bible teaches that God is not only loving but also perfectly just—meaning He must respond to evil and sin with righteous anger. His wrath isn’t petty or explosive; it’s His...
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Our Political Moment - A Higher Allegiance
This episode was taken from Jenna's alternate podcast show, The School of Life, that she cohosts with her friend Amirah David. The School of Life is a Worldview Analysis podcast. “In this episode, we explore the pressure to choose sides in America's political and cultural divide. True healing...
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E10 Connecting Our Work to God’s Work
Live to work and work to live? Have we, in the West, reduced the original purpose of work? What is God’s vision for your particular line of work? Have you ever asked yourself what you’ve been doing out of ambition instead of from alignment with the Holy Spirit? Idea: There is actually no division...
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E9 The Problem of Sin — How Do We Change?
The Inward and Outward Journey — How do we actually change? “Christian spirituality has a great deal to do with the self, not just with God. The goal of the spiritual journey is the transformation of self. This requires knowing both our self and God. Both are necessary if we are to discover our...
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E8 A Theology of Vocation
A Theology of Calling What are we do, given who we are? “Called men and women can come from the strangest places and carry the most unique qualifications. They may be the unnoticed, the unappreciated, the unsophisticated. Look again at the men Christ picked: few if any of them would have been...
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E7 What does it mean to be “Made in the Image of God?”
This episode was taken from a Sunday Sermon taught by Jenna as a guest teacher at Mountain View Christian Church in Ashland, Oregon. In all of creation, identity is only an issue for humans. The Imago Dei or the Image of God doctrine has shaped the West’s thinking about the value & worth of the...
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E6 Your Identity
“Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.” - Brennan Manning, Abba’s Child What do the scriptures specifically say about identity for those who follow Jesus? What does it mean when we say that our identity is “in Christ?” While your...
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E5 Sexuality & Popularity Part 2
…Continuation from Identity & Calling: Week 4, part 1 Sexuality, Popularity, Pleasure, Possessions Where do you get your identity from?
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E4 Sexuality & Popularity Part 1
What are the alternatives for where to source our identity? Possessions? Work more, buy more, repeat. But who are you without your Tesla, your curated outfits, or your purchased comforts? Performance? You are what you do. But who are you when you get passed over for a promotion or you lose your...
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E4 Identity & Calling
This week in the series, we identify six phases of life in the spiritual journey. The listener is asked to map themselves somewhere on the ark of those phases, wherever they find themselves at. The application is to see the potential that is bound up in every phase of our lives, and that the...
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E2 Intentional & Unintentional Spiritual Formation
This week’s episode is an introduction to the idea of Spiritual Formation— What does this look like, and where should we get our template for what this looks like in our own lives?
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E1 Identity in Christ
How can you draw close to God when you are far from your own self. Grant Lord that I may know myself, that I may know thee.” — Augustine A new series on Identity and Calling, from Jenna’s latest book. Identity & Calling on Amazon: https://a.co/d/12fhskY
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American Politics: Ripe for Renewal and a Call for Wisdom in Discerning the Times
American Politics: Ripe for Renewal and a Call for Wisdom in Discerning the Times *This episode was taken from last week’s Sunday Sermon that Jenna taught at Mountain View Christian Church.
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E6 Transgenderism
What is the problem with making sexual desire the defining feature of our identity? Why is it necessary, according to this worldview, to encourage an entire generation of young people to hate their bodies in order to achieve liberty? Why do we place sexual feelings at the center of our identity...
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E5 Abortion: A Moral Issue Before a Political Issue.
Out of Nancy Pearcey's book, Love Thy Body, a deep dive into the worldview requirements and logic behind abortion.
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E4 Divine Judgment, Divine Blessing, or Something Else?
Relying on Christian ethics, Wayne Grudem offers 30 good things that Trump did while in office. This text was used in this episode to paint a picture of what he would also likely do in another term in office.
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E3 Letter to an Anti-Trump Christian Friend
Policies versus the Person? If you vote for Trump are you sacrificing moral principles? The choice is between two, whole packages. What will Trump do in a second term? The label "evangelical."
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E2 Voting for a Worldview
Where did we get the idea that we don't have an obligation to tell the world about what God says about things like the unborn and about human freedom and human rights? Or about anything, including the deadly perniciousness of Marxist atheist philosophy, whether in economics or in any other…
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E1 Voting for a Worldview
In this new and timely series, Jenna takes the position that this election is not about voting for either Trump or Harris, but that it is fundamentally about voting for a Worldview. So what does that mean? Is America under judgment? What is the role of the church then? How do we as believers...
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Letter to the American Church
Beginning a new series titled “Letter to the American Church.” This series is based off of the book by the same name written by Eric Metaxes. I have the unique opportunity to have dinner with Metaxes in two weeks where I’m looking forward to discussing these ideas with him in person. I’ve been...
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E10 Counterfeits: Equality, Tolerance, Diversity
Wrapping up the larger series titled Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice.
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E9 - Who Has Ultimate Authority
Assessing the power and authority structures within the Ideological Social Justice Movement and then holding that up to the Biblical understanding of power and authority.
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E8 Pt.4 — The Core Tenets: What is our Primary Moral Duty and How Do We Know What is True?
According to Ideological Social Justice, What is our Primary Moral Duty, and How Do We Know What is True?
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E7 Pt.3 — The Core Tenets: What is the Solution to our Fundamental Problem?
From Scott Allan’s book, Why Social Justice is Not Biblical Justice
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E6 Pt. 2 — The Core Tenets of Social Justice: What is our Fundamental Problem as Human Beings
What is our fundamental problem as human beings, according the Ideological Social Justice worldview? Reading from Scott Allan’s book, Social Justice is not Biblical Justice
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E5 Pt. 1–The Core Tenets of the Social Justice Movement
Examining the tenets of Ideological Social Justice as a worldview and then contrasting them with a Biblical Worldview
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E4 Justice Redefined
At what point did we move from a society that values “equality of opportunity” to a society that demands equality of outcome?”
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E3 Justice Before the Judgment
Why do some utopian social visions have no basis for grace or mercy? Ideological Social Justice as a worldview, is a utopian ideal that has no categories for grace or mercy, let alone redemption. What are the implications of that for a society who adheres to its core tenets?
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E2 Biblical Justice Defined
Before contrasting with the counterfeit —
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E1 New Series: Why Social Justice is Not Biblical Justice
This episode is the first in a series that aims to offer a warning about the deeply anti-Christian ideas behind much of the modern “social justice” movement which consists of the critical theory mood that is the air we breathe right now in the West. This movement insists on dividing all of…
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The Courts and the Question of Ultimate Power in a Nation
In this episode, an overview of the history of the judges in the Bible, and then a description of the United States judicial makeup. From there, I ask the question, “What has it actually happened in the United States?” Has the Supreme Court, over time, been found to have unlimited, unchecked…
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Covenant & Constitution is a comprehensive resource for understanding Christian Moral & Political Theology, applied for the Church. How should we, as believers, understand modern political issues in light of Scripture? Jenna Hays is Founder of Mountain Academy, a K-10th American Classical Christian Leadership Academy in Oregon. She’s also co-host of The School of Life podcast which is a comparative worldview podcast, dissecting the prevailing worldviews of our day. Jenna grew up as a minority thinker (as a conservative Christian) in a radical leftist progressive city and while attending the University of Oregon and Southern Oregon University. Leaving with a degree in Political Science, she knows firsthand the ideological soil of our cultural moment. This became the training ground to truly understand what it means to live as a faithful exile in a modern Babylon. She learned from early on that one must develop entirely different spiritual muscles to effectively engage our cultural mo
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