Did you ever yearn to have a blood brother? Blood covenants are found at the base of all ancient cultures.

Covenant Relationship is a handbook on the Biblical principles of integrity and loyalty. It lays important foundations for congregational health and right spiritual attitudes. You will be drawn into a deeper understanding of the meaning of covenant and commitment to personal relationships. Some of the topics you will learn about are:

• Relationships: The Meaning of Life
• How a Blood Covenant Works
• Financial Accountability
• Discipleship: Grooming Friendship
• Patriotism and Political Impact

Covenant Relationships can be used as a training manual to develop leadership and character among members of a New Testament congregation.

Table of Contents

Chapter 2: Relationships: The Meaning of Life

Chapter 3: The Need for Covenant

Chapter 4: How a Covenant Works

Chapter 5: Cutting the Blood Covenant

Chapter 6: Interpersonal Covenants Abraham and Abimelech

Chapter 7: Interpersonal Covenants David and Jonathan

Chapter 8: Friendship: The Development of Trust

Chapter 9: Discipleship: Grooming Friendship

Chapter 10: Charisma Versus Character

Chapter 11: The Counsel of a Friend Part 1

Chapter 12: The Counsel of a Friend Part 2

Chapter 13: Loving Confrontation

Chapter 14: The Mechanics of Confrontation

Chapter 15: Congregational Membership

Chapter 16: Covenant Characteristics Teamwork

Chapter 17: The Definition of Character

Chapter 18: To confront or Not to Confront

Chapter 19: The Extent of Covenant Keeping

Chapter 20: Keeping our Word

Chapter 21: Social Compacts

Chapter 22: Patriotism and prophetic Political Impact

Chapter 23: The Expanding Kingdom

Chapter 24: Spheres of Kingdom Authority

Chapter 25: The Doctrine of Work

Chapter 26: Family Priorities Part 1

Chapter 27: Family Priorities Part 2

Chapter 28: Family Priorities Part 3

Chapter 29: Congregational Government: Eldership

Chapter 30: Responding to Leadership

Chapter 31: Delegation: The Gift of Administration

Chapter 32: Deaconate: The Gift of Service

Chapter 33: Financial Accountability

Chapter 34: Tribal Covenant: A Case of Corporate Judicial Action

Chapter 35: Tribal Loyalty

Chapter 36: The New Covenant of Nehemiah

About the Author

Asher (Keith) Intrater serves as director of Revive Israel Ministries and pastor of Ahavat Yeshua Congregation. He is the author of several books as well as numerous tracts in Hebrew. He has degrees from Harvard University, Baltimore Hebrew University, and Messiah Biblical Institute. Asher and his wife, Betty, are both Jewish believers in Yeshua (Jesus). They have four children and live in the Jerusalem area.