Shepherds Talk

Part 4 of Pastor Daron and Daniel's talk on faithful parenting. What do our homes look like on a spiritual level, and how do our children perceive them? How do we live in a way that the doctrine we say we love looks beautiful to our children? Join Pastor Daron and Daniel as they continue the conversation on faithful parenting, particularly in our home-lives as demonstrators of good faith.

Part 3 of Pastor Daron and Daniel's talk on faithful parenting for life. What are some of the reasons there is so much trouble in the home these days? Join Pastor Daron and Daniel as they continue this crucial topic and discuss the very structure of order that brings the wisdom of God to the family. Influence, patience, leadership, grace, and most importantly, well understood roles. Pastor Dar...

Get to know one of Cornerstone's Missionaries that we support through Finisterre Missions! Bryan Twombly joins Pastor Daron and Daniel to discuss his ongoing missions work in PNG. Join the conversation as they discuss Bryan's background and family, what they've learned along the way, and what it means to be a missionary sent to bring to Word of God to the farthest reaches of the world.

Part 2 of Pastor Daron and Daniel's talk on faithful parenting for life. Are we faithful examples of Christians in our homes, and do our children recognize that? How do we reach our kids and feed them the truth? Join Pastor Daron and Daniel as they continue this crucial topic and discuss the importance of developing a deeper, more meaningful connection to our children's hearts and investin...

How does our culture look at the dynamics of authority in the home in these times, and where do we look for answers on faithful parenting for life? Join Pastor Daron and Daniel as they talk about parenting, being an encouragement to others in their parenting season, our proximity to sin and sinners, forgiveness, grace and the responsibility we have to be faithful parents. In this episode, they dis...

Get to know one of Cornerstone's Missionaries that we support through Finisterre Missions! Aaron and Corissa Frederick will be heading to PNG soon, sent out from Grace Community Church in Jacksonville Florida.

The Church of Jesus Christ is made of regenerate believers who are permanently indwelled with the Holy Spirit, but how does the body of the church think on ordinances like baptism, the Lord's supper, and membership? In this episode, Pastor Daron and Daniel talk on these important ordinances, give guidance for our younger members, and speak to parents of our church family regarding the profound...

How should we think about corporate worship in these times? Psalms 34:3 says "O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together". Join us as Pastor Daron and Daniel talk about gathering for corporate worship. In an individualist society, instant gratification, independence, and distractions can affect believers priorities, particularly when it comes to the importance of gathering as a...

1 Chronicles 12:32 tells us when Israel needed to make David King, and the Lord was moving to give David the kingdom, there were men of the sons of Issachar who knew how to discern the times in Israel, and it says they knew what Israel should do.  Join us as Pastor Daron and Daniel talk through discerning the times at Cornerstone. Faithful shepherds should know how to discern the times, and God's...

How do you live by conviction in a prolonged season of suffering? How do you maintain hope and is it sin to feel downcast our discouraged? Psalm 42 begins and ends with a bit of a downcast note, is that sinful for the Psalmist? In a world tarnished with sin, believers can suffer well even when they don't feel like it. Living by conviction and truth is living by reality, living by your feelings...

In Episode 25 Pastor Daron and Daniel break down the R.C. Sproul document "The Sensuous Christian", and in this episode, the conversation continues, this time with an emphasis on "Emotional Legalism". The term "Emotional Legalism" comes from Pastor Jerry Wragg and Pastor Paul Shirley's book, "Free to Be Holy". Emotional Legalism is a legalism that binds...

In this episode of Shepherds Talk, Pastor Daron and Daniel talk through the article "The Sensuous Christian" by R.C. Sproul. The outworking of living by our senses in the various areas of our lives often leads us into disobedience to the Scriptures. Our senses and feelings don't always add up with truth, and they don't lead us into truth. truth must drive our feelings and inform...

When the unfolding of God's providence comes against our desires, even our good desires, our tendency is to idolize those desires. Idolatry of the heart is when you are willing to sin to get something. Even if that thing is a good desire. So how should Christians walk by faith in a God whose providence often brings trials into our lives to expose our desires for what they are? What questions s...

When we are experiencing a difficult providence, we can tend to struggle with the circumstances that the Lord has us in. Our God is not absent even in our worst circumstances, and he is working all things together for our good if we truly love Him, but we can tend to struggle in our response to God's providence. The remedy to our struggles is not better circumstances, but that we walk by faith in...

In an age where reels and shorts put teaching and preaching and podcasts in your path constantly, biblical filters are critical to safeguard your soul from being subtly influenced by imprecise teaching. The goal is not skepticism, but real discernment to discern what is clear and true from what seems true. The Bereans did this well while still hungering to receive the Word. This podcast is for Cor...

In this episode of Shepherds Talk, Pastor Abe, Daniel, and Dallas talk about the philosophy of ministry among leaders that has set the tone for Cornerstone. The one another's lived out among the leaders, the camaraderie, and the unity that exists is driven by passages of Scripture that speak to how we interact and care for one another at a leadership level. Join us as we talk through what that...

AI is quickly growing to be everywhere in our world, and it's very possible we are interacting with AI and might not even know it. That is one thing for everyday life and tasks outside of the spiritual realm of the Christian life, but how should we exercise discernment in the spiritual realm with the use of AI? When can it be a helpful tool, and when should we avoid it? AI has the potential to pro...

As Christians, what questions should we be asking about AI? What biblical principles apply to our use of AI? Is AI a worthy tool or a danger to be avoided? Join us in this episode of Shepherd's Talk as Pastor Daron and Daniel discuss the use of AI with special guest Steve Kovach.

How should Christians think through dating relationships? What is the churches role in dating relationships? What are parents roles in dating relationships? The Scriptures speak to the topic of dating more than someone might think, and the Scriptures are very clear on the driving principles behind dating. While much of dating falls in the wisdom category , the culture has all too often influenced...

In this episode of Shepherds Talk, Pastor Daron and Daniel talk about what it means to have a clear philosophy of ministry from the Scriptures. Ephesians 4 speaks of a philosophy of ministry that describes how the church should think about its purpose in a way that emphasizes its practice. How do we guard this philosophy of ministry that has been entrusted to us? What is the difference between a f...

The Scriptures describe a category of person who is a bruised reed or a faintly burning wick. An it says that the Lord will not break a bruised reed or blow out a faintly burning wick. That should be a great comfort to us, but also instructive to us in our interactions within the church. We face the danger of Ephesus Syndrome (leaving our first love, our spiritual vitality) if we stop living out t...

The Christian life is filled with spiritual friendships, and when it comes to disagreements among friends, by God's grace there can be Paul and Barnabas relationships. Both Paul and Barnabas are not presented as if one of them sinned in Luke's account. But they do have a strong disagreement about taking another friend with them on a ministry trip, John Mark. John Mark, in his spiritual imm...

In this episode of Shepherd's Talk, Pastor Daron breaks down the three categories of believers in 1 Thessalonians 5:14. How do we become a good friend to the unruly, the fainthearted, and the weak? Spiritual friendships begin with our individual relationship with the Lord. If our relationship with the Lord is struggling, we will also struggle in our relationships with one another. Being a good fri...

In this episode of Shepherds Talk, Pastor Daron and Daniel talk through cultivating an growing biblical friendships. True friendship requires humility of mind, confession and repentance where needed, unity of thought, and a self sacrificing life for the benefit of others. This is the mind of Christ according to Philippians 2. In order for spiritual friendships to thrive we must not look only to ou...

in this episode of Shepherd's Talk, Pastor Daron, Scott Maxwell, and Daniel Dorfsmith share the biblical heartbeat behind Cornerstone's missions and outreach efforts. We want to be focusing our resources in the places that the Spirit of God is doing a work through local church planting all over the world. With "missions" being the outward focus far from home and "outreach&qu...