Downtown Cornerstone Church

Today, we continue in our series Colossians: Made Alive in Christ. This ancient letter is about the supremacy of Christ in making the spiritually dead come alive through faith in Him and how, as a consequence, he transforms our lives. Paul shares his prayer that the saints might be filled with the knowledge of God in order that they – and by extension, that we – would walk worthy of th...

This morning we continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, Jesus’ tomb is discovered empty by some of the women among his followers, early Sunday morning. They are met by angels who shockin...

Today we continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, Jesus reaches the cross, which is the climax of Luke, even the Bible. Today we’ll see that, at the cross, Jesus refused to save himself,...

We continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, Jesus continues his way to the cross, as he endures a multi-phased false trial before the Jewish council, Pilate, and Herod. Here we’re reminde...

This morning we continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, Jesus continues his way to the cross, as he is brought before Caiaphas, the high priest, late at night while Peter betrays him thr...

This morning we continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, we reach the famous Garden of Gethsemane, as Jesus continues his way to the cross. It’s here, in this garden, that He embraces the...

Today, we begin a new series in the book of Colossians. This letter is about the supremacy of Christ in making us alive and how made-alive-ones are to live. As we look at Paul’s opening words, we’ll get to know the author, his audience, and the heart behind Colossians. Paul shrewdly sets the stage by opening with reassuring gratitude—showing us that we, too, should give thanks to God for the true...

We continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, we continue in the final hours of Jesus’ life as he moves into conversation with his disciples after the last supper. Here Jesus reorients our...

Today we continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, we move into the final hours of Jesus’ life, beginning with a famous meal now known as the “Last Supper.” Here we discover that Jesus is...

This morning we continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, we pick up the latter half of Jesus’ famous Olivet discourse. In this important passage, Jesus calls us to live awake for his cert...

Today we continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, Jesus speaks with his disciples about the coming destruction of Jerusalem. It’s amidst this unusual scene that we are given confide...

We continue in our sermon series How We Grow Together. As disciples, all Christians are on a lifelong journey of growing into the likeness of Christ by faith. The Bible’s normal setting for a Christian’s growth is within, rather than apart from, the local church. In this fourth and final sermon of our series we take up the question, “How do we grow together as Christians who are also sinners?” Chr...

This morning, we continue in our sermon series How We Grow Together. As disciples, all Christians are on a lifelong journey of growing into the likeness of Christ by faith. The Bible’s normal setting for a Christian’s growth is within, rather than apart from, the local church. In this third part we meet Paul in the midst of affliction. We’ll see that suffering is God’s platform for sharing comfort...

We continue in our sermon series How We Grow Together. As disciples, all Christians are on a lifelong journey of growing into the likeness of Christ by faith. The Bible’s normal setting for a Christian’s growth is within, rather than apart from, the local church. In this second part we go to the beginning of Paul’s letter to a deeply messed up church. We’ll see that we must strategically ground on...

Today we begin a new sermon series, How We Grow Together. As disciples, all Christians are on a lifelong journey of growing into the likeness of Jesus by faith. Remarkably, the Bible’s normal setting for a Christian’s growth is within, rather than apart from, the local church. In this first week we will begin in Hebrews where the author urgently points out the need we have for regular, intentional...

This morning, we conclude our series in the prophetic book of Micah. Written to call God’s people back to a right relationship with him, Micah’s prophecies both warn about the consequences of sin, and put forward the hope of restoration by grace. In a world broken by sin and heading toward God’s final judgment, how are we to live? Micah 7 teaches that God’s people should weep over the destructiven...

We continue our series in the prophetic book of Micah. Written to call God’s people back to a right relationship with him, Micah’s prophecies both warn about the consequences of sin, and put forward the hope of restoration by grace. Micah 6 sets a scene of a courtroom drama where God himself contends with a personified Israel. Through heeding the warnings of God’s final indictment of his people in...

Today we continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, Jesus turns to his disciples for a teaching moment. He helps us see that if we want to know the priorities of our heart, we should look a...

Today we continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, Jesus asks his enemies a question about the identity of the Christ from Psalm 110. Here we learn that that Jesus is not merely David’s so...

Today we continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, Jesus’ enemies try to trap him yet again. This time they reach for a question about the resurrection. Jesus’ response is a powerful...

We continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, Jesus’ enemies try to trap him yet again. This time they use politics, but as usual he turns it around on them. Caesar and God are not automati...

This morning, we continue our series in the prophetic book of Micah. Written to call God’s people back to a right relationship with him, Micah’s prophecies both warn about the consequences of sin, and put forward the hope of restoration by grace. In Micah 5, we get a greater glimpse of the Shepherd-King who delivers the remnant of his people. And because our Shepherd-King reigns in every age, we c...

Today we continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, we learn that Jesus is the rejected Son who is the all authoritative cornerstone of reality. This means that the greatest question we fac...

We continue our series in the prophetic book of Micah. Written to call God’s people back to a right relationship with him, Micah’s prophecies both warn about the consequences of sin, and put forward the hope of restoration by grace. In Micah 4, we’ll see a stark reversal from judgement to future hope for God’s people, yet present dangers remain. So what should God’s people do when all they see is...

We continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue his people from among the neighborhoods of Seattle and the nations of the world. Today, we discover that He is the world’s true, though unexpected, king, who calls us under His life-giving lordship while there’s still time. Audio &...