Cornerstone Brighton Sermons

Pastor Chris Winans continues our series in Matthew 18, this week focusing on verses 7 to 9. He discusses how cultural norms and values subtly influence Christians away from biblical teachings, and that the issue of sin is very serious. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans begins a new sermon series this week called Heart of the Kingdom, and focuses Matthew chapter 18. This week we begin with one of the most famous questions asked to Jesus by his disciples, “Who is the greatest in heaven”, found in verse 1 of chapter 18. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Week 4 of our series Christ the King, Pastor Chris Winans focuses on verses 19 and 20 in Colossians 1. This verse illustrates how Christ completely reconciled humanity to God, and through other verses throughout scripture shows how only Jesus Christ could accomplish this, and ultimately this is what our hope and identity should lie in. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans continues our series in Colossians called Christ The King. This week Pastor Chris focuses on verse 18, from the first chapter in Colossians that reads “And He is the head of the body, the church”. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Brian Tweedie continues our series in the book of Colossians, this week focusing on Chapter one verses 18 to 20. Pastor Tweedie illustrates through many other scriptures that Jesus is Lord over all creation, the creator of the universe, and the sustainer of the universe, and why that matters to us in profound ways, for our every day lives. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton...

We begin a new sermon series on the book of Colossians chapter 1, focusing on the Kingship of Jesus Christ. This week Pastor Winans discusses verses 15-20 and explores what Kingship means and why it is important for our lives today.  www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans delivers a special message for the New Year, focusing on Romans 8:28-29. He offers some simple suggestions to level up your spiritual walk with Jesus Christ for the upcoming year. Happy New Year! www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans discusses 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, focusing on patience, love and kindness. Focusing on the season of Christmas, Pastor Chris illustrates that ultimately Christmas is not about giving and receiving gifts to people we like and love- this is good- but ultimately it is about God’s patience, love and kindness for His enemies- us. That God sent His son to die for us, and to return to l...

Pastor Chris Winans beings a two week series called Love Came Down, focusing on 1st Corinthians. This week chapter 13 verses 1 through 3 are discussed, specifically discussing the words of Apostle Paul saying “… but have not love, I am nothing,” and how God proves His love for us by giving us His Son Jesus. www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Matt Grimm concludes our series in 1st Corinthians, discussing Chapter 10 verses 23 to 31. Pastor Matt unpacks a simple three step thought process to discern what is ‘helpful’ and ‘beneficial’ in light of the argument that “all things are lawful” as discussed in the context of the culture of the day of the original writings, and, for our lives today. Ultimately we conclude with very 31, “So...

Continuing our series in 1st Corinthians, this week Pastor Chris Winans discusses Chapter 10, verse 14 through 22. Applying the context of the culture at the time of the writings to our current lives, Pastor Chris illustrates how worshiping anything other than Jesus is a trap, and one often we don’t even realize we have been ensnared with. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans continues our series in 1st Corinthians, this week discussing 1st Corinthians chapter 10 verse 1 through 14. Pastor Chris unpacks the significance of idolatry in the context of the Old testament, the context of the New testament, and how this impacts our every day life today. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

This week we are back in the sanctuary, and Pastor Chris continues our series in 1st Corinthians called Up and Out. This week the famous analogy, where the Apostle Paul compares the Christian walk to running a race, is discussed from Chapter 9 verses 24-27. What is the highest good in your life? www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris continues our series in 1st Corinthians, this week discussing chapter 9, verses 1 to 15. Jesus Christ exemplified the ultimate sacrifice by waiving His rights as creator God and willingly laid down His life for His enemies, so that they- and everyone- may be saved. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris continues our series Up and Out, this week discussing the importance of the election in comparison to the sovereignty of God. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans discusses 1 Corinthians 8:4-13 this week, continuing our series called Up and Out. As the title of his message suggests, it is possible to knowledge and spiritual maturity to cause harm to others- especially when loving others is not the true motive. Importantly, pastor Chris demonstrations how this passage makes the claim that Jesus is Lord and one with God the Father. www.cor...

Pastor Chris Winans begins our new sermon series on 1st Corinthians called "Up and Out". Overall the series will talk about loving God and loving others. This week discussing how knowledge concerning of the Word of God can be used to tear down others, or used to build up others. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Brian Evans from 5point7 Church in Detroit is our guest speaker during our Missions Weekend of 2024. Pastor Brian discusses John 14:1-14, focusing specifically on 12-14. He encourages us to pray boldly to God for impossible things that can only be done through the power of God; for the transformation of entire communities and nations, so peace and prosperity can be experienced by those unde...

Pastor Chris Winans concludes our Foundation Series with our fourth core value of Kingdom Mission. Using scripture pastor Chris discusses how to discern the will of God which aligns us with Jesus Christ. Specifically, we need to see like Jesus sees and work as Jesus works: we are called to “see” every single individual regardless of the labels that society has placed on them, and we are called to...

This week pastor Chris Winans discusses our third core value of Joyful Generosity. Chris demonstrates the Biblical perspective that everything belongs to God, and that understanding this truth can dramatically change our thoughts and behaviors concerning finances, how we spend our time, and how we apply abilities and talents. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

This week Pastor Chris Winans discusses our core value of Gospel Community, continuing our series called Foundations. Pastor Chris dives into Acts 2:37-47, to define what Gospel Community means for us at Cornerstone: that we are united in our Faith in Jesus Christ and as devoted followers of Jesus we belong together, to the family of God. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris continues our Foundations Series, this week discussing the core value of Biblical Depth. He discusses why we at Cornerstone hold the 66 books of the Bible to be the highest authority as the literal Word of God Himself, and goes in depth about what “inspired” means. As found on our website this core value of Biblical Depth is defined as “Knowing, understanding, and living out the Word...

Pastor Chris begins our Fall series called Foundations, a study of the core values of Cornerstone EPC. Chris outlines the intention of the Shine project and how this relates to our clarifying of our four core values at the church. This is an overview of the remaining 4 weeks, with each subsequent week focusing on a single value: Biblical Depth, Gospel Community, Joyful Generosity and Kingdom Missi...

Pastor Chris discusses Revelation 13: 1-18 as an epilogue to the our series on the Book of Daniel. Pastor Chris explains what this passage in Revelation means in relation to Daniel, to history and in relation to our current lives today. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com

This week Pastor Chris discusses Daniel 12 chapter 1, verses 1-3. Going in depth into what these verses mean, according to scripture and the cultural context at the time of the writings, again revealing the spiritual realm in correlation with our physical reality, and how this impacts our every day lives. www.cornerstonebrighton.com www.cornerstonebrighton.com