Cornerstone on the Go

Exploring Acts Chapter 6, we learn about the emergence of deacons in the early church, a response to the growing community's needs. Deacons were established to manage the physical needs, allowing apostles to focus on teaching and prayer. Their qualifications included being respected, Spirit-filled, and wise. The selection process was communal, and their service led to significant church growt...

Psalm 131 presents a powerful approach to finding peace in a restless world through humility, stillness, and hope in God. David's personal journey, amidst his struggles, teaches us to embrace our limitations, quiet our souls in God's presence, and place our unwavering trust in the Lord's faithfulness. These timeless principles offer a path to tranquility and contentment in our own l...

In John 9, we explore the transformation of a man born blind who encounters Jesus and gains both physical sight and spiritual insight. Jesus' healing of the man's blindness is a powerful demonstration of God's works and leads to a profound understanding of faith and worship. The man's journey from questioning to bold testimony and finally to worshiping Jesus offers us a bluepri...

In Luke 7:36-50, an unnamed woman demonstrates profound worship by anointing Jesus with expensive perfume, despite being a known sinner. Her actions contrast with Simon the Pharisee's judgmental stance, prompting Jesus to teach about forgiveness through a parable. This story encourages us to worship Jesus deeply, recognizing the magnitude of our forgiveness and the depth of our sin. Sermon No...

Exploring Mark 2:1-12, we learn about the power of faith, determination, and prayer through the story of four friends who overcome obstacles to bring their paralyzed friend to Jesus for healing. Jesus' response to their faith is both forgiving and miraculous, prompting us to remove life's distractions and commit to intercessory prayer, trusting in His transformative power.

Exploring Psalm 20:4, we uncover that it's not a blanket promise for personal desires but a specific prayer for King David's success. Proper Bible study, including prayer and context understanding, is crucial. Aligning our hearts with God's will is key to having our desires met, as our true joy should be in the Lord, not in our own plans.

In the midst of spiritual depression, Psalm 42 serves as a beacon of hope, guiding us to seek God's presence with the same desperation as a deer for water. It encourages us to reflect on past joys, question our emotions, and wrestle with our thoughts, while ultimately affirming God's unfailing love. By anchoring our hope in God, we find the strength to persevere through our darkest momen...

What is Parent Commissioning? Why be commissioned as parents? Is this the same as baby dedication? How do we be commissioned as parents as the primary disciplers as our children? All this and more in this short episode! 

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Romans 16:1-7 At first glance, the first sixteen verses of chapter 16 look like a list of Paul's social media followers. Because of this surface appearance, a list of little-known and hard-to-pronounce names, these verses can be easily skipped or quickly skimmed during our reading or study times. Regarding passages like Romans 16:1-16, we must remember that God has breathed out every word of...

Romans 15:14-33 In the second part of chapter 15, Paul explains his reasons for writing, his delay in visiting the Romans, and his future plans. Through Paul's personal touch near the end of this letter, we find three important reminders for us to listen to and carryout to be faithful followers of Jesus.

Paul continues to unpack God's will for His people. In these verses, we discover the kind of love we are to have for others. When we love one another with this kind of love, we prove to the world that we are Christ's followers. 

Paul immediately moves into an arena of life where we need our minds transformed so that we will know God's good, pleasing, and perfect will. In these short verses the Apostle reminds us that we must not be proud people but a humble people who recognize their need for others and others need for them if the body of Christ is to mature. Join us in this episode to see how God has both built and...

Pastor Alex takes us through Jesus' words on worry and how we can live a worry free life! 

Brian shares his heart for both the ministries of Marked Men for Christ and to see men's lives transformed by the power of the Gospel. Using his struggle with anger, he provides not only Biblical guidance for dealing with anger rightly but also hope for those who are angry as he transparently shares how God has and is working in his life in this emotion that many of us deal with too. https://...

God has shown us what awaits all of creation including us receiving our new bodies that last forever! But while we wait, is there help for God's children! The answer is a resounding, YES! See the ways that God helps us as His children till receive our full inheritance as co-heirs with Christ.

It just so happens that the Holy Spirit placed these verses of Scripture before as a body after a heavy week. There aren't many (if any) verses that would be better at ministering to God's people who find their hearts heavy than Romans 8:17-25. In these verses, we see promises pertaining to our future that provide hope, encouragement, and energy for today. What are these promises?  We pr...

It would be hard to argue that another chapter in the Bible so beautifully and powerfully describes the depth and width of the Gospel and its effects on the Believer's life and the universe. Romans 8:1 declares that there is no condemnation for those in Jesus! This week, we look at how this fact is possible because of the Holy Spirit and what He does to reassure us that we are in Christ! 

Romans 7:14-25 answers the following question, "Why do I still struggle with sin, even though I am a believer in Jesus?" Every believer experiences an ongoing struggle with keeping God's law. Will relief from this struggle ever occur? If this struggle will one day cease to exist, what do we do in the meantime?

Scripture: 1 Kings 8:1-61 We have a God Who is faithful and that makes a difference in our lives now! This week we are challenged by King Solomon's worship and prayer as he leads the nation of Israel in dedicating the temple. We were also able to honor nine faithful saints who were there at Cornerstone's beginning!

Neal takes us to one of the most breathtaking chapters of all Scripture, Revelation 5, to help us answer the question, "Is He Worthy?"  The reasons for His worthiness are our reasons for our worship of Him because they display His work on our behalf. 

Paul continues unpacking the aspects pertaining to the believer and his or her relationship with the law today. This week, we will see why we need the law as Jesus' followers today.  By understanding our need for the law, we can grow in Christlikenss and live in freedom. 

Is becoming more like Christ important for a believer to pursue? See what the Bible says about this question from Romans 6:1 and other selected passages.

A commonly asked question is, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" Though Jesus Himself (Luke 18:19) and Scripture (Romans 3:10-12) remind us that no one but God is truly good, from a human point of view, we can rightly judge that some people are closer to representing God's goodness with their lives than others. It bothers us when we see those whose lives reflect God's g...

Life has enough hardships and curveballs without us adding more heartaches and headaches by without us adding more because of making foolish choices that could have been prevented if we had applied Scripture. This week we look at Solomon and the book of Proverbs to help us understand how to live wisely and enjoy the benefits that come with living in such a way.