I learned two things this week that I didn’t know before. Even though I am not a sports fan I am aware that Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play professional baseball in the Major Leagues in the States. And I even knew that before they started promoting the movie “42”. What I…
Proud to be a Christian. . .eh
I learned two things this week that I didn’t know before. Even though I am not a sports fan I am aware that Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play professional baseball in the Major Leagues in the States. And I even knew that before they started promoting the movie “42”. What I…
The Blessing of Faithfulness
Well here we are in week four of Money Month. If you are visiting or new to Cornerstone this is an annual event. A number of years ago I decided that instead of preaching on money when there was a need in the church that I would spend a month each year to teach the…
A Little Good News, Please.
I need to say from the beginning that I feel that the bombing in Boston last week was a tragedy. But, did I have to hear about it every time I turned on the television or looked at a newspaper? It is because of the news coverage of events like this that people feel the…
The Blessing of the Tenth
So here we are, week three of Money Month 2013. You having fun yet? For those who are visiting with us or new to Cornerstone this is an annual event. Each April I take the opportunity to teach the theology of stewardship, which is a fancy way of saying we look at what the Bible…
Not Safe Box
They thought their valuables were safe. After all, they paid to make sure they were kept safe, and the things they kept their valuables in were called “safe deposit boxes.” Which I’m sure led people to believe that the items they stored in their “safe deposit boxes” would actually be safe. And different people had…
The Blessing of the First Things
The Blessing of First Things (Many of the concepts in this message come from Robert Morris’s book “The Blessed Life”) Well, here we are week two of Money Month. If you are visiting or new to Cornerstone each year we take the month of April to teach the theology of giving. Almost a dozen years…
End Thinkism!
I hope I’m not a thinkist. “And what” you may be asking “is a thinkist?” Well the short answer is someone who suffers from thinkism. And what is thinkism? I recently discovered the concept of thinkism in a novel by James Grippando and I am now committed to avoiding being a thinkist. Today it is…
Who Get’s Blessed?
So here we are. “Money Month” 2013. For those of you who have become a part of our church family in the past year here is a little insight. 11 years ago we decided to take a different approach to dealing with finances at Cornerstone. Instead of dealing with the crisis of finances, that is…
They want his Bones back
They want his bones back! You may recall the story from February; remains discovered under a parking lot in Leicester in 2012 were confirmed to be the bones of King Richard III, the last of the House of York. Over five hundred years ago, Richard died in the Battle of Bosworth and the location of…