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…

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…

Who is this Man?:  Easter Sunday (This message was written to pick up where the Good Friday Message left off.  I started the service with the section and then after worship came back to the point Who Do You Say I am?) It’s a brand new day.  The darkness of Friday has given away to…

Who is this Man:  Good Friday Who is this man?  As the crowd roared, the question was asked by many; who is he? What has he done?  What will he do?  To some it was important to others it was secondary, after all the religious leaders had spoken and now this man stood before them. …

The Doctor is In I don’t know if Lucy is anyone’s favorite character in the Peanut’s universe.  But the reality is that we all either know a Lucy or are a Lucy and if you are a Lucy there is really no way to see that as complimentary.  Lucy is not a nice person, she…

My favorite character in the Peanuts world has to be Snoopy and as a kid I couldn’t understand why the strip wasn’t called “Snoopy” instead of “Peanuts”, I assumed that he was the main character and the rest of the cast were just supporting actors. And we all have favorite Snoopy moments and characters.  Perhaps…

When I think of Charlie Brown one of two images immediately comes to mind.  And maybe it’s the same with you.  It’s either the scene of Charlie Brown staring forlornly into the tree that has once again eaten his kite or it’s Charlie Brown lying flat on his back after Lucy has pulled the football…

How many of you grew up with “Peanuts”?  Not the ground nuts that people are allergic to but Charlie Brown and his crew?  From as far back as I can remember Charlie Brown has been a part of my life, when I was a kid a part of our Christmas traditions was to watch A…

They couldn’t believe their eyes.  The altar had been torn down! The altar, the very core of their spiritual life and spiritual heritage and now it was just rubble.  They had never actually seen the Temple or the altar it housed themselves, but they had heard the stories and their parents and grandparents delighted in…

She was a successful business woman,  actually she was a successful business owner and that was virtually unheard of in the time and society she lived in. Remember this was 2000 years ago in a culture that was slightly male centered; actually it was very male centered. Females weren’t exactly chattel but they weren’t exactly…