Just as the Serpent was lifted up The first time he had met Jesus it was in the dark, and there was just him and the master. We see him at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry and then we hear him speak in defence of Jesus halfway through the story and then we don’t see…
A Swing of Emotions
TALK ABOUT A SWING in emotions! I have been working on two separate messages this week, one for Good Friday and one for Easter Sunday: a messageof despair and a messageof hope, a message of defeat and a messageof victory, a message about the depths that man can fall and a message about the heights…
A Palm or a Cloak
Electricity filled the air as the people of Jerusalem pushed against one another to see the man that everyone was talking about. Some said he was a god and others said he was a demon. Some claimed he performed miracles while others proclaimed him a fraud a charlatan or worse. For better or for worse…
I Noah Guy. . .
We went and saw Noah last week. I actually enjoyed the movie. I went knowing that it had very little to do with the biblical telling of the story. Someone once said that asking Hollywood to do the Bible is like asking a gangster to speak about honesty. There have been enough criticisms about the…
Over the Top
Well here we are, for some of you it is your favorite month of the year at Cornerstone, for others, not so much. If you are new to Cornerstone or a guest today a little background, each year at Cornerstone during the month of April Denn preaches on Money. Well to be exact I preach…
A Word of Grace
Lessons in grace often come from where you least expect them. Many of you may have heard of the passing last week of Fred Phelps. Phelps was the founder ofWestboro Baptist Church, which was known most for its virulent hateful signs proclaiming God’s hatred of the homosexual community and for the pickets at the funerals of American…
Insane Giving
They called him the “Phantom Philanthropist”. Two weeks ago there were at least a dozen reports around the HRM about a stranger handing out fifty and hundred dollar bills along with five dollar coins. In some reports he asked people to pay it forward, in other cases people were simply asked to thank God for…
Noah, not the Movie
Has everyone heard about the movie coming out next week called Noah? That was the trailer for it. Now understand that Noah, the Movie is not the same as Noah the Bible story. And they’ve tried to tweak it to make it work, as a biblical epic, but it just doesn’t. They’ve tried focus groups…
Lost. . .
It’s baffling and just a little bit scary. We are constantly reminded in today’s world of the fact that Big Brother is watching, with its satellites and endless array of electronic goodies, and that whatever liberties we give up it’s for a greater good. The world is a safer place. So how could they lose…
Moses, A Long Way From Nothing
He was a hero. And not just in the Bible but also on the big screen. But that wasn’t the way his life began. He was born as the son of slaves, his immediate future looked bleak and short. Nobody would have assumed that his name would ever be known outside of his immediate family…