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…
Who is this Man? Resurrection Sunday
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: 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. …
You are praying for what?
I was talking to a friend the other day and they told me that they were praying that they would win the Rav 4 that Tim Horton’s is giving away. I would suspect that they aren’t the only one who is praying that their Rim will be the lucky one. The percentage of Canadians praying…
The Doctor is In. Who is Speaking into Your Life?
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…