Dear Cornerstone brothers and sisters, As we considered last Lord’s Day, the gospel is the good news of Christ’s accomplishment of redemption and the subsequent fame of Christ’s name spreading to all nations. But the gospel brings with it a call to repent and believe. And as Martin Luther famously wrote in his 95 theses, the entirety of the Christian …
Heavenly Father or Heavenly Mother
Here is a good analysis and critique by Owen Strachan of Rachel Held Evans and the “God as Mother” language: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/thoughtlife/2014/05/is-rachel-held-evanss-use-of-god-herself-biblically-faithful/
How Jesus Became God or How God Became Jesus
Dr. Bart Ehrman is a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill who has made a habit of challenging and seeking to destroy the Christian faith of his incoming students. He is a prolific writer and seems to produce books at breakneck speed. His reconstruction of early Christianity, however, is deeply flawed. As the Apostle Paul has commanded the church to “test all …
From the Pastor’s Desk: Pray Without Ceasing
Dear Cornerstone brothers and sisters, The Lord has called us to take the good news out to those who haven’t heard. In that light, may we all be in prayer for our Outreach Sunday this Lord’s Day. Is there a neighbor or friend that you could invite? Perhaps a co-worker? The Bible tells us the word of God is the …
From the Pastor’s Desk: The Costliness of Grace
Dear Cornerstone brothers and sisters, I trust you were all blessed by Pastor York’s preaching last week. As he mentioned, we had a wonderful Presbytery meeting – it is encouraging to see how the Lord is building his church. But I missed being with you and look forward to worshipping with all of you this Lord’s Day. Here are a …
From the Pastor’s Desk: Our Glorious Savior
Cornerstone brothers and sisters, The Lord’s blessings on you this week. I have been struck of late by the Bible’s teaching on the church – its unity and its diversity. It is one body with many members. And what a wonderful picture of this we have in our local body. We have different people with differing gifts and differing backgrounds, …
God’s Love
How often do we ‘bask’ in the truth of God’s love?? Erik Raymond with some thoughts: http://info.alliancenet.org/christward/basking-in-gods-love#.U2EcsV8o7IW.
From the Pastor’s Desk: Walking and Talking
Dear Cornerstone brothers and sisters, What a joy it was to worship our savior last Lord’s Day as we considered his resurrection and what it means for the Christian life. But the even better news is … that we get to do it again this Lord’s Day!! In one sense, each Sunday is resurrection day! This Sunday, however, we will …
Is homosexuality like other sins?
A well-stated and thought-provoking article by Jonathan Parnell on why homosexuality is both like and not like other sins: http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/why-homosexuality-is-not-like-other-sins.
How is our Prayer life?
Is your prayer life more about you or about the God to whom you pray? Dr. Derek Thomas with some excellent guidance on what God-centered prayer looks like: http://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/god-centered-prayer/.