Sunday Sermons
At Cornerstone, the sermons are primarily expository in nature. We spend most of our time stepping through a section or book of the Bible verse by verse, section by section, and occasionally we will preach on a theme. The elders strive to make each sermon a Christ centered, church building, Gospel proclaiming, truth driven, biblically grounded, proclamation for the purpose of God glorifying transformation.
Our message this week is entitled “Introduction to the Epistle of Titus.” We begin a new series with a look at [esvignore]Titus 1:1-4[/esvignore]. We will look at some important lessons and concepts in our text in five divisions: “What is an Epistle?” “What is an Apostle?” Authorship Arguments “Who is Titus?” The Purpose and the Importance of the Pastoral Epistles We want…
Our last message from this book is entitled ‘Epitaph’ and covers [esvignore]1 Samuel 31[/esvignore]. We will look at the death of Saul. Our sermon divisions were: The Battle and the Death of Saul The “Blast Radius” of Sin A Remnant of Hope Epitaph: What will they say about us? We learn that whether we live for Christ or for ourselves, our lives…
Our sermon is taken from [esvignore]1 Samuel 30[/esvignore], it is the hinge upon which David’s spiritual life swings. We saw tragedy weigh heavy upon David and we witnessed how he responded. Our message had five divisions: David Brought Low Out of tragedy, faith Faith’s New Look New faith and Generous giving Summary and wrap up. The public text for the day was…
In this message, we cover the whole of [esvignore]1 Samuel 29[/esvignore]. Here, we examine how David gets himself extracted from the dilemma he’s in with Achish and the Philistines. We draw out several lessons, but one in particular is all about living a double life. If you enjoy having a head start on notes, here are the four major sermon outline points:…
Our message is from [esvignore]1 Samuel 28:3-25[/esvignore]. It is entitled “Night” because we go with Saul into the darkness of his last, miserable night on earth. While we left David last week in the midst of a dilemma, Saul finds himself in a much more grave position. Saul’s life has served as a very dire warning to all of us, yet the…
Our sermon covers [esvignore]1 Samuel 27:1-28:2[/esvignore]. In this chapter we find a heart-breaking situation and a downfall of our hero, David. Through a series of poor faith and lapses of judgment, David yet again falls into trusting himself over God. It lands him in quite a dilemma, and we shall see that there is much danger in elevating our favorite Bible characters…
Our text will is [esvignore]1 Samuel 26[/esvignore]. We meet Saul yet again. This is a similar incident to the episode in the caves at Engedi where David cut a corner off Saul’s robe. In fact, people who try to attack the truth of the Bible point at these two stories as proof that the text is corrupted. They say the two chapters…
Being thankful is one of the most important character traits a Christian can have. We will touch on many passages, but we will launch our sermon with two texts in particular, [esvignore]Philippians 4:5b-6[/esvignore], and [esvignore]1 Thessalonians 5:16-18[/esvignore]. Our five sections are: 1.) the importance of thankfulness, 2.) we will define thankfulness, 3.) we will learn how thankfulness is always due, 4.) we’ll…
Our sermon is entitled “Fools and Princes, Part 2.” Here we learn lessons from Abigail in [esvignore]1 Samuel 25:18-44[/esvignore]. We’ll examine a few characteristics of Abigail’s intercession on behalf of Nabal. Then we will remark on Abigail’s Gospel testimony as a foreshadow of the church. We’ll then have six points of application that Abigail’s example teaches us. Our public reading was [esvignore]1…
Our message comes from the first half of [esvignore]1 Samuel 25:1-17[/esvignore]. Here we learn of Samuel’s death, and then launch into the story of David, Nabal, and Abigail. The foolish Nabal is a powerful contrast to David, but David’s response to Nabal’s foul behavior is way out of character and out of line. Our sermon concludes with four practical applications that will…