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 lesson is found in [esvignore]Matthew 6:9b-15[/esvignore], but the real focal point is [esvignore]vv.14-15[/esvignore]. Here Jesus teaches us a truth that can seem very confusing, very difficult, confusing and even seem like a case for conditional salvation. How do we understand the passage and also apply the teaching to our lives? I hope we will discover so in our message.Only three sections…
Our sermon this week will be entitled The Model Prayer: Our Father. We go back to [esvignore]Matthew 6:5-13[/esvignore] to take time to step through what is commonly, but inaccurately called, “The Lord’s Prayer.” We’ll see why there are better names for this passage. We will also see why we need to be taught how to pray, touching on man’s traditions and his…
This week’s message is entitled The Rotten Sin of Hypocrisy and is drawn from [esvignore]Matthew 6:1-18[/esvignore]. This just happens to be one of my favorite chapters in the entire Bible, thanks to the last section we will arrive at in due time, but it also contains the Lord’s Prayer. We will not address the Lord’s Prayer tomorrow, as it deserves its own sermon (and could…
Our message is entitled Loving Our Enemies and is the final of six examples of how our righteousness ought to exceed that of the Pharisees. It is drawn from [esvignore]Matthew 5:43-48[/esvignore], but as usual, we will touch on a number of other passages along the way. This final command is among the most difficult of Christ’s directives to His people, let us…
This week brings us a topical sermon: Why was Jesus Born to Die? We will read a huge chunk of scripture, for those who like that it will be a great day! From both [esvignore]Matthew 1:18-25[/esvignore] and [esvignore]Hebrews 2:5-3:15[/esvignore], we will look at the reason for all things existing, and the particularly wonderful purpose of the incarnation of Jesus Christ. There will…
Our message continues our study of the Sermon on the Mount as we walk through the six different examples that Jesus uses to teach the proper understanding of the law of God, rather than the perverted law the Pharisees had made it out to be. In the week’s lesson, Jesus teaches about retaliation, and we cannot understand this without gaining understanding about…
Today we look at the fourth example of Jesus’ contrasting of the Pharisees’ version of righteousness with the truth in [esvignore]Matthew 5:33-37[/esvignore]. Jesus wipes away devious uses of oaths and vows and gets to the heart of the matter, which is integrity and truth-telling. There is no room for willful deception among God’s people. Our task is to be people of forthright speech,…
Can a Christian divorce a spouse? Under what circumstances may a divorce be pursued? Can a divorced Christian re-marry? Our answer to this depends on how faithfully we have handled the scriptures and applied them to our actions. How do view divorce and remarriage as believers? Our message finds us back to Matthew as we continue our step-by-step walk through the gospel.…
Our message is a topical sermon, one that will take advantage of the theme of thankfulness to hear from God’s Word on the topic, as well as four testimonies of those who were thankful despite their trials. We will hear from Charles Spurgeon, Elizabeth Prentiss, Edward Payson, and the Pilgrims. Our passages will be [esvignore]Colossians 3:15-17[/esvignore] and [esvignore]Psalm 100:4-5[/esvignore]. We will return…
This sermon forms the application of our previous message from [esvignore]Matthew 5:27-30[/esvignore], but we will also visit [esvignore]Romans 13:11-14[/esvignore]. We will address some strategies for defeating lust and will draw from many texts throughout the Bible. My prayer is that this message will not merely equip the saints who struggle with lust, but will encourage them that there is a better way…