Dear Friends, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”  (Revelation 14:13 ESV) This past week our dear sister Amy Ricks passed from this life into the next. She was 93 years old. She and Earl had been… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, This is an exciting weekend as Cornerstone celebrates it’s fifth year as a particularized church of the Presbyterian Church in America. Of course, the Cornerstone story goes back much further than five years and that is why I’m excited that throughout the weekend we will be sharing stories of God’s faithfulness to His… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, This Sunday will be the last Sunday in our Vision and Values Sermon Series leading up to our 5th anniversary celebration on May 20th. It has been a joy to drill down into Acts 2:42-47 and remind ourselves what the purpose of the local church is and who Christ has called us to be. This Sunday we… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, It seems like everything is “online” these days. Virtually everything we do is now run by computers and complex web applications and the like. Lately I have found myself online trying to complete applications or sign up for products only to be left frustrated because the thing I’m trying to do is not… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, This past week we said goodbye to a dear friend and brother in Christ. I’m so thankful how the Cornerstone family came alongside his family to show the love of Jesus and be a Gospel witness to the community. I personally am going to miss Gary. I wanted to share with you some… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, If we long for our churches to experience more of this awakening power in the gospel, the remedy is not to invent our own delivery systems for God’s grace. The remedy might be found in correcting our neglect or misuse or corruption of God’s age-old means of grace. We do not need to… Continue Reading

Pastor’s Corner Dear Friends, What a great start we have had to our new Spring Sermon Series on Acts 2:42-47 as we focus on our vision and mission as a church. Please be praying that God will keep us DEVOTED to the things He has called us to in His Word. This month there are… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, This week we begin the most important week in the life of the Church, Holy Week. The week is marked by Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem and ends with Him triumphing over sin and death on the cross. This week should be more to us than Christmas! Perhaps we could start thinking of… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, This weekend about 50 of our men will gather for a retreat at Camp Maranatha on Lake Guntersville. Please be in prayer for us and for the men who will be on this retreat. On this retreat we will seek to tackle a tough subject: purity. In a world that preys on men… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, Just this week, a dear saint in the Lord, the Reverend Billy Graham, went to see His Savior and our Savior face to face. He is famously quoted as saying, “Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive… Continue Reading