Dear Friends, We are just two weeks away from the launch of ABOUNDING. As we approach this special season in the life of our church and really hone in on our mission and vision as a body of Christ, I wanted to take some time to answer a question that was proposed to me recently. As… Continue Reading

Dear Cornerstone Family, Happy New Year to all of you! I look forward to our first worship service of the year this coming Sunday! As the new year begins, we will be heading into a special season in the life of the church, as we enter together into our generosity initiative, which is sometimes referred… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, This Sunday begins the first Sunday of Advent. Advent means the coming. At Christmas, we celebrate Christ’s first coming at the incarnation. But the anticipation and excitement doesn’t stop there as we long for His Second Coming!  Come Behold the Wondrous MysteryCome behold the wondrous mysteryIn the dawning of the KingHe the theme… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, On the second Tuesday of each month, the deacons and elders gather together for prayer, fellowship and a joint-officer meeting to discuss the business of the church. I have the great privilege to lead a devotion during this time. I wanted to share with you some of the things that I shared with… Continue Reading

Dear Cornerstone Family: This past Tuesday was the quarterly meeting of Providence Presbytery. One of the great privileges and responsibilities of the Presbytery is to administer licensure and ordination exams to ministry candidates. The process begins with written exams, which are followed by oral exams before a committee of Presbytery. The final step in the process… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, This past week I taught on Hell. I think this was the first time I have taught exclusively on Hell since I’ve been in ministry. Hell is a sobering topic to study. I’ve really enjoyed the Foundations teaching series on Heaven: What the Bible Says About the Afterlife. When we consider the eternal destiny… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, I don’t know about you, but the news is tiring. I find myself wanting to keep up with current events but the incessant, non-stop political coverage is exhausting. What happened to the days of reporting news stories that actually told stories? Maybe I’m miss-remembering and simply committing the “good-ole-days” fallacy.  We know that we live… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, Last week I addressed the Scripture Reading portion of our service. Continuing in our series on our Liturgy or Order of Worship, we come to the midpoint in our service where we often have flexibility with what we do in this portion of the service. Before the Offertory and the Sermon, we usually have a piece… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, It has been a while, but I wanted to get back to our series on Cornerstone’s Liturgy or Order of Worship. Back in June, I wrote about the Praise and Adoration portion of our worship service. Continuing in our series, I want to now address the Scripture Reading portion of our service. In our order of worship,… Continue Reading

Dear Friends, What a blessing this past Sunday was as we installed new officers in our church! I’m thankful to the Lord for raising up these brothers. Please be in prayer for the officers and staff of the church – that God would give us wisdom and direction in all that we do.  I wanted… Continue Reading