Cornerstone Community Church

In evangelical culture, grace may be emphasized to the exclusion of truth, or the other way around, but John 1:14 tells us that Jesus is the embodiment of both of these qualities in full measure.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

Ephesians 2:1-12 is a breathtaking narrative of what we once were, what God did, why and how He did it, and what we are now.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

Wisdom, which has its beginning and end in God, is a safeguard against disaster, and a pathway that leads to our good and God's glory.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

In this message that covers the introductory verses of the book of proverbs, we get a survey of what biblical wisdom looks like as an active principle; characteristically discerning; marked by righteousness, justice, and integrity; and above all, having its beginning and ending with God.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

In David's final words to his son, Solomon, we learn that a godly life is resolute and bold as it relies on the Lord's faithfulness.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

The reality of God as a relational being, existing as an eternal community of love, means that His creatures who bear His image are also meant to be relational, and take delight in unity in community that is life-giving, sanctifying, and worship-producing.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

Matthew 5:1-5 portrays an intimate teaching setting between Jesus and His disciples, in which He begins to unpack the path to submission and intimacy with Him, by coming to terms with our need, mourning the loss of all we hoped would fulfill it, and coming under the umbrella of Christ's mission. In the process, we experience the present reality of the kingdom, look forward to having all of our losses more than recouped, and hope in our future inheritance.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

In 1 Corinthians 15, the apostle Paul presents four distinct arguments for the resurrection and its essential nature within the Christian faith.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

1 Corinthians 14 teaches us that the spiritual gifts are for the building up of the body of Christ in unity, that they are to be exercised with self-control, and that they are bring joy when handled with humility.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

The selfless love to which believers are called, in and through Christ, is sacrificial, resolute, lasting, and the basis of Christian unity.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

The believer's submission - not subjugation - as a choice, in gender roles as well as giftings, points to the self-sacrificing nature of Christ, and gives glory to God as each member strives for unity in walking out their calling in the context of the body of Christ.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

The baptism of Jesus Christ as related in Mark 1:9-11 vividly prefigures and foreshadows His crucifixion, along with all the benefits that it purchased for us, but particularly our adoption, and the reality that God the Father speaks the same affirmation over every one of His children that He spoke to the Son at His ministry's start.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

1 Corinthians 9 teaches us that while some are called to vocational ministry, and to make special sacrifices for the gospel, all are called to ministry, and all ministry is accomplished through and for Jesus Christ.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

Paul outlines how we are called to use our freedom with respect to idols: not misusing it so as to offend our own consciences or those of others - recognizing that while we have real freedom, we also have real influence - and exercising our freedom for God's glory!Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

Whether single or married, God has called us in our circumstances to live sacrificially, using the gifts that He has given us (singleness and marriage, each a gift) for His glory.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

In 2 Corinthians 12:1-10, we see the nature of Paul's suffering, and how God uses adversity in our lives to bring glory to Himself.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

Since our bodies - including our sexuality - were made by God, sexual sin damages the imago Dei, but now that our bodies belong to God, sex and sexuality are part of our worship that gives glory to God!Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

Sin in the church cannot be celebrated. Rather, by the power of Christ, it must be confronted in love, in step with the word of God, in humility, and for the purpose of restoring the one in sin when they repent.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

Luke 7:36-50 offers great insight into the reasons we avoid repenting, including a view of sin as external, and spiritual pride; the bold, generous, radical worship, and wholesale transformation that come when we do repent; and the source of power and motivation for repentance.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)

Unity and humility are exemplified by the Triune God and the coming to earth of the Son, so the ultimate goals of the Christian are not unity and humility themselves, but Christ Himself, and unity and humility will flow out of seeking Him.Support the show (https://faithlife.com/cornerstone-community-tenino/give)