Cornerstone Church Media (Marion, Iowa): Recent Episodes
Cornerstone Church Media (Marion, Iowa)
Big Idea: The kingdom of God grows through the cup of suffering, not the sword of violence.
Big Idea: A united church puts a rebellious world on notice that Jesus Christ is God's son sent to be the Savior of the World.
Big Idea: Sorrows are coming. Persecution is around the corner. Jesus prayed for our joy.
Big Idea: Don't look for the answer you want - look for the truth. If you don't heed the goad, you will wander into dangerous places.
Big Idea: Moralism cannot save you. Neither can worldly wisdom. Only the shed blood of Jesus Christ can save you.
Big Idea: God brings the time and we must walk in it. Learn to be faithful in the moment of time that God brings.
Big Idea: The only hope is surrender to God. Or as Jim Carey said: I think everyone should become rich and famous so they can see it is not the answer.
Big Idea: The first step to moving to competence is to realize that you lack competence.
Big Idea: Who you marry is an act of worship. How you stay married is also an act of worship.
Big Idea: Precision jobs require precision training. There are heavy consequences for teachers who are not teaching rightly.
Big Idea: Much of our anguish and trouble in this world is "for a little while" - even though it can seem like a long time. Not all our troubles will be resolved while we are alive.
Big Idea: The Spirit will come, will convict the world of sin and will guide us into the Truth.
Big Idea: If there is a true vine, there is also a false vine. Make sure you're attached to the correct vine.
Big Idea: Loneliness is a setup for failure. Don't fear abandonment. Those who believe in Jesus Christ are not orphans and are never alone.
Big Idea: Few people take the time to read the Bible to investigate if the claims of Christ are true.
Big Idea: The higher a person's competence, the greater peace they can provide when they offer their assistance. Jesus is the most competent person that ever lived. He says "Do not let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me."
Big Idea: Jesus endures the ugliest betrayal by those who are supposed to be closest to him.
Big Idea: Nobody but God can carry our pain. God has a big enough chest to beat on and big enough shoulders to lean on. God is good and sovereign. If God is not good and sovereign, then I have nothing on a bad day.
Big Idea: There is nothing that can prevent you from going to Jesus and accepting His mercy today except that you think you are OK.
Big Idea: Making the most of the present involves careful living and redeeming the time.
Big Idea: Hospitality is exhibiting love for others. Everyone has to eat - share a meal with someone as an act of love.
Big Idea: Jesus can take a happy meal and feed a small city. The abundant provision God provides is for us to love and serve Him.
Big Idea: The proclamation of the gospel requires preaching but it also requires listening.
Big Idea: Jesus threatens your status quo. Jesus demands your attention. Jesus exposes your unbelief.
Big Idea: When Jesus walks into your world, don't settle for anything less than life with Him.
Big Idea: Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them.
Big Idea: It is not that Jesus is a little better than the old system of the law - He is surpassingly better!
Big Idea: Because the incarnate Word of God is a being like no other, He requires a response like no other.
Big Idea: The story of Job is a smaller version of what God is doing in your life and in the rest of the world.
God speaks. God questions. God silences. Job yielded to the sovereignty of God. Will you?
Big Idea: We must prioritize who we are listening to; in order to hear the voice of God, we must read the Word of God.
Big Idea: In today's society, we tend to put God on trial and make Him defend Himself. And He is perfectly capable of doing so.
Big Idea: Your words and your ways reveal the god you worship. Said another way, the God you worship shapes your words and your ways.
Big Idea: Even the godliest saints falter under the strain of suffering, but the God-Man did not falter.
Big Idea: There is a vast difference between an "armchair theologian" and a "wheelchair theologian."
Big Idea: Jesus calls us to Gospel Stewardship using all of our resources to reach others for eternity.
Big Idea: Christianity is not a transactional religion - it is a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
Big Idea: Some ambitions are not worth pursuing. Make sure you are pursuing that which is worthy of worship. Be ambitious for God's glory!
Big Idea: Welcome weaker Christians that don't get what you get because they've got the God that you've got.
Big Idea: Risen Hope Church, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Northbrook Baptist Church and Cornerstone Church joined for a Good Friday Tenebre service to remember the work Christ did on the cross.
Big Idea: Let no debt remain outstanding except the continuing debt of love to one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8
Big Idea: There is only one enduring King and one enduring Kingdom. Every tribe and nation will one day proclaim that Jesus is Lord!
Big Idea: If Christians are holy and live out their faith, they will create a great disturbance.
Big Idea: In God's story of redemption, a hard heart is never the last word. No heart is too hard for God.
Big Idea: Amid the deserved hardening of many, God saves a chosen remnant by His grace.
Big Idea: Unbelief is active recalcitrance. You cannot run this race on your own. You need Jesus.
Big Idea: Out of God's sovereign mercy, He chose to save people - regardless of their past (or their family's past)...
Big Idea: "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched-- this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us." - 1 John 1:1-2
Big Idea: Because Jesus Christ addresses humanity's nastiest problem, public loyalty to Him is worth the cost.
Big Idea: Marvel at God's story. See Jesus as the climax of God's story. Find your place in God's story.
Big Idea: Rescue from judgement comes from faith in Jesus, not in the good things you have done.
"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more." - Robert Murry McCheyne
Big Idea: A true encounter with the God of the Bible will leave you both wrecked and rejoicing.
Big Idea: Jesus is THE ultimate person and He gives ultimatums. How will you respond to Jesus?
Big Idea: Church is a real place where real people gather. We gather because we have a creator and a redeeming God with matchless character.
God's call to service is a high call - He calls us to messy people and situations but we must first be washed by Christ!
Big Idea: Only Jesus can redeem our relationships so that we live in community as He intended.
Big Idea: Big Idea: Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord and He will have mercy on them, and to our God for He will freely pardon.” -Isaiah 55:7
The post August 27, 2023: Isaiah 55 “Marvel at God’s Great Invitation” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: The hope that Neitzsche describes is NOT the hope of the Bible. Hope is trust in the God who exists – the God who is there.
The post August 20, 2023: Romans 8:28-39 “Hope Anchored in God” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: “For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.” – Romans 8:21-22
The post August 13, 2023: Romans 8:18-27 “Groaning for Glory” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: You can be certain of salvation, transformation and God’s leading in your life.
The post August 6, 2023: Romans 8:1-17 “Over-the-Top Assurance” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: “The ‘wretched man’ outburst is the mark of a healthy believer who loves God’s law and aims to keep it perfectly…” – J. I. Packer
The post July 30, 2023: Romans 7:7-25 “When Rules Don’t Work, Part 2 appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: The world cannot be “fixed” by 12 rules. The problem is not the rules…it is us!
The post July 23, 2023: Romans 7:1-6 “When Rules Don’t Work” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Do Christians have free reign to sin?
The post July 16, 2023: Romans 6:1-23 “Shall We Persist In Evil?” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: A comparison between two men.
The post July9, 2023: Romans 5:12-21 “One Man’s Sin – One Man’s Gift” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Those right with God have a relationship that ends in glory and grows through pain.
The post July 2, 2023: Romans 5:1-11 “Hope in a Hostile World” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Those who have faith in Abraham’s God receive Abraham’s blessing
The post June 25, 2023: Romans 4:9-25 “When Blessing Gets Complicated” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
We can’t do enough to earn our salvation. “However, to the one who does not work but trusts GOD who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.”
The post June 18, 2023: Romans 4:1-8 “Counted Righteous” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
May this link help you and your family navigate this month with truth and love, with an eye to glorifying our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. https://ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/christian-resources-for-pride-month/ Christian Resources for Pride Month
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Big Idea: Faith is receiving and resting in the work of Jesus Christ. Faith alone brings you to the table.
The post June 11, 2023: Romans 3:21-31 “A Spot at the Table” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Jesus doesn’t look at Zacchaeus through the lens of his past, but rather through the lens of God’s transformational grace.
The post June 4, 2023: Luke 19:1-10 “The Gracious Eyes of Jesus” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
The post May 28, 2023: Romans 3:1-20 “Silence for the Soul” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Spiritual knowledge does not guarantee God’s honor. Spiritual signs do not guarante spiritual substance. Only God can bring hte honor and the substance.
The post May 21, 2023: Romans 2:17-29 “Caught in a Confidence Game” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Man’s judgement is found faulty, but God’s judgement is rendered rightly.
The post May 14, 2023: Romans 2:1-16 “Your Hypocritical Judgements Exposed” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Sometimes God give us what we want and deserve (What happens when God lets us go after what we want…)
The post May 7, 2023: Romans 1:24-32 “Signs of Trouble, Part 2” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Hear this message from Romans 1
The post April 30, 2023: Romans 1:18-23 ” “ appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
God’s faithful love will endure because God has integrity – He keeps His word.
The post April 23, 2023: Psalm 138 “God’s Faithful Integrity” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: God is glorifiied when a church lives in harmony under gospel grace and only then can it reach out effectively with zeal.
The post April 16, 2023: Romans 1:1-17 “Introduction to Romans” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Repent and be baptised, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.
The post April 9, 2023: Acts 2:22-40 “Death Could Not Hold Him” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Unchecked immorality always spreads.
The post April 2, 2023: Judges 19-21 “Doing Right in Your Own Eyes, Part 2: The Harvest of Destruction” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Peopel have an amazing abilityt o “follow God” while walking in disobedience.
The post March 26, 2023: Judges 17-18 “Doing Right in Your Own Eyes, Part 1: The Seed of Disobedience” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: We cannot sin without distancing ourselves from God
The post March 19, 2023: Judges 16:1-31 “Samson” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Though you may fail in your calling – God never does. You are never too far from God to call out to Him.
The post March 12, 2023: Judges 13-15 “Samson: A Judge that Hits Too Close to Home” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Words matter. Words reveal what is in the heart.
The post March 5, 2023: Judges 10:6-12:7 “Jepthah: Deadly Words and Divine Mercy” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: God ensures an end to evil. The “Abimelek’s” of this workd get their due because the Lord reigns.
The post February 26,2023: Judges 9 “When Evil Leagues Together” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: God’s job is to save people. Our job is to meet them where they are at with God’s message of salvation.
The post February 19, 2023: John 3:1-21 “Meeting People Where They Are appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: When something doesn’t smell right, don’t sit tight…
The post February 12, 2023: Judges 8:1-27 “When Something Stinks in the Church” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: You know the stories, but do you believe the promises of God?
The post February 5, 2023: Judges 6-7: “Fear Upended” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Be willing valiant and loving as you rally unto the Lord!
The post January 29, 2023: Judges 4-5 “Rally Unto the Lord” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: God raises up both traditional and non-traditional deliverers. He sometimes delivers in unexpected ways.
The post January 22, 2021: Judges 3:7-3:31 “Human Cries and Divine Deliverance” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Passionately pursue the God of your fathers. Disregard for God brings certain devastation.
The post January 15, 2023: Judges 2:6-3:6 “No Little Compromises, Part 2: Know the God of Your Fathers” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
There are no little compromises. Little compromises lead to big problems.
The post January 8, 2023: Judges 1:1-2:5 “No Little Compromises: Hear the Voice of the Lord” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Love One Another
The post January 1, 2023: 1 John 4:7-10 “Beloved” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: God loves you!
The post December 25, 2022: Romans 1-16-17 “Too Good to Keep Under Wraps” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Merry Christmas!
The post December 24, 2022: Luke 2:13-14 “Peace in Dark Places” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: How do we unite with others for the sake of the gospel?
The post December 18, 2022: Romans 1:8-15 “Locking Arms for God’s Mission” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: How do we adequately proclaim the name of Jesus?
The post December 11, 2022: Romans 1:1-7 “The Mission for His Name” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
The resurrection confirms who Jesus is.
The post December 4, 2022: Romans 1:4 “Death’s Defeat” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Jesus had an earthly life, a family tree and a royal line.
The post November 27, 2022: Romans 1:3 “The Real Jesus” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
God’s gospel, carried by the apostles and the prophets presents a royal summons.
The post November 20, 2022: Romans 1:1-2 “God’s Gospel” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: God reserves Heaven’s deepest joys for those who suffer for Jesus’ name.
The post November 13, 2022: Matthew 5:11-12 “Rejoice When You Suffer On Acconut of Christ appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: We are called to pray so we can be prepared to suffer.
The post November 6, 2022: Matthew 5:10 “Persecuted for Righteousness Sake” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: God claims as His very own those who engage in the costly (but blessed) work of peacemaking.
The post October 30, 2022: Matthew 5:9 “Costly Peacemaking” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
How do we “see God”?
The post October 23, 2022: Matthew 5:8 “The Pure in Heart See God” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: God does not take pleasure in taking justice, but He delights in showing mercy.
The post October 16, 2022: Matthew 5:7 “Sweet Mercy” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Blessed are the Merciful
The post October 16, 2022: Matthew 5:7 “Sweet Mercy” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Meekness is a controlled and gentle demeanor flowing from the heart.
The post October 2, 2022: Matthew 5:5 “Mighty Meekness” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
The post September 25, 2022: Matthew 5:4 “Blessed Are those who Mourn” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
The post September 25, 2022: Acts 8:26-40 “Living in the Flow of the Gospel” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Those who live with empty hands before God will have everything God has to offer.
The post September 11, 2022: Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the Poor in Spirit” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
How do we evaluate if we have lifed a ‘good life?’
The post September4, 2022: Matthew 5:1-16 “A Good Life” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: The worst thing you can do is linger in a conversation with Satan
The post August 28, 2022: Genesis 3 “How Did We Get Here (Part 2)” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
God creates a flourshing place, a flourshing people and God appoints humans to serve and protect what He created.
The post August 21, 2022: Genesis 2 “How Did We Get Here? (Part 1) appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Interesting thought: If the universe was the result of a “Big Bang” then doesn’t there have to be a “Big Banger?”
The post August 14, 2022: Genesis 1:1-2:2 “Bow Before Your Creator” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Sometimes living as a Christian seems more like weeding a garden. But God says “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”
The post August 7, 2022: Psalm 128 “Family” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Joy is not something we pursue – it is a byproduct of a relationship with God.
The post July 31, 2022: Psalm 126 “Joy” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
When hostility and anger threaten us, we can rely on God who rescues us.
The post July 24, 2022: Psalm 124 “Flood!” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
God’s people should prioritize worship!
The post July 17, 2022: Psalm 122 “Worship” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Big Idea: Our prayers and our behaviors proclaim the mysteries of Christ to outsiders.
The post July 10, 2022: Colossians 4:2-18 “Seasoned with Salt” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
We should never seek to conform God’s Word to our plan. Rather, we should conform our plans to God’s will.
The post July 3, 20211: Col 3:17-25 “Jesus In Us. In Relationships” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
A sermon on Colossians 3:1-17
The post June 26, 2022: Colossians 3:1-17 “Knowing Where You Are and Where You’re Going” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Observations by a Christian Therapist, by guest speaker Tim Hunter
The post June 19, 2022: John 15:5 “Who are you to God and who is He to you?” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
What happens when traditions become toxic?
The post June 12, 2022: Colossians 2:16-2:23 “Cultural Warriors Keep Out!” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Randy Pospisil continues in the book of Colossians.
The post May 29, 2022: Colossians 1:15-2:5 “The Simple Mystery of Christ” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Randy Pospisil kicks off our study of Paul’s letter to the Colossians.
The post May 22, 2022: Colossians 1:1-14 “Prayer For A Gospel Outbreak” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
This is the first sermon in Colossians.
The post May 22, 2022: Colossians1:1-14 “Prayer for a Gospel Outbreak” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Special guest Randy Scheil opens Psalm 121 for us, asking with the Psalmist: “Where does our help come from?”
The post May 15, 2022: Psalm 121 “HELP!” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
What final encouraging “before I go” words does the author of Hebrews have for his readers?
The post May 8, 2022: Hebrews 13:20-25 “Not Alone” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
How is authority a blessing from God?
The post May 1, 2022: Hebrews 13:7-19 “The Goodness of Authority” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
What does Hebrews teach us about “ordinary” Christian life and love?
The post April 24, 2022: Hebrews 13:1-6 “Ordinary Life” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
The post Easter Sunday, April 17, 2020: Hebrews 12:18-29 “Holy Fear Before God’s Mountain” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
How do we run this race?
The post April 10, 2022: Hebrews 12:1-17 “The Race We Run” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Will our faith ever be perfect?
The post April 3, 2022: Hebrews 11:8-40 “The Assurance, Confidence, and Perfection of Faith” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
The post March 27, 2022: Hebrews 11:1-22 “Faith That Pleases God” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
How do we make a plan to serve God?
The post March 20, 2022: Romans 15:14-33 “The Labor and Loss in God’s Mission” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Guest Preacher: Isaac Ferrell
The post March 13, 2022: 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 “Speaking the Gospel” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Have we fully understood the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan?
The post March 6, 2022: Luke 10:25-37 “Who Is My Neighbor?” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
The post February 27, 2022: Hebrews 10:19-39 “Once More Into the Breach” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Why the sacrificial system, if the blood of animals could never take away sin?
The post February 20, 2022: Hebrews 10:1-18 “Conscious of Guilt” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
How did Jesus make a better way to God?
The post February 13, 2022: Hebrews 9 “Far Better Promises” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
How is the new covenant in Christ more wonderful than the old one?
The post February 6, 2022: Hebrews 8:1-13 “The Dawn of the New Covenant” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
How does Jesus offer hope for misfits and outcasts?
The post January 30, 2022: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
How does Jesus link us to God?
The post January 23, 2022: Hebrews 7 “A Name to Know” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
Why can we trust in God’s salvation?
The post January 16, 2022: Hebrews 6:13-20 “An Anchor for the Soul” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.
What marks of a mature Christian faith does the author of Hebrews call out?
The post January 9, 2022: Hebrews 5:11-6:12 “You’ve Got Some Growing Up to Do” appeared first on Cornerstone Church.