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Cornerstone Connect: September 8, 2015
The September 8th 2015 edition of Cornerstone Connect is now available. It’s time for our second preview service this coming Saturday, September 12th at 5pm. We’re going to wrap up our two-part series in Ezekiel called Ready for God. You can prepare for this weekend’s sermon by reading Ezekiel 43:1-12. In our current issue, Pastor Jonathan encourages us to meditate on 1 Corinthians 3:16 to prepare us for worship, “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s…
Tithes and Offerings
One of the ways we worship Jesus and bless each other is through giving generously and joyfully in our tithes and offerings. Although money can be a tricky thing to talk about, God calls us to worship Him with our all, including our finances. I encourage you to review this Tithes and Offerings Devotional from our June 27th 2015 Gathered Worship service at Cornerstone. You can also download the Keynote and PowerPoint editions.
What is the Gospel?
What is the gospel? My first semester at seminary I showed up feeling called by God to become a pastor and I couldn’t say what the gospel was. Sure I had an idea. Isn’t the gospel that we’re “saved by faith” or that “Jesus rose again”? The word gospel comes from the Greek word that means “good news.” Mark 1:1 tells us the gospel is “the good news about Jesus the Messiah.” So what about Jesus’ life and ministry is…