“Like a drama unfolding, the curtain was opening; / an audience of angels was holding its breath; / a census, a manger, two travel worn strangers; / the stage was finally set; / Angels folded their wi...  Read More

Welcome to Advent week 2! As I read the texts leading up to the Birth of Jesus, I try to place myself in the shoes of those that God is interacting with. Sometimes that takes a lot more cultural and h...  Read More

I grew up as a true Southern Baptist—I’m talking a monthly-potluck-eating, wooden-pew-sitting, Alabama-boondocks-living Southern Baptist. I thought I knew everything there was to know about church by ...  Read More

Reading the Bible, Hearing the Voice of God  As I am writing this, I look as shelves of books. Hundreds of books, ranging from classic novels, to systematic theologies, scores of Biblical commentaries...  Read More

Don’t Skip the SunscreenThe Temptation of Jesus. We often pass over the first few verses of this experience and jump straight into stones becoming bread, the promise of kingdoms, and some sort of ange...  Read More

In the first of three The Lord of the Rings movies, Frodo and his closest hobbit friends (the Fellowship), along with three humans and a wizard (Gandalf), embarked on a journey to Mount Doom to destro...  Read More

Joshua was afraid to take on the task God called him to do. And who can blame him? Moses, the friend of God, was his predecessor, and he left Joshua with impossible-to-fill shoes. Sure, Joshua had bee...  Read More

I love the fact that Cornerstone encourages personal expressions of worship. While our leaders often encourage expressive forms of worship - raising hands, bowing in God’s presence, even silence durin...  Read More

Face to Face with Jesus John 4:16-26In Olivia Lane’s song, Woman at the Well, she sings, “I heard a story from the Bible, When I was just a little girl, About a broken-hearted woman, Who met the Savio...  Read More

Simon Peter, also known as Cephas, was one of the first followers of Jesus Christ. At times most of us can identify with him. He had one of the most unique personalities of all the apostles. Peter was...  Read More

The Cross and Our Growth HabitsTrees. That’s one of the images that comes to mind when I think about Jesus hanging on the cross. For some, this may seem abstract or odd, and for others this may harken...  Read More

Extreme situations tend to rip the doors off the carefully concealed places of our hearts and minds and expose what's deep within us. The crucifixion did just that for Jesus—what poured out of Him was...  Read More

If you have been around Cornerstone in the last few weeks, then you have probably witnessed the unprecedented heartbreak and shock that came with the firing of one of our executive pastors. My husband...  Read More

I knew that I was sick in November of 2021. It was terrifying because I could feel that something was wrong, but I struggled to articulate it. Even though I armed myself with an ever-growing list of a...  Read More

Throughout Jesus’ ministry, He makes it clear that the Kingdom of God does not look like what we would think or expect. I believe that He continues showing us this in John 13 when He washes the feet o...  Read More

Have you ever had a friend or family member call you up and share a circumstance or situation out of their life that has left them shaken? SHAKEN. RESTLESS. CONFUSED. ANXIOUS.As you listen to them sha...  Read More

Work is a gift from God. It doesn't always feel like it, but according to the Bible, it is. God gave Adam work in the brand new world. God gave Noah work--a job that made absolutely no sense to him. G...  Read More

Fulfillment in a Vaporous LifeBefore diving into Part III, be sure that you have read Part I and Part II of this blog post so that you have an understanding of what I mean when I refer to the word heb...  Read More

Hebel Applied Before diving into Part II, be sure that you have read Part I of this blog post so that you have an understanding of what I mean when I use the word hebel. Qoheleth, the author of Eccles...  Read More

IntroductionHebrew wisdom literature explores the way the world works in order to instruct readers in how to live. It seeks to “make wise the simple” (Ps. 19:17) and to make our paths straight (Pr. 3:...  Read More

It would be difficult to find a passage in Scripture that scared me more as a child than Matthew 7:21-23. Every year or two, a good old-fashioned Baptist revival would roll through my hometown, and th...  Read More

The Will of GodThe final thing we must address is back in Matthew 7:21 when Jesus says that only those who “do the will of my Father” will enter the kingdom of God. This naturally poses the question, ...  Read More

Good vs. Bad Fruit If a false teacher is known by their bad fruit, then it makes sense that true disciples of Jesus would be known by our good fruit—but what is this good fruit? Obviously, the first p...  Read More

Mr. and Mrs. Arrington were old when I was a kid. Although physically they were slight people, they are still some of the mightiest people I’ve known. Shortly before my family went to Ecuador as missi...  Read More