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Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Continuing on in I Thessalonians, this week and next week Todd walks us through Chapter 5, verses 12-28. In this podcast, Todd, Spencer, and Christian focus their attention on helping us understand how we collectively, as Christ-followers, are to live in order to make a name for God and influence a watching world for His Glory. Beginning with encouraging one another and building one another up, and moving on to respecting the leadership God has established over us, the pastors remind us that this posture is radically different than the way the world in general operates. Ours is an “upside-down kingdom”, where servant leadership is honored and expected. Our pastors continue in a great discussion on verse 14, elaborating on what it means to “admonish the idle, encourage the faint-hearted and help the weak… all while being patient”. And when this is difficult and confusing, it is God Himself who works in and among us and through us to bring about His intended purpose for our lives. Enjoy this lively and confessional podcast as we near the end of our time in I Thessalonians!
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
This week’s episode features a vulnerable and transparent discussion with 3 women from our Cornerstone family around the topic of sexual brokenness. Lisa, Val and Robin each discuss aspects of their own sexual brokenness in the context of our pastor’s teaching in I Thessalonians 4:1-5, where Paul instructs us to “abstain from sexual immorality”. Although each woman’s story is different, each of them experienced the redemptive work of God that allowed them to flourish and be transformed, in spite of their brokenness, to honor God and display Him well. This episode includes sensitive and personal information and is not recommended for children. Please be cautious when listening if small children are present. Our prayer is that you will be blessed by this discussion and that you too will seek assistance if you are suffering in this area of your life.
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
As we near the end of the sermon series on I Thessalonians, Todd, Christian, and Spencer recap where we’ve been and then discuss Paul’s final instructions to the first-century believers. Paul clearly wants to reassure these believers that those who have died prior to the Second Coming of Christ are secure in their salvation and are not destined for wrath. But just as important is what we are still called to do while we wait for Christ’s return or our own home-going. Paul instructs us too to live in readiness and with preparedness for what is coming, even though we don’t know the time of Christ’s return, and we are to live and model Christ’s example, walking day by day in the character of Jesus. The pastors discuss the importance of encouraging one another and building up other believers in the faith, even in suffering and turmoil. This recording is such an encouragement at this particular time considering the current upheaval in our world. Listen closely and be encouraged!
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Friend and bible scholar Bob Kreycik joins Todd and Christian this week to explain the meaning behind the phrase, Day of the Lord. Used multiple times in the Old Testament, we find it again in this week’s New Testament passage in I Thessalonians 5:1-3. Bob helps us understand that this reference in Paul’s letter is largely dependent on also understanding the OT references. The Day of the Lord is always spoken in reference to a day of judgment, including a literal physical judgment, a judgment by God towards those who have harmed His chosen people, for which He has great concern and protects. This introduction to the last chapter of I Thessalonians is a continual encouragement and comfort to all believers that all evil will be punished and ultimately vanquished.
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
This week Todd, Christian, and Spencer discuss at length the significance of the death and resurrection of Christ from the viewpoint of the believers in Thessalonica with their Roman-Greco understanding of death. Using I Thessalonians 4:13-18 as their text, the pastors explain how radical the resurrection of Jesus was to these young believers and that they too would one day be resurrected and join Jesus, and the promise (found in verse 17) that they would forever be with Him. The Apostle Paul speaks to these believers in a way that they can understand and he encourages them and instructs us to do the same in our time and context.
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