From the monthly archives: January 2009

Building Update

On January 28, 2009 By

Through your giving God has richly provided for Cornerstone in remodeling our Education building and Sanctuary building. It has served to foster a better sense of community among our church family. I love to leave worship and see people clustered in groups talking with each other as kids play on the playground. The updates have [...]

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From Conception to Delivery

On January 25, 2009 By

God is offering new life in Christ to all who will believe.  That regeneration and rebirth may happen in a moment or it may come about over a period of time.  Jesus’ encounter with Nicodemus in the third chapter of John’s Gospel is perhaps the purest, most concrete presentation of the Gospel message in the [...]

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Signs

On January 18, 2009 By

In the summer of 1993, Rhonda and I were relishing our last days of living in Wyoming. We were getting ready to move to St. Louis. We had already moved our stuff. Since there is a lot to see in that part of the states and we had not seen it all yet, we decided [...]

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Lamb of God

On January 11, 2009 By

Playing tennis in the wind can be taxing. I played on the tennis team during High School and we practiced outside every afternoon in the Spring. Oklahoma is a windy place, especially in the Spring time. As much as I was playing tennis, I would have played tennis a lot more were it not for [...]

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2009 Pastor’s Report

On January 10, 2009 By

A couple of weeks ago I was at the symphony with my wife Rhonda and the Caricos. We listened to Tchaikovsky and Schumann for most of the evening. Tchaikovsky’s piece was played by Leonidas Kavakos on the violin. Kavakos is one of the most sought after violin virtuosos in the world and played for 45 [...]

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Passing the Baton

On January 6, 2009 By

Dr. Dan Burns directs us to consider the people to whom we are passing on the gospel. Dr. Burns has been serving as a church planter and pastor in Asia for the past 16 years. Having planted a church years ago and been instrumental in planting several more around Asia, he is now getting to [...]

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Resolving to Diet

On January 1, 2009 By

Believing God Works through Prayer.

It’s that time of year again. It’s time to make those New Year’s resolution. The most common resolution for Americans is dieting. Coming after a season of feasting it’s no wonder. From Thanksgiving to Christmas we love to indulge. From Christmas to New Year we realize we’ve eaten too much [...]

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