Cornerstone Boulder Weekly Podcast

Looking at another one of the "I AM" sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of John, Gene takes us into an experience of Jesus as the Bread of Life. It's a powerful statement from Jesus when we think of just how important bread is for our lives. As Gene unpacks this idea of bread throughout the scriptures we get a picture of a God who knows that we are hungry, leads us to provision, and wants us to spend our time working for bread that doesn't spoil... trusting Him that He will provide.

Looking at another one of the "I AM" sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of John, Gene takes us into an experience of Jesus as the Bread of Life. It's a powerful statement from Jesus when we think of just how important bread is for our lives. As Gene unpacks this idea of bread throughout the scriptures we get a picture of a God who knows that we are hungry, leads us to provision, and wants us to spend our time working for bread that doesn't spoil... trusting Him that He will provide.

Our "I AM" series during the advent season centers around the incredible reality of God with us. Looking at one of the times where Jesus says, "I AM", Gene reveals the power of this statement and how, in it, Jesus reveals himself to be the Presence, the Power, and the Propitiation of God.

Our "I AM" series during the advent season centers around the incredible reality of God with us. Looking at one of the times where Jesus says, "I AM", Gene reveals the power of this statement and how, in it, Jesus reveals himself to be the Presence, the Power, and the Propitiation of God.

Heroes are important to us because they show us what happens when ordinary people make extraordinary decisions to do what is right even at great cost to themselves. We're planning on having several messages on heroes throughout the year, but in this particular message, Brian tells the stories of some of those heroes who, inspired by their faith in Jesus, made the difficult choice to defend and protect the Jewish people during the Holocaust. Our hope is that, as we listen to how their faith in Jesus caused them to defend the oppressed, we would take courage and find ways to help those who are oppressed in our own lives.

An important part of the healing process is the moment where the large problems that have been avoided are brought into the light and addressed; the moment people talk about the elephant in the room. In this message, Rabbi Gene brings into the light the incredibly difficult history between the Jewish people and mainstream Christianity through the centuries. Gene shares this information so that we would be able to acknowledge the problems, understand one another better, and be the kind of people that make the choice to bring reconciliation to years of pain and hurt.

In the previous message of the migration series, Brian talked about how prayer is a movement away from the noise that surrounds us and into a place of quiet so that we can connect with God. In this message, Brian continues to talk about prayer by outlining the prayer Jesus taught His disciples to pray. Brian points out the key elements of this prayer and how they anchor us and keep us focused upon our connection with God instead of turning prayer into some kind of self-centered ritual or a game to get ahead. The kindness of Jesus in teaching us to pray reveals to us how close, how concerned and how great God's desire is to meet with us in the place of prayer.

There's an attitude floating around these days that values busy-ness and rapidly fills our open moments will all kinds of potential distractions: noise. In the face of this, we're finding more and more that we need times of stillness in the midst of all this noise. In Brian's message he talks about more than just silencing the noise; he talks about experiencing the beautiful quiet of connection with God. Using examples from scripture and from his own life, Brian demonstrates how we can find God's voice in places we didn't expect and that, when we choose to do this, we find the quietness and connection we so desperately need.

We live in a time where there's a lot of noise. One of the reasons for all this noise is the echo chambers we live in: people endlessly repeating what others have said. Yet, in his message, Aaron talks about the voice we all have: one that is God-given and unique to each one of us. Not only that, but even if we've been an echo, there's the chance to find our voice in the quiet, forge our voice in the midst of crisis, and fuel our voice with obedience. We have a voice, and the world needs to hear it.

There's a lot of drama going on these days and the pressure we experience is often to pick a side and become even more dramatic ourselves. However, the goal in scripture is not to win a drama war, but to strive to be at peace with others. Gene lays out in this sermon a vision for what it means to be peacemakers and how God meets us there.