Cornerstone Chapel - Video Podcast

The book of Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs) is a love story. It’s the romance between a young man and a young woman set to music that describes their courtship, marriage, and ultimate sexual consummation of the relationship. It can be interpreted allegorically (that it is not a factual relationship, but only a picture that symbolizes God’s love for Israel or Christ’s love for the Church), but a better way to interpret it is literally (with a secondary meaning)—that it is a real, historical, love relationship between a man and a woman which also parallels the love of God for us. Sex is a gift God has given us to be celebrated between a man and a woman in a monogamous, heterosexual marriage. In part one of this series, Pastor Gary will examine “Courtship Love”—guidelines from this story for those who are in a courting/dating relationship in preparation for marriage.

Join us as Pastor Gary answers questions related to the topic of God's character.

An in-depth study of Exodus 12.

In today’s Palm Sunday message, Pastor Gary reminds us of the unmet expectations the people felt when Jesus came into Jerusalem as Messiah. Their idea of “Savior” was not one who would die on a cross for their sins, but one who would overthrow Roman occupation and usher in the Jewish Nation. When that didn’t happen, the people rejected Him altogether and crucified Him. What do we do when God doesn’t do what we think He should do? How do we handle life’s disappointments and heartaches when God doesn’t show up the way we had hoped? Pastor Gary addresses that with some suggestions from Scripture in today’s teaching entitled, “Unmet Expectations.”

Solomon comes to a final conclusion about life and God as he writes the Epilogue to Ecclesiastes. He seems to come full circle from one who tried to live life without God, to one who realizes that life without God is utterly meaningless. After his search for fulfillment through wine, women, work, and wealth, Solomon finally realizes that nothing and no one can bring satisfaction in life like a relationship with the Lord. Join Pastor Gary for today’s conclusion to the book of Ecclesiastes.

Join us as Pastor Gary answers questions related to the topics of Heaven & Hell.

For someone who does not know the Lord, this life is as good as it gets. But for someone who knows the Lord, this life is as bad as it gets. One person lives with this world in mind, the other lives with the promise of heaven in mind. Solomon was someone who was living his life with this world in mind because he had lost sight of God. As a result, he writes about how “meaningless” life was; how unfulfilled life was. But it doesn’t need to be that way! Jesus died on the cross to save us from sin and death so that we could spend eternity with Him. Join Pastor Gary as he unpacks more lessons from the book of Ecclesiastes.

An in-depth study of 1 Thessalonians 5.

The Bible teaches that it’s not only important to worship the right God, but it’s also important to worship the right God the right way. In Ecclesiastes 5, Solomon says that there’s a right way and a wrong way to worship God. Worship is not just about “singing” (though that’s part of it). Worship is living a God-ward life of reverence and devotion to Him, and Solomon explains that there’s a right “protocol” for coming into the House of God. Pastor Gary shares a practical study about how we should prepare ourselves for meeting God when we come to church.