Cornerstone Church

The story of Scripture doesn't end where it began. What was lost in the Garden of Eden is fully restored in the New Creation—where sin, sorrow, death, and the Curse are finally erased forever. The story that began with humanity's greatest failure ends with God's greatest victory. In the end—shame, sin, regret, and the Curse don't win—Jesus does.

If Jesus defeated the Curse—why does the world still feel so broken? Why do Christians still struggle with sin, suffering, and death? You see—while the victory has been won, the story isn't over. We’re living in an “Already-But-Not-Yet” reality. Because of Christ, we no longer have to live under the power of the Curse—even while we wait for the day it's gone forever.

The Cross was more than Jesus simply dying for our sins—it was Jesus stepping into the Curse itself and carrying what we could never overcome on our own. Every thorn, every wound, every moment of suffering points back to God's plan to reverse what began in Eden. The greatest curse ever spoken was broken by the greatest act of love ever shown.

Why does a good God allow pain, tragedy, and disease? Why does the Author of Life allow death? Why do things in our world often feel like it's not the way it's supposed to be? The Bible doesn't ignore those questions—it answers them by revealing a world that's been deeply fractured by sin. Even Creation itself is longing for the day everything is made new.

One choice. It only took one choice to change the course of human history. What began as Paradise quickly became a cursed world filled with shame, suffering, fear, and death. The brokenness we experience today? It isn't random. It has an origin story. And before we can properly recognize God's rescue, we have to understand what went wrong in the first place.

The Book of Obadiah is a prophecy against the nation of Edom—but underneath its warning? There’s a truth that reaches far beyond one ancient nation…our choices have consequences. But the good news is that repentance means we don’t have to keep walking down the same road—we can turn around and choose the way of Jesus.

Revelation 1 is literally the beginning of the end—it’s the opening chapter of the last book of Scripture! And John’s letter certainly opens with a bang. There is so much to digest in the first chapter...it feels like a disservice to not hit every part of it! So we’re going to take our time walking through the text—studying all the details we need to to know about the end.

Philippians 2:1–11 lays out one of the most deep, powerful passages about Jesus in all of Scripture—the words often called “The Christ Hymn.” But this isn’t merely a theological statement about who Jesus is—it’s a glimpse into the heart, mind, and posture of our King. And Paul’s challenge is that the posture of the King will become the posture of His people.

Psalm 10 gives a picture of the wicked—proud, violent, deceitful…they are convinced that God doesn’t see their awful actions. I mean, we would never be like those people…right? Or—is the sin I see in others also at work against me? Am I too in the Enemy’s sights as He works to distort my heart? The sin I see in others might be the same sin I won’t see in me.

Daniel 6 is usually remembered for what happened in the den—but the real story begins long before Daniel ever got there. When a new law threatens his life, Daniel doesn’t suddenly become a man of prayer—he simply keeps doing what he had already been doing. We see that the threat didn’t create Daniel’s faith…it revealed a faith that was already there.