Cornerstone Message Podcast

We've all experienced setbacks. Lost weight regained. An "A+" on one test followed by a "D" that pulls our grade down. A relationship that seems to be improved that goes off the rails...again. Our spiritual life can sometimes follow the same pattern. Wouldn't it be nice to know that some gains realized can never be lost? This weekend's edition of "Moments" will encourage you as we explore the gains that can never be lost once someone becomes a follower of Jesus.

"You've made your bed, now lie in it!" — If you've heard this saying before, you probably know that it highlights the truth that we often must live with the consequences of our past, sometimes poor, decisions. But what if this truth was encouraging instead of depressing? What if you had made small decisions in the past that would reap disproportionate rewards in your life today? See how a few, select decisions you can make today will reap disproportionate benefits for all your tomorrows. We'll tell you what those "Make Your Bed" decisions are in part four of "Moments."

The day the sound board died! Our apologies for the less than ideal sound quality, but the message still comes through loud and clear: God grants fresh starts every day! You can turn the page on the past. Find out how.

Wish that you could set right what's gone wrong? Regardless of what people believe about Jesus, it's pretty clear he believed that God was setting what was wrong in the world right through him. In part two of the new series, "Moments," we'll see how God's plan to set things right through Jesus continues with the coming of the Holy Spirit on the first Pentecost after the resurrection.

Do you struggle to understand or explain troubling passages in the Bible about women? Does the Bible promote and perpetuate an oppressive patriarchy? An anachronistic and destructive misogyny? Here are answers to the questions you (or at least your friends & family) have about women and the Bible. It just may prove to be a defining moment in your life.

Wouldn't it be nice if there was one thing you could do that would guarantee you would follow through on your good intentions? The good news is that there is! And we apply it to one of the most impactful areas of life, your finances, in the finale of the Money on the Mount series! You can make good stewardship (and a bunch of other good stuff) "automatic," if you apply the principle from this message.

"How do I manage what I have now to maximize what I’ll have later?" We ask ourselves this with our health, our time, our relationships, and yes, even our money. In this weekend's Scripture, Jesus makes several practical applications that can be immediately applied to life to make life better, make us better at life, and bring glory to God in the process. And, as usual with Jesus, some of it is really counterintuitive and surprising! You can get a good return on your "investments," but the key just may be not how much, but how.

In this week's Scripture passage, we'll look at one of Jesus' most controversial parables, in which a dishonest manager gets fired for his poor money management...and ends up being the hero of Jesus' story! What makes this guy who was bad at money good at money in Jesus' eyes? And what lesson does it have for us?

Jesus has told us previously in the Sermon on the Mount to "Give to those who ask, and don’t turn away from those who want to borrow." Did he really mean that? Is it even realistic? Certainly we'd all like to help those in need when we encounter them, support worthy causes, and in general make a positive difference in our community and world—loving God by loving our neighbor. But we're also bound to wonder, if I lived like this, could I still live? In this week's episode of Money on the Mount, we'll explore the number one reason people don't live like this: worry. And we'll find out exactly why worry is against our religion!

Money mismanagement messes up marriages, hopes, and moments. But it doesn't have to be that way. We can get good at money, and a core section of the Sermon on the Mount is dedicated to that topic. In this first message of the series, Jesus bursts into the topic with three explosive, uncomfortable truths about money that expose not just our relationship with money, but what it tells us about who we are. Find out what he says and what it says about us in "Treasure."