Downtown Cornerstone Church

We continue our study of the most influential, life-changing, worldview-shaping letter ever written—Romans. It is a timeless, divinely-inspired masterpiece on the joy-filled-life-as-it-should-be freedom found in Jesus. In Romans 8:12-17, the Apostle Paul offers four assuring characteristics of those who are born of God and led by the Spirit. If you need confidence of the Spirit's work in your life, this is for you. God wants his people to be assured of their standing.

We continue our study of the most influential, life-changing, worldview-shaping letter ever written—Romans. It is a timeless, divinely-inspired masterpiece on the joy-filled-life-as-it-should-be freedom found in Jesus. In 8:12-13, the Apostle Paul explains that those born of God will find themselves engaged in a new war against sin and the stakes are high. In fact, the stakes are your soul. As John Owen once said, “Be killing sin, or sin will be killing you.”

We continue our study of the most influential, life-changing, worldview-shaping letter ever written Romans. It is a timeless, divinely-inspired masterpiece on the joy-filled-life-as-it-should-be freedom found in Jesus. In 8:5-11, the Apostle Paul shows that being a Christian is a supernatural, not natural, reality that displays the power of God. In ourselves, we cannot make ourselves right with God. We need God to make us new, by the Spirit.

We continue our study of the most influential, life-changing, worldview-shaping letter ever written—Romans. It is a timeless, divinely-inspired masterpiece on the joy-filled-life-as-it-should-be freedom found in Jesus. Today, we turn to chapter eight, perhaps the best known and most loved chapter in the entire Bible. This chapter will serve as our fall sermon series as we discover the breathtaking riches of life in the Spirit and all that God is for us, in Jesus.

We continue our series in the Psalms that runs parallel to our series in Romans. Its purpose is to help us learn from the psalmists what it means to faithfully walk with God through the ups-and-downs of life in a world marred by sin. Today, in Psalm 32, we consider what a blessing it is to walk with God in repentance and receive from God the forgiveness of our sins.

We continue our study of the most influential, life-changing, worldview-shaping letter ever written—Romans. It is a timeless, divinely-inspired masterpiece on the joy-filled-life-as-it-should-be freedom found in Jesus. Today, we hover above chapters one through seven to take in Paul's vision of reality as a whole. My prayer is that God would cause this vision to become our vision. This reality is not meant to float above our lives, but give shape to it every day.

We continue our study of the most influential, life-changing, worldview-shaping letter ever written- Romans. It is a timeless, divinely-inspired masterpiece on the joy-filled-life-as-it-should-be freedom found in Jesus. Today, in Romans 7:14-25, the Apostle Paul compares the intrinsic nature of God’s law, with the intrinsic nature of the flesh- our natural, fallen nature. He shows us, in deeply personal terms, why we need an all-sufficient Savior outside ourselves.

In this third session of a three-part workshop, pastor and author Jonathan Leeman helps us navigate how to love other church members when we disagree politically. We consider the reasons why this is such a difficult topic, followed by practical recommendations on loving one another and striving to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

For a full list of sessions and video recordings, visit downtowncornerstone.org/politics.

In this second session of a three-part workshop, pastor and author Jonathan Leeman helps us navigate how Christians should think about politics. How does the Bible dictate what it means to be a citizen? How can Christians make a political impact? We address these questions by considering the scriptural basis, and bounds, for our political engagement.

For a full list of sessions and video recordings, visit downtowncornerstone.org/politics.

We continue our series in the Psalms that runs parallel to our series in Romans. The purpose of this study is to learn from the psalmists what it means to faithfully walk with God through the ups-and-downs of life in a world marred by sin. Today, in Psalm 2, we consider how the reality of Jesus’ kingship over the nations helps us navigate times of political turmoil with confidence and hope.

This sermon also serves as the first session of a three-part workshop, Politics in the Life of the Church, with pastor and author Jonathan Leeman. For a full list of sessions and video recordings, visit downtowncornerstone.org/politics.