Cornerstone Church - Atlanta, GA

All of us have received good advice in the past about ways that we can prevent trouble in our lives. The bad news is, when we fail to take that advice and find ourselves in present trouble we can often feel helpless and hopeless. What do you do when you've it rock bottom and you have no one to blame but yourself? If we look at the life of Jonah we see that even weak prayers offered to a willing Savior can actually accomplish something significant.

Some problems in life can be solved simply by ignoring them, they tend to just go away. Other problems simply get worse. When we find ourselves having problems with the way that God wants to run our lives, that's not a problem that we can just ignore. God won't be ignored and is bent on confronting us. Quite frankly, that's the best news that we could ever imagine. God shows the depth of His compassion by chasing people who don't deserve an ounce of it.

The fact that God speaks to us is a truth that has become all to familiar. This familiarity has caused that great truth to lose its force. We can get so preoccupied with a desire to hear from God that we forget that the most important thing isn't hearing from Him, but heeding HIs words. As we start a new series in the book of Jonah, we take some time to understand that how we treat God's word, reveals what it is that we really think of Him. Do we think He's a friend or foe?

The church is under attack, but not how you might think. When we think of the most dangerous pitfalls to the health of the church we usually think of external forces. However, there's an internal danger that threatens the effectiveness of every church. Simple neglect. Left unchecked it can cause major disunity. We look at Acts 6 to see how the church dealt with it and what our role is in maintaining unity.

In the world that we live in Christianity is often critiqued. Because of many bad examples, people tend to think of hypocrisy when talking about the church or the Christian faith. However, as we look at the life of Jesus we see that Christians should be marked first and foremost by a humble posture of service. Pastor Trip preaches from Philippians 2 and encourages us, based on Christ's example, to let go, get down, and to lift Jesus up.

What does God want from me? It's a question that shapes everything about our lives, but we'll never get to a meaningful answer if we start with trying to find out what actions God wants. Before we can give God what He wants, we have to know who God is. Service doesn't start with what you do, but who you worship.

There is a god-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man, and only God can fill it. The world that we live in all addresses this gap and attempts to fill it with things that fall very short of providing us with contentment. Our guest preacher William "Duce" Branch helps us see how God satisfies us completely in Christ.

Pastor Trip preaches on the importance of words in the life of the Christian. We're reminded that if we want to see the state of our hearts, the best way for us to do that is to look carefully at our words.

Pastor Trip preaches on the importance of music in the life of the Christian. When it comes to engaging with God, to ignore music is to accept unfaithfulness.

Pastor Trip preaches about what work should look like in the everyday lives of God people. The most important thing about our work isn't the particular type of work that we do, but our posture towards the work that we do.