Sermons Cornerstone Christian Fellowship

Our last sermon as CCF will take us to the book of Acts to re-visit what makes a faithful church. The message is meant to encourage us as we enter a new year under our new name, and to keep our focus in the right place. The message is entitled, “Five Truths Found in a Faithful Church” and comes from Acts 20:28-32,…

Today we look at the birth of Jesus from three angles, studying the Word from Luke 2:1-7; Romans 5:6; and Galatians 4:3-5. We will also look briefly at the regulative principle of worship to explain our church position on holidays for the benefit of those who are new to CCF. Regulative Principle & Holidays? The Time of His Birth The Place of…

Once again, audio quality was very bad. We have had our recording input set incorrectly. This will be remedied. Apoloogies, this message is very noisy. Our sermon is from the  Gospel of Matthew – “Take Up Your Cross.” We will look at Matthew 16:24-28. Te outline below is a good preview. I. The Way of the Cross— Self-denial.— Cross bearing— FollowingII. Why Bear…

We continue our walk through the Gospel of Matthew in Matthew 16:21-23 and make some sense out of our Lord’s rebuke of Peter in which we hear the starling words, “Get behind me Satan.” — A New Time of Teaching Begins— Peter’s Presumption— Get Behind Me— Cross-less Christianity— Peter’s Error Public Reading: Romans 5:1-11; Benediction: Jude v.24-25 Matthew 16:21-23 21 From that time…

Our sermon is entitled, “Gospel of Matthew – Who do You say that I am?” We will look at a very controversial but key passage regarding the Lord’s church, Matthew 16:13-20. Our outline should give you a flavor of what we will learn. I. Who do you say that I am?II. The Rock, who or what is it?—— Roman Catholic view—— Early…

We go again to the Gospel of Matthew for our message, entitled “Interpreting the Signs Around Us.” We enter into the great Chapter 16, perhaps the key chapter of the whole gospel. We will see yet another confrontation with the religious leaders and learn how they themselves serve as a ‘sign of the times.’ How do we think about our own times?…

Today we dive into Matthew 15:29-39 Public Reading: Isaiah 55:1-9; Benediction: 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Matthew 15:29-39 29 Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain and sat down there. 30 And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put…

Public Reading: Luke 18:1-8; Benediction: Ephesians 6:24 Matthew 15:21-28 21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.” 23 But he did not answer her a word.…

Public Reading: Psalm 15; Benediction: Hebrews 13:20-21 Matthew 15:1-20 15:1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, ‘Honor…

Today we will cover Matthew 14:22-36 and will find the disciples in yet another tight spot requiring faith. Here we witness Jesus’ teaching and training of the disciples as he sends them out to sea alone. We will learn about the role of trials and what faith is. Our outline is: I. Alone in the Hills – 3 Reasons— Weariness— Forceful Kingship—…

In this message we will look again to the Gospel of Matthew, our message is entitled, “Jesus Satisfies the Hungry.” It will be drawn from Matthew 14:13-21. Here we see a marvelous miracle of our Lord who is compassionate, and caring. Despite His exhaustion, Jesus feeds the masses. Come, let’s see how this encouraging message will build us up! Public Reading: Psalm…

In Matthew 14:1-12 we encounter a sad story. Here Matthew relates how John the Baptist met his end at the hands of Herod Antipas and Herodias, two very wicked people who serve as powerful pictures of the opposition to the Word of God. John’s life tracks very closely to the life of Jesus, and the story’s position in the gospel marks a…

In Matthew 13:53-58, we discover that Jesus is rejected, not merely by the religious leaders of his day, but by his home town. They couldn’t believe that Jesus was who He said, after all, he was the carpenter’s son they all knew since he was a kid. Bu that unbelief had an effect. It limited the Lord’s work in their midst. This…

Our message is from the Gospel of Matthew. It is entitled “How Much is Jesus Worth?” and comes from Matthew 13:44-52. In this message, we hear some more parables, but this time there is a single line or warning that will form a very fiery image in our minds of Hell. I will dwell on that for a while. Hell is not…

Our lesson is entitled “Weeds, Mustard and Leaven.” I will link these parables together and with our parable of the sower from last week, they form a cohesive and themed unit. This means the theme might not be exactly what we have all learned over the years. I think you will see the text must govern our interpretation, and that will lead…

Today we enter a new section of Matthew’s gospel. We will study “The Sower and the Seed” from Matthew 13:1-23. We will find that the seed is always the same Word of God that goes out from the Lord, but the condition of the soil on which is falls is the variable that matters. Public reading: Isaiah 6:8-13; Benediction: Psalm 5:11 Matthew…

Our message is a continuation of our study of the Gospel of Matthew, it is entitled, “Dissecting the Heart of Man” from Matthew 12:33-37. In this message, we will look at what the inward man is like – are we spirit? Soul? Spirit and soul? And how does it all relate to the body? How do we know? Jesus teaches us very…

Our message is from the Gospel of Matthew and entitled “No Neutral Ground” It will cover Matthew 12:22-32. The high level sermon outline points are: Yet Another Mighty Deed A Huge Lie The Logic of Jesus No Neutrality Are you All-In? Public reading: Isaiah 5:18-23; Benediction: Psalm 121:7-8 Matthew 12:22-32 22 Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to…

We continue in our Matthew series with a message entitled “The Quiet Servant” taken from Matthew 12:15-21. It should be an encouraging message with hope for all of us. The Radical Temperament of the Savior The prophet’s song Non-combative Jesus Bruised Reeds Who does the bruising? Two purposes for bruising Smoking Flax Low on heat, high on stink Biblical examples The Lord’s…

***Audio is acceptable, but improves after the first 5 minutes*** Today we will examine how Jesus demonstrates right exegesis that leads to freedom and joy in Christ, as opposed to legalistic interpretation, which is a device of the devil. We will spend our application section identifying legalism. We’ll cover Matthew 12:1-14. Here is a foretaste: Sabbath Keeping – Rest or Burden? Jesus’…