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Advent is the first season in the Christian calendar and is celebrated over the four Sundays leading up to Christmas. The title ‘Advent’ comes from the Latin word ‘adventus’ which means ‘coming’. Through this season we wait and prepare to celebrate the incarnation; God coming in to our world as a baby, 2000 years ago. We also anticipate the second coming, when Christ will return and put all things right. We live in between these two comings. There is a lot to love about the ‘silly season’; holidays, work parties, time with friends and family, good food and drink. However, it is also easy to find ourselves so caught up in all of this that Jesus is simply reduced to something we tag on at the end of everything else. In a season so often marked by busy-ness, indulgence, consumption and personal and financial pressures, Advent offers us a distinctly Christian way to approach and re-claim this time of year. Advent marks the beginning of the church calendar, it is the Christian New Year. Let’s intentionall

This week Clem helps us to consider the Holy Spirit’s application of grace to struggling Christian communities in first century Western Turkey. While we often read Revelation with in application to some point in the future, John’s message in the book of Revelation was intended to encourage present congregational situations. This is so very relevant to each of us sent into society as “ministers of God.”

Josh preaches from Titus 2 about how God's grace is the beginning and end of the Christian life.

Graham picks up from last week speaking about how the missional imperative shapes the Christian life.

Josh speaks about how being on mission means finding new ways to make sense of God's love for people.

Ruth speaks from her life, and from the book of Ephesians about how God works in our lives to move us for his purposes.

Graham speaks about how, in the face of complicated social and political forces, God's people have often most effectively outworked the values of God's Kingdom in the details of their personal interactions with the people around them. As much as we might feel drawn into the machinations that flow from the seats of power, commonly it is the case that--to quote Mother Teresa--we are called to "small acts of great love."

Psalm 116 - Open | Honest to God | Josh Newington | Sunday 16 September by Cornerstone Christian Church

Pastor Joy Graetz preaches from Psalm 125 about having a song from God that can 'keep us moving.' In the same way that soldiers have marching songs, or the African slaves in America famously sang songs to keep hope and energy alive while they worked, Joy suggests that we can sing a song from God that can move us forward through a life of faith.

Josh speaks from Psalm 15 about what it means to live life with God.

Graham speaks about what it means to take a Missional posture in the way we as a church talk and pray about politics. He then talks us through how we can pray for our new Prime Minister in this way.

When the Reformer John Calvin wrote his commentary on the Psalms he referred to it as “an anatomy of all parts of the soul.” When we read the Psalms though we can find ourselves shocked at its contents—we can read the Psalmist accusing God of abandoning them (Psalm 29), or even expressing passionate desire for bloodthirsty vengeance (think Psalm 137). But should finding these things in Scripture be shocking to us? Are our own hearts really so different from the Psalmist's? Or is it the case that we somehow expect someone writing parts of the Bible to be different to us, somehow more spiritual? Perhaps this is understandable, that we should desire Scripture to always point us towards the better parts of our nature. The risk though is that we might become fake, hiding or not acknowledging parts of our struggle as human beings. Ultimately one of the things that is so valuable about the Psalms is how human they actually are, and the way they map what human relationship with God looks like. There is nothing fake

When the Reformer John Calvin wrote his commentary on the Psalms he referred to it as “an anatomy of all parts of the soul.” When we read the Psalms though we can find ourselves shocked at its contents—we can read the Psalmist accusing God of abandoning them (Psalm 29), or even expressing passionate desire for bloodthirsty vengeance (think Psalm 137). But should finding these things in Scripture be shocking to us? Are our own hearts really so different from the Psalmist's? Or is it the case that we somehow expect someone writing parts of the Bible to be different to us, somehow more spiritual? Perhaps this is understandable, that we should desire Scripture to always point us towards the better parts of our nature. The risk though is that we might become fake, hiding or not acknowledging parts of our struggle as human beings. Ultimately one of the things that is so valuable about the Psalms is how human they actually are, and the way they map what human relationship with God looks like. There is nothing fake

When the Reformer John Calvin wrote his commentary on the Psalms he referred to it as “an anatomy of all parts of the soul.” When we read the Psalms though we can find ourselves shocked at its contents—we can read the Psalmist accusing God of abandoning them (Psalm 29), or even expressing passionate desire for bloodthirsty vengeance (think Psalm 137). But should finding these things in Scripture be shocking to us? Are our own hearts really so different from the Psalmist's? Or is it the case that we somehow expect someone writing parts of the Bible to be different to us, somehow more spiritual? Perhaps this is understandable, that we should desire Scripture to always point us towards the better parts of our nature. The risk though is that we might become fake, hiding or not acknowledging parts of our struggle as human beings. Ultimately one of the things that is so valuable about the Psalms is how human they actually are, and the way they map what human relationship with God looks like. There is nothing fake

On Sunday 22 July we continued with our series in the Psalms called 'Honest to God'. We heard from Clem Fryer as he shared from Psalm 23. When the Reformer John Calvin wrote his commentary on the Psalms he referred to it as “an anatomy of all parts of the soul.” When we read the Psalms though we can find ourselves shocked at its contents—we can read the Psalmist accusing God of abandoning them (Psalm 29), or even expressing passionate desire for bloodthirsty vengeance (think Psalm 137). But should finding these things in Scripture be shocking to us? Are our own hearts really so different from the Psalmist's? Or is it the case that we somehow expect someone writing parts of the Bible to be different to us, somehow more spiritual? Perhaps this is understandable, that we should desire Scripture to always point us towards the better parts of our nature. The risk though is that we might become fake, hiding or not acknowledging parts of our struggle as human beings. Ultimately one of the things that is so valua

On Sunday 15 July we continued with the Honest to God series and we were excited to hear from Pastor Joy Graetz as she shared from Psalm 84. When the Reformer John Calvin wrote his commentary on the Psalms he referred to it as “an anatomy of all parts of the soul.” When we read the Psalms though we can find ourselves shocked at its contents—we can read the Psalmist accusing God of abandoning them (Psalm 29), or even expressing passionate desire for bloodthirsty vengeance (think Psalm 137). But should finding these things in Scripture be shocking to us? Are our own hearts really so different from the Psalmist's? Or is it the case that we somehow expect someone writing parts of the Bible to be different to us, somehow more spiritual? Perhaps this is understandable, that we should desire Scripture to always point us towards the better parts of our nature. The risk though is that we might become fake, hiding or not acknowledging parts of our struggle as human beings. Ultimately one of the things that is so valu

On Sunday 8 July, Joshua Newington continued our series called, 'Honest to God'. This week we looked at Psalm 123. When the Reformer John Calvin wrote his commentary on the Psalms he referred to it as “an anatomy of all parts of the soul.” When we read the Psalms though we can find ourselves shocked at its contents—we can read the Psalmist accusing God of abandoning them (Psalm 29), or even expressing passionate desire for bloodthirsty vengeance (think Psalm 137). But should finding these things in Scripture be shocking to us? Are our own hearts really so different from the Psalmist's? Or is it the case that we somehow expect someone writing parts of the Bible to be different to us, somehow more spiritual? Perhaps this is understandable, that we should desire Scripture to always point us towards the better parts of our nature. The risk though is that we might become fake, hiding or not acknowledging parts of our struggle as human beings. Ultimately one of the things that is so valuable about the Psalms is

When the Reformer John Calvin wrote his commentary on the Psalms he referred to it as “an anatomy of all parts of the soul.” When we read the Psalms though we can find ourselves shocked at its contents--we can read the Psalmist accusing God of abandoning them (Psalm 29), or even expressing passionate desire for bloodthirsty vengeance (think Psalm 137). But should finding these things in Scripture be shocking to us? Are our own hearts really so different from the Psalmists? Or is it the case that we somehow expect someone writing parts of the Bible to be different to us, somehow more spiritual? Perhaps this is understandable, that we should desire Scripture to always point us towards the better parts of our nature. The risk though is that we might become fake, hiding or not acknowledging parts of our struggle as human beings. Ultimately one of the things that is so valuable about the Psalms is how human they actually are, and the way the map what human relationship with God looks like. There is nothing fak