Posts with the tag “letterstothechurch”

Cornerstone Church,Powerless PhiladelphiaOver the last 6 weeks we have studied the Letters to the Churches of Asia Minor. Jesus has encouraged every church and rebuked most. The church in Philadelphia escapes the rebuke of our Lord and instead has the fact that they are just plain weak described this way in verse 8.Revelation 3:8 (NKJV) 8 I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door,...  Read More

Cornerstone Church,Revitalization of a Dead Church Before starting Cornerstone, Amy and I visited a church in Daytona where we considered the ministry of revitalization. It was an older church with a great history. Over time however, it had fallen into difficult times and disrepair. Ultimately, we felt called to Four Corners to launch Cornerstone and are so blessed that we were led to this amazing...  Read More

Cornerstone Church,1% ImprovementsRevelation 2:18-29 (NKJV) 18 "And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, 'These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: 19 I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.Micro improvements day by day add up to monumental progress over ti...  Read More

No Fear! Revelation 2:8-11  8 "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, 'These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life: 9 I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the dev...  Read More

Cornerstone Church,Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. In one of the most stunning rebukes in all of the Bible, Jesus tells the church at Ephesus that they had abandoned their first love. This indicates a deliberate decision on their part; they “have left.” At first we might be tempted to think of an old forgotten love. Like the one sung about b...  Read More