Discipleship (Page 3)

Discipleship (Page 3)

Can a Christian be a Medium and Talk to the Dead?

A medium is someone who talks to the dead and relays messages back and forth between them and the living. What does the Bible say about mediums? Can a believer who loves and believes in Jesus be a medium? Is it okay to talk to the dead, especially a family member or loved one? Could a Christian use the power of talking to the dead for good? These are all important questions. God gives us answers in the Bible. While…

From Spectator to Participant: Sunday-Morning Church Service Format

Pastor Jonathan Romig explains Cornerstone’s Sunday morning format. Our desire with this change is to help us all do less spectating and more participating in discipleship and worship. This new format gives participants an opportunity to pray together and for each other, and discuss God’s word at a deeper level. While the message is shorter, the time spent in God’s word is longer. Check out the video explanation here. Thanks!

I Am With You – Inspired by the song: Your Labor is Not In Vain

There’s a song I love that gets to me every time it comes through my speakers. (Okay, there are a few that fall into this category, but bear with me.) It’s not only the music, which is lyrical and lovely. It’s also not only the words, though I find them to be thoughtful and powerful. The emotional trigger of the song comes down to one line, which I am convinced captures a truth at once so fundamental and so easy…

What Does the Resurrection Say to Your Frontline?

I find it terribly easy, as I go about my day-to-day life, to forget that this current existence is not all there is. This isn’t a forgetfulness of belief—at the cognitive level I am fully aware of the reality that there is more than my eyes can see. It is a forgetfulness of what I suppose could be called practical belief. I can speak passionately about the implications of the resurrection and the hope of all that’s to come, and…

The Sent Ones – Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer

Each year, I meditate more and more on what Jesus did—and did not do—on the night of his betrayal and arrest. I can’t help but notice the myriad ways He “loved [his own] to the end” (John 13:1), even as He was about to face torture and brutal death. I see this particularly in John’s Gospel narrative, as Jesus takes on the place of a lowly servant, washing the dust, sweat, and grime from his disciple’s feet, including the one…