This Sunday at Cornerstone Church... "Prone to wander, Lord, I feel itProne to leave the God I loveHere's my heart, oh, take and seal itSeal it for Thy courts above"- Robert Robinson, Come Thou Fount Throughout Scripture, we are called to remember God and His work. When we neglect this most important charge, we subject ourselves to all manner of poor choices. Solomon, in...
Keep ReadingThis Sunday at Cornerstone Church... As we approach the concluding section of Ecclesiastes, we will notice Solomon commanding his readers to invest their lives wisely while life lasts (11:1-6), knowing that life holds both wonderful blessings and many days of darkness (11:8; see also v. 2). He has been telling us throughout the book that life is filled with uncertainty. B...
Keep ReadingThis Sunday at Cornerstone Church... Life circumstances bring to our attention the foolishness of man. Our tendency towards foolishness is revealed in 1) common elements of life (Ecclesiastes 10:3), 2) governmental decisions (vv. 4-7), 3) pursuits of our wants and needs (vv. 8-11), our words (vv. 12-14, 20), our lack of direction (v. 15), and our lack of discretion (vv. 1...
Keep ReadingThis Sunday at Cornerstone Church... Life is filled with many variables, so people often try to control the circumstances and results of life choices. But in Ecclesiastes 9, Solomon wants to inform us that we are unable to control our lives. Life is filled with randomness (v. 11) and uncertainty (v. 12). In light of of the randomness of life and the uncertainty of when we...
Keep ReadingThis Sunday at Cornerstone Church... When we think that all of life's matters are under our control, there is an unbearable weight that presses down on us. If we think that blessing and trouble rest upon whether we act in certain ways, our view of life will be distorted and we will be very frustrated. Solomon clearly states that no one can fully grasp the way life works (...
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