• FAMILY MATTERS

    Romans 12:9-13 Betty sat at her college graduation seething with anger. Her father had not come. He had always seemed too busy to come to her important events. The farm work always came first. Betty had to put herself through college, and she desperately wanted her family to be proud of this achievement. She had […]

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  • WHAT WILL HEAVEN BE LIKE?

    Acts 1:9-11 We all have questions about what heaven will be like. We also form ideas about how it will be. Lloyd George, who was once Prime Minister of England said, “When I was a boy the thought of heaven used to frighten me more than the thought of hell. I pictured heaven as a […]

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  • “YOU ARE INCLUDED”

    Back in chapter 1:13, Paul tells the Gentile believers, “And you were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit…” Now, in the latter part of chapter 2, he is going to spell it […]

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  • DOES GOD SPEAK TO YOU?

    John 10:22-30 There is a satirical story about a minister who got into difficulty and decided to pray about it. He had always said his prayers with diligent regularity.

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  • THE HOME THAT JESUS BUILDS

    Matthew 7:24-27 Since time began, women have never fully trusted men. One day Adam took a walk in the Garden of Eden. He told Eve that he would be back soon. But we all know that “soon” means different things to different people. That evening, when Adam got back home, Eve pounced on the situation.

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  • THE BIG “IF”

    2 Chronicles 3-7 This is a time in the life of our church that is known as a high holy moment. We have gathered here today for a purpose that usually comes only once in the lifetime of a congregation. But for us in the short history of seventeen years in the life of Cornerstone […]

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  • LORD, ARE YOU WITH ME?

    Psalm 63:1-11 In his book, THE GOD YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, Bill Hybels says that God passionately yearns to be in a relationship with us. He may not be the god we want, but He is the God we need. It may be a matter of semantics, but it is a creative play on words. […]

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  • “A LOOK AT YOUR BAPTISM”

    A mother looked out a window and saw Johnny playing church with their three kittens. He had them lined up and was preaching to them. The mother turned around to do some work, but soon she heard meowing and scratching on the door.

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  • THE MEANING OF A KISS

    Mark 14:43-45, Luke 7:44-47, Luke 15:17-24 Do You remember your first kiss? I mean the kind where you kissed your boy friend or girl friend? I remember the first time that I kissed Janice or the first time she kissed me, or which ever way it was.

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  • “IT IS FINISHED”

    John 19:28-37 In his book ASIMOV LAUGHS AGAIN, Isaac Asimov tells his story. He was a science fiction writer and an atheist. He was brought up in the Jewish faith but had rejected any concept of God. He was interviewed on national television by David Frost. During the course of the conversation, Frost asked him […]

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  • THE CUP WE DRINK

    Matthew 20:17-23 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is the third film in the Indiana Jones series. Released in 1989, it was directed by Steven Spielberg. Although it was the third motion picture released, the movie is chapter twenty-five in The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones. It was believed that if one could drink from […]

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  • “THE FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE”

    This sermon was preached at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Cherry Log, Georgia on March 4, 2012 by Pastor Paul Mims. Ephesians 6:10-18 It doesn’t take long for the new believer in Christ to learn that the Christian life is warfare. Far from the idea that when you become a Christian all your problems are over, […]

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  • HOW TO ENJOY BEING A CHRISTIAN

    Ephesians 5:8-21 On the website, “Let’s talk Bible” he said, “I have a question. What do I do about this? To be blunt I really don’t like being a Christian. There are too many things that I have to do that I don’t want to do and too many things that I’m not supposed to […]

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  • “GRIEVING THE HOLY SPIRIT”

    Ephesians 4:30-5:7 Last Sunday, the largest audience in television history viewed the Super Bowl. The premium tickets went for $3800. The seats in the end zones went for almost $1,000. It was a great American sports celebration. Here is a funny story of devotion to the big game.

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