
Hosted by Cornerstone Church of Ames · EN

What's the one defining pursuit of your life, and is it big enough to reorder everything else around it? Troy Nesbitt walks through Philippians 3 to show that when Christ becomes our highest pursuit, every other relationship falls into place.

You can outrun every religious rule and still miss Jesus if your righteousness is your own doing. What does it actually mean to know Christ? Mark walks through Philippians 3:1-11 to warn against the twin dangers of legalism and license, showing how Paul traded a righteousness earned through law-keeping for one received by faith, and discovered that the deepest knowledge of Christ comes not despite suffering but through it.

What kind of king would leave his throne to save people rebelling against him? Lance walks through Philippians 2:5-11 to show how Jesus stepped down in humility, suffered in obedience even to death on a cross, and was exalted above all, calling believers to trade pride for the same humble surrender.

Everyone wants to go to heaven, but almost no one wants to think about the dying part. Mark walks through Philippians 1:12-30, drawing on his own family's journey, to show how Paul's words "to live is Christ and to die is gain" offer both a clear purpose for living and an unshakable confidence in death.

Can I lose my salvation? Tony opens Cornerstone's new series in Philippians by unpacking Philippians 1 to show that God is the one who starts, sustains, and finishes the good work of salvation in every believer's life.

What if the command to praise God has less to do with what he needs and everything to do with what you need? Jacob walks through Psalm 150 to show that praise isn't primarily about what God needs but what we need, as it produces hope and joy in us while protecting our hearts.

Most people are chasing joy in all the wrong places, and Psalm 51 suggests the path there starts somewhere uncomfortable. Simeon walks through Psalm 51 to show that the path from sin to joy runs through honest awareness of sin, acknowledgment of its weight, and confession to a God who is faithful to cleanse and restore.

What does it look like to fight for joy in the midst of spiritual depression? Tony walks through Psalm 42 and how we can pour out our pain, preach hope to our hearts, and keep showing up to restore our joy found in Christ alone.

We make terrible shepherds for our own souls. Lance walks through Psalm 23 and shows why the most comforting thing about the good Shepherd isn't what he gives us but that he gives us himself, walking with us through the darkest valleys so we never have to face them alone.

Every graduation speech asks the same question: how do you live a good life? In this sermon, Mark opens a summer series through the Psalms by unpacking Psalm 1's vision of the truly blessed life, and reveals why the answer isn't try harder but Jesus, the only person who ever lived it perfectly, cursed in our place so we could receive what we never deserved.