“I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the Word of God, that any man or woman on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven.” –A.W. Tozer
News and Announcements
Quote of the Day – August 21, 2015
“The greatest miracle that God can do today is to take an unholy man out of an unholy world and make him holy, then put him back into that unholy world and keep him holy in it.” –Leonard Ravenhill
Quote of the Day – August 20, 2015
“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.” –George Washington
REMINDER: Word of Life Parents Orientation Tonight @ 6:30PM
If you are the parent of a student who will be participating in this year’s Word of Life program at Corner Stone you are invited to a parent orientation tonight at 6:30pm in the Family Life Center. Dinner will be provided. We are excited about the upcoming WOL year and hope you will join us this evening.
Quote of the Day – August 19, 2015
“People who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives … and when the bubble has burst, they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted.” — Nate Saint
Quote of the Day – August 18, 2015
“No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once.” — Oswald J. Smith
Doctrine of the Church
Here are the completed notes from the Sunday Evening Service August 16, 2015:
VIII. A Brief Survey of Church History – Part #3
D. The Reformation 1517 – 1700
Events to be aware of:
The Invention of the Printing Press:
- Johan Gutenburg (1453)
- Gutenburg’s first publication was the Bible
The Reformation:
- The Reformation tried at first to reform the Roman Church
- As this proved impossible, the Reformation produced a new wave of Protestant churches
The Sale of Indulgences
- A new form of penance called indulgences were created in order to raise huge sums of money
- The Roman Catholic Church told people that indulgences completely erased one’s temporary punishment in purgatory
Protestant Churches
- With the beginning of the Reformation, churches “protested” the wrong theology of the Roman Catholic Church and its abusive structure
Names to be familiar with from this period:
William Tyndale (1490-1536) – Father of the English Bible
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
- Luther’s 95 Thesis (1517)
- The “Diet of Worms” (1521)
John Calvin (1509-1564)
- Credited with bringing the church back to systematic theology
- 5 Doctrines of Grace:
- Total Depravity
- Unconditional Election
- Particular Redemption (Limited Atonement)
- Irresistable Grace
- Perseverance of the Saints
John Knox (1513-1572)
John Bunyan (1628-1688)
- Wrote the Pilgrim’s Progress
E. Modern Church History (1700-1800)
Terms to be familiar with from this period:
The Great Awakening (1720-1750s)
Names to be familiar with from this period:
John Wesley (1703-1791)
George Whitefield (1714-1770)
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
F. The Modern Missionary Movement (1800-2000)
Names to be familiar with from this period:
William Carey (1761-1843) – The Father of Modern Missions
Adoniram and Ann Judson (1788-1850)
David Livingstone (1813-1873)
Hudson Taylor (1832-1905)
Lottie Moon (1840-1912)
Amy Carmichael (1867-1951)
Billy Graham (1918 – Present)
Others to Know:
George Muller (1805-1898)
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899)
C.I. Scofield (1843-1921)
Billy Sunday (1862-1935)
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)
Jerry Falwell (1933-2007)
*Some contents adapted from Dr. Harold Willmington’s notes on the church
Parenting With Eternity in View
Here are the completed notes from the Sunday Morning service August 16, 2015:
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-7
Temporal/Eternal
- Temporal – Deals with the here and now
- Eternal – Deals with God
- Two judgments: Great White Throne (for the unsaved – Revelation 20), Judgment Seat of Christ (for the saved – Romans 14)
Your child, your grandchild will spend eternity somewhere forever – You have a responsibility:
- To mold and shape that young, tender heart to be receptive to the things of God.
- To instill God’s truth in their lives.
- To model the reality of an authentic relationship with Christ before them.
“You can’t give a child (no matter how much you love them) something you don’t have yourself – An authentic relationship with Jesus.” –Pastor Peyton Fitzgerald
The Greatest Commandment – verse 5
- According to Jesus in Matthew 22:37
- Evidenced by our obedience – John 14:21a, 23a, 24a
These Words – verse 6a
- Today we not only have the writings of Moses buyt the complete Word of God (II Timothy 3:16)
In Your Heart – verse 6b
- Begins by having a relationship with God through His Son Jesus – Allow Him to transform your life.
- Place the truths of God’s Word in your heart – read, heard, memorized, meditated upon and appropriated.
- Make the truths of God’s Word a part of your everyday living (See verses 17, 18a)
Teach them Diligently unto thy Children – verse 7a (Spiritual Education)
Ephesians 6:4 – “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
- Nurture means discipline (systematic training)
- Admonition means putting in the mind (instruction)
- Teaching the Lord’s ways through His Word.
Teach God’s Truth as a Natural Part of Life – verse 7b
- God and His Word a natural topic of conversation
- Times of non-conflict
Caution Against Forgetting the Lord – verse 12
- Priorities – What’s first and most important
- Dependence – What you are relying on
- Investment – What is your life contributing toward
Quote of the Day – August 17, 2015
“To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.” –William Carey
Quote of the Day – August 14, 2015
“Sympathy is no substitute for action.” — David Livingstone