Cornerstone Community Church

05/30/2026

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05/26/2026

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Skillet frontman John Cooper publicly criticized what he sees as growing spiritual compromise within parts of the Christian music industry after controversy surrounding the 54th Annual Dove Awards.

Cooper argued that the deeper problem is not secular culture, but Christians becoming too afraid of backlash to stand firmly on Scripture.

“They know that Christians are so wimpy and weak,” Cooper said, warning against replacing biblical truth with cultural approval.

He called on the church to stop drifting spiritually and return to following Jesus above culture.



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05/25/2026

05/25/2026

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I look at this picture every year on Memorial Day and the older I get, the more deeply I feel it.

- The freedom to publicly preach Christ
- The children I'll laugh with today
- The vacation I will enjoy with Jana later this summer
- The life we've been blessed to build together
.. all enabled by young men and women who did not get to enjoy them, so that you and I could.

And they were YOUNG. Ronald Reagan put this in striking perspective:

“It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country, in defense of us, in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray haired. But most of them were boys when they died, and they gave up two lives—the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for our country, for us. And all we can do is remember.”

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to every family who sacrificed a loved one so that we could enjoy our loved ones today.

"Greater love has no man than this; that someone lay down his life for his friends."
– John 15:3

05/23/2026

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05/23/2026

As you scroll today, how about pausing for some Bible truth?
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I’ve spent as much time unlearning bad biblical interpretation as learning good. Three tools have helped: [1] knowledge of original languages; [2] seeing how stories fit the larger biblical story; and [3] seeing patterns or typologies through Scripture.

Let’s apply this to 2 Kings 2, where Elisha is mocked and two bears come out of the woods to maul forty-two of the mockers. It’s often remembered as a troubling episode, especially when it’s (wrongly) assumed the offenders were little children.

First, the Hebrew. Many translations say Elisha was mocked by “little children” or “small boys.” But the phrase na‘ar qatan doesn’t require that. Na‘ar can refer to anyone from an infant to a grown man, even a servant or official. Qatan can mean young, but not necessarily little children.

The same phrase describes men like Hadad and even Solomon. So it’s far more likely these were young men, possibly servants, not snotty-nosed brats.

Second, the bigger story. This happens at Bethel, one of the epicenters of idolatry in the northern kingdom. Jeroboam had set up golden calves there, along with corrupt priests and false worship.

By Elisha’s time, Bethel stood in flagrant rebellion against the Lord. So when these men shout, “Go up, you baldhead!” they are not just teasing. They are rejecting God’s prophet and telling him to disappear, like Elijah, who had just “gone up” to heaven. This is covenantal defiance.

Third, the pattern or typology. Elisha’s ministry mirrors Joshua’s. After Moses, Joshua crossed the Jordan and led Israel against Canaanite idolaters. After Elijah, Elisha crosses the Jordan and confronts Israel’s own idolatry. As God once used hornets against his enemies, here he uses bears. The judgment fits the pattern.

So this is not a moral tale about respecting hair-challenged preachers. It’s one moment in the long war between true worship and idolatry. The mockers stand with false gods; Elisha stands with the Lord.

And the story ultimately points beyond itself. The real enemy is the serpent behind all rebellion. His defeat does not come by bears, but by the Lamb. The victory belongs to Christ, who overthrows evil and establishes a kingdom without end.
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Based on my article here: https://www.1517.org/articles/the-misunderstood-story-of-bear-attacks-a-bald-prophet-and-forty-two-mouthy-kids