Cornerstone Brighton Sermons

We begin a new sermon series to mark the start of the Lent season, focusing one day at a time on the Passion Week leading up to Easter Sunday. Pastor Chris Winans begins the series with the Monday of this week, focusing on Luke Chapter 19 verses 41 to 46, where Jesus famously overturns the tables in the temple. www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Paul Adcock continues our series in Hebrews, this week discussing chapter 12 verses 1 and 2. Pastor Paul discusses a number of things that distract followers of Jesus from the race that is referred to in the passage, and how this impacts us in our everyday lives. www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Our Greater Than series continues in week 6, focusing this week on the Covenant that has been made greater now than it was when it was first established. Hebrews chapter 8 verses 6 to 13 describes the new Covenant, and pastor Chris discusses three main aspects, the greater power, the greater presence and the greater promise.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Week 5 of our Greater Than series continues the discussion about Jesus Christ as our High Priest. This week Pastor Chris Winans explores Hebrews 4, verses 14 to 16 in depth, and focuses on the intimate and personal relationship that Jesus longs for with each and every one of us, and why that is so important- both now in every day life and for eternity.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans continues week 4 of our Greater Than series in the Book of Hebrews. This week Pastor Winans discusses the monumental significance of Jesus being the High Priest as found in chapter 4 verses 14-16, and what this means for our lives today.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans continues our series in Hebrews, this week discussing chapter three verse 7 through chapter four verse 11. Pastor Winans unpacks what ‘rest' looks like from a Biblical perspective, and why it is so important, and significant in ones spiritual life. Hint: its not just taking a nap!www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Matt Grimm continues our series in Hebrews called “Greater Than…”, discussing chapter three verses one through six. With this passage and other scripture references we establish that Jesus is greater than Moses, and in fact Moses points to Jesus, who rules over all things, is strong enough to keep you in His hands, and nothing- or no one- can take you out of His hands.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Happy New Year! We begin 2026 with a new sermon series on Hebrews, this week Pastor Chris Winans discusses Hebrews Chapter 1, verses three to fourteen, where Jesus Christ is clearly established as greater than everyone, including Angels and all spiritual beings. The tapestry patterns are types of Shadow weaving.  Shadow weaving is a technique that creates illusionary patterns, depth, and dimension by alternating light and dark yarn.  The visual pattern emerges from how the light and dark threads interact; light follows dark, creating blocks that look like they are on different planes; one drawing out the other.Our prayer is that interacting with the art of weaving would point you to the Master Weaver who has, for our benefit, woven together all the threads of the scripture to show us the greatness of Christ.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Art Hunt teaches A New Year's Resolution Worth Praying for our special New Year's service. Dr. Hunt bases his message on the book of Matthew chapter 5 verses 1 through 3, and the book of Luke chapter 18 verses 10 to 14. “Dear Lord, I long for your smile upon my life.  So please open my heart to the meaning of the Beatitudes.  I open myself to their light.  Shine their rays into the deepest part of my life.  Sear my soul.  Heal me.  Build the character of the kingdom in me, so that you can call me blessed.  Amen.” - R. Kent Hugheswww.cornerstonebrighton.com

This week marks the 4th week in Advent, and Pastor Chris Winans concludes the series discussing Luke chapter one, verse 46 to 55, otherwise known as the song of Mary. This passage demonstrates the complete humility from Mary, and simultaneously shows how the Kingdom of God is marked by service and grace to allow the power of God to shine, and not through human strength.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Brian Tweedie continues our Advent series, this week focusing on the announcement of the Birth of Christ found in the book of Luke, Chapter 2 verses 8 to 20. Pastor Tweedie encourages us to make the time this Christmas season to focus and draw nearer to Jesus, who  is the Messiah and the entire reason for Christmas itself.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

For the second week of Advent, pastor Chris Winans discusses Zachariah from the book of Luke chapter 1, verses 67-79. Through this an other scripture passages in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, pastor Chris demonstrates how we are all children of God..

Pastor Chris Winans begins a new sermon series for the Advent season of 2025 called “From Promise to Praise”. This week he discusses Simeon from book of Luke, chapter 2 verses 25 to 35, and how God's promise to Simeon to meet the Messiah was faithful.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Our series in Malachi concludes this week, with Pastor Chris focusing on chapter 3 verse 13 through chapter 4 verse 6. As these are the last words that are spoken to the people of Israel before Jesus's arrival in Matthew- a 400 year time frame- these words have significant weight to them demonstrating that in the end, evil is destroyed and the righteous rise.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Continuing our series in Malachi, pastor Chris Winans discusses Malachi chapter 2 verse 17 to chapter 3 verse 5. Here God is rebuking His people for their grumbling and maligning of His name, and making it clear that only God's chosen people will receive mercy when justice is delivered.cornerstonebrighton.com

Continuing our series in Malachi, Pastor Chris Winans discusses chapter 2 verses 10 to 16. This scripture passage is stated for the context of marriage at the time of the writing, and applies to our life today in both a literal sense of building families, and in the sense of a spiritual marriage between Jesus Christ and His church. www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans continues our series in Malachi. This week he discusses the specific context the Israelites found themselves in that gave them the impression that God is not worthy of their best and how we can easily fall into this same trap.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans begins a new series called “Not The Way It's Supposed to Be” based on the book of Malachi. This week he introduces the series and explains the dilemma the people of God found themselves in, during this period of history, where the promises of God were not being experienced as expected, and how this impacts our lives today.www.cornerstonebrighton.comImages of Ice Portraits are by artist David Popa, used with permission; www.davidpopaart.com.

Our annual Missions weekend featured many guests from around the world, Brad has partnered with our church for many years and shares some inspiration with us this morning.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans concludes our sermon series on fear and anxiety. This week discussing how anxiety is contagious and illustrates this from scripture and everyday life, with the solution being rooted in power, hope and promises of Jesus Christ.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

This week Pastor Paul Adcock discusses Psalm 42 in light of fear and anxiety. He discusses the concept of spiritual depression, separate and distinct from clinical depression, and encourages us to focus on, dwell on, meditate on and read daily the word of God to destroy thoughts of fear.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

This week Pastor Chris Winans discusses distractions, and how this adds to fear and anxiety. Basing the discussion on Luke 10:38-42, where we see Martha being distracted by many other things while Mary chose to focus on Jesus. In our culture today is it very difficult to not be distracted by 24/7 notifications to important things on our cell phones, pastor Chris encourages us to intentionally and proactively set aside time to focus on what matters most: our relationship with Jesus.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

This is the third week of our sermon series Peace. Be Still. Pastor Chris Winans discusses fear and courage as it relates to our culture as found in the Bible. The most courageous man to ever live was Jesus Christ, and we define courage clearly to discover that courage is not a justification to be reckless, but rather to be bold in the face of fear fueled with the compassion, power and love of Jesus Christ.cornerstonebrighton.com

In this second week of our series on fear and anxiety, pastor Chris Winans discusses the thought process of how our minds can quickly imagine fearful “what if” scenarios that take us to dark places, and how to combat this with the truth of Jesus Christ. Using examples from scripture and the unjust assassination of Charlie Kirk that took place on Wednesday September 10, pastor Chris points us to the eternal and to Jesus Christ.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

We begin our new fall series called Peace. Be Still. The series is based on Mark 4, where Jesus calmed the raging storm on the sea. Pastor Chris Winans launches the series by discussing emotions and how they can cause severe fear and severe anxiety, and what we can do about this in light of Jesus Christ.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

We conclude our series on the tenth Commandment this week with Josh Nestor, Cornerstone's Student Director. Josh discusses what it means to covet, how prevalent it can be without us realizing it, and goes into depth about the antidote "I shall not want".

Pastor Brian Tweedie continues our series in the 10 Commandments, this week on the 9th Commandment “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor”. Pastor Brian discusses ultimately how we can speak truth in love to ourselves, our loved ones and our neighbors.Cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans discusses the Eighth Commandment this week, “You shall not steal”. A core part of being a human is stewarding physical possessions, and we do not have the right to take that away from others. While seemingly a straightforward commandment, there are many ways we are faced with many forms of theft on a daily basis- many times without even realizing it.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans continues our series in the Ten Commandments, this week discussing the seventh, “Do not commit adultery”. Pastor Chris demonstrates the Biblical definition of marriage, it's deeply spiritual meaning, and offers three specific approaches defined by God that enable marriages to flourish. www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans discusses the sixth commandment in our series, “You shall not murder”. While on the surface this seems simple, pastor Winans demonstrates that it is an active command to protect life, not just passively avoid murder, and ultimately demonstrates how much God values each and every life He created.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Matt Grimm continues our series in the 10 Commandments, this week discussing Exodus chapter 20 verse 12, “Honor your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the the Lord your God is giving you.” Pastor Grimm discusses a number of real life practical ways we can do this, that apply to the vastly different circumstances each of us experience.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans discusses the fourth commandment, honoring the sabbath. In the discussion he focuses on two different reasons the commandment is given from the book of Exodus 20 and in the book Deuteronomy 5:15. In our achievement society it is easy to burn out and difficult to rest and focus on our relationship with Jesus Christ, but it's critical to understand that the sabbath is both a gift and a promise.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans continues our series on the 10 Commandments, this week discussing the third commandment as found in the book of Exodus chapter 20, verse 7:“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.” This commandment is not only about the words that you use, but also about who you are as a person representing Jesus Christ.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans continues our series on the 10 Commandments, this week on the second commandment found in the book of Exodus chapter 20, verses 1-3, “You shall not make for yourself a carved image”. Most of us are not literally bowing down and praying to a physical idol, but perhaps more pervasive in our culture is worshiping a “designer” god that has the characteristics of our own individual choosing; with the things we like included and things we don't like discarded. Are you worshiping a god of your own making, or the God who made you? www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans discusses the 1st Commandment this week, found in Exodus chapter 20, verse 1-3, “… You shall have no other gods before me.” Using scriptures from both the Old Testament and the New Testament, Pastor Chris brings new insights into this command from two different perspectives: one from the perspective of worship, and the other from the perspective of marriage. www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Edgar Salguero from Casa Bernabe in Guatemala joins us, teaching on Galatians chapter 4, verses 4 -7. He highlights the work that God is doing in the orphanage in Guatemala, how each of us are children of God, and what that means for our lives today.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris introduces a new sermon series called Planted, focusing on the Ten Commandments. This week pastor Chris establishes the context of the series, and the importance and relevance of the Ten Commandments to our everyday lives in 2025.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Jeff Bonzelaar from Life Challenge joins us this week. Life Challenge is a non-profit, faith-based, residential recovery program for men and women who struggle with addiction. Learn more at https://lcministries.orgwww.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans concludes our series in Matthew 28, focusing on the promise "I am with you". Pastor Chris compares and contrasts this with the reality of exponentially developing AI platforms and how we interact with them.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Brian Tweedie continues our series in Matthew, this week focusing on verse 19 of chapter 28. Pastor Tweedie illustrates many practical ways that we can be the hands and feet of Jesus, both large and small, and challenges us to live our every day life in small ways that point people to Christ.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans continues our series about The Great Commission, found in Matthew Chapter 28. Discussing the nature of God from the Old Testament to the New Testament, the message culminates with this truth, that true life is received, not achieved.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris begins a new sermon series titled Everybody Told, which focuses on what is commonly known as “The Great Commission”, found in the book of Matthew chapter 28. What is your “Nile River”? www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans concludes our series in Nahum. This week pastor Chris discusses the just nature of God, the merciful nature of God, and how this can and should be applied to our lives. www.cornerstonebrighton.com

This week we begin a new sermon series on the Book of Nahum. Pastor Chris Winans discusses the context of the book, and then further talks about how this passage is 100% relevant to our lives here and now.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

We culminate our series in Isaiah on Easter Sunday, focusing on Jesus Christ as the only one who can transform us in to beautiful works of art. Because of His willing sacrifice and victory over death, only Jesus can make use righteous, redeemed and perfect before God.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris continues the series in the book of Isaiah, this week discussing Isaiah chapter 53, verses 7 through 9.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris continues our series in Isaiah, this week discussing Isaiah chapter 53 verses 4 to 6. This is a famous passage that points to the specific sacrifice that Jesus made for all of humanity.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Matt Grimm continues our series in Isaiah. This week he teaches on the 4th servant song found in Isaiah chapter 52 verse 13 to chapter 53 to verse 3.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Matt Grimm continues our series on the Servant Songs of Isaiah, this week focusing on the suffering of the Servant, as found in Isaiah chapter 50, verses 4-11. www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris discusses the second Servant Song in Isaiah, from Chapter 49 verses 1 to 13. The ‘servant' in this passage is correlated with an idealized form of Israel, and is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ- by the forgiveness of sins as the restoration of the covenant to not just Israel but to all nations and peoples. When we are restored to Christ not only are we eternally secured to be with Him in heaven, and ultimately the new heaven and new earth, but also we are partnered together with God in our everyday lives so that our lives have a far deeper and more fulfilling meaning than just making money and being successful.www.cornerstonebrighton.com

Pastor Chris Winans begins a new series on the book of Isaiah, entitled Behold My Servant. The series focuses on specific chapters in Isaiah that speak to the Messiah, Jesus Christ. This week we explore chapter 42 verses 1 to 4, that demonstrate a servant ruler, not a tyrannical ruler. Pastor Chris closes by leading us in prayer inviting Jesus to gently change the dark places in our hearts.www.cornerstonebrighton.com