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Join us each week for contemporary worship with a vibrant community of Christian believers. With a modern voice, Cornerstone links Bible-based preaching with relevant life application.

Highland Park United Methodist Church - Dallas, Texas


    • Jun 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    When Is "Enough" Enough?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 26:57


    Navigating Life's Unexpected Turns

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 30:07


    Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Have you ever experienced a moment when things didn't work out the way you thought they would? You expected the situation to go one way, but it went in a totally different direction— and you were left wondering, “What just happened?” Maybe it was a job you thought for sure you'd get, but didn't. Or a relationship that fizzled out when you believed it would go the distance. Or a business deal that showed every sign of success, but failed unexpectedly. What do you do in these moments when life seemingly veers off course? In this week's sermon, we unpack a story about two brothers— one in particular who faces a moment like this. Things don't go the way he'd hoped, and he's left with a choice to make about how to respond. As we hold up this story, we'll discover wisdom and guidance for what to do when we find ourselves in the same boat, navigating uncharted waters.  

    Cultivate: Keep Cultivating

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 31:18


    Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide All year, we've explored what it looks like to cultivate a life with God, where the Holy Spirit grows good things in us and around us. You know the yield: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Who doesn't need more of these blessings in their lives? While we recognize that only God can grow us in these areas, it does require our participation. As we seek to keep in step with the Spirit, we must tend to our soul by spending time in the garden, cultivating lives that yield the fruit of the Spirit.  

    In the Middle of the Mess

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 25:33


    Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Family can be messy and complicated. In this week's sermon, we look at the story of Sarai, Abram, and Hagar in Genesis 16. Sarai tries to control God's timing, Abram goes along without resistance, and Hagar finds herself exploited and abandoned. Yet, God shows up, reminding us that God does not ignore the suffering of the vulnerable. In fact, the first person in Scripture to name God is Hagar—a pregnant, runaway servant. Being in the middle of a mess—whether it's a family struggle, personal failure, or broken relationship—doesn't mean God does not see us. He meets us there, not after we've cleaned everything up, but right in the middle of the chaos.

    Control Thyself: The For and the From

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 28:34


    Control Thyself: The How and the Why

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 33:16


    What Do You See When You Look At the Cross?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 14:39


    Easter: In the Tomb

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 24:59


    Handle With Care | Palms Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 34:58


    Handle With Care | A Gentle-man

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 32:27


    Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. What does Jesus mean when he says, “gentle”? Jesus says he has a gentle heart and that the gentle (or “meek,” the same word in Greek) will inherit the earth. So, what is it that Jesus means when he uses the term "gentle”? The gentleness question has taken me from the New Testament to the Old. Through word studies and commentaries and desperate Google searches, to times in prayer and many, many conversations. In this message, we explore what it looks like to live as gentle-men, gentle-women, gentle-teenagers, etc. Spoiler alert, it has a lot to do with this: “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5).

    Handle With Care | Authority With Humility

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 31:31


    Leap of Faith | How Do I Grow in Faith?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 26:45


    Leap of Faith | What Are You Afraid Of?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 35:00


    Leap of Faith | Has Faith Ever Failed You?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 32:41


    Leap of Faith | Run!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 30:45


    What Is Good? | Making Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 26:20


    What Is Good? | Growing in Goodness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 32:40


    What Is Good? | You Good?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 35:57


    What is Good? | The Inside Job

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 26:27


    What Killed Kindness? | What Do I Have?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 28:48


    Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. “What difference does it make?” We have all asked that question at some point. It's easy for us to think about what we lack rather than what we have. However, this mindset is a kindness killer, causing us to miss out on opportunities for God to work through us and within us. In this week's sermon, we explore the passage leading up to Jesus' miracle of feeding the 5,000 with just five loaves of bread and two fish (Mark 6:30-38). Although the disciples focused on the fact that they didn't have enough, Jesus took what little they did have and used it to meet the needs of the crowd. As followers of Christ, we are called to be “5 + 2” people—giving whatever we have to God and allowing Him to use it to cultivate kindness both in us and around us.  

    What Killed Kindness? | A Reasonable Rate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 28:17


    Cultivating Kindness: What Killed Kindness?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 33:01


    New Year, Same You?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 27:51


    Hope Is Born - Cornerstone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 21:57


    Lessons and Carols 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 37:54


    Hope is Born: The Wonder in the Waiting

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 34:11


    Hope is Born: Building Patience

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 32:46


    Men of Nehemiah - 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 28:38


    A Peace of Me: How To Make a Life (And Not Just a Living)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 29:38


    Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Winston Churchill was quoted as saying, “You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give.” We put a lot of effort in trying to make a living (and rightly so); but how do we go about making a life?  In this week's sermon, we explore this question by studying the words of the Apostle Paul (Acts 20:32-35) and Jesus (Matthew 13:31-32) to learn how to cultivate a life of generosity. As this year draws to a close, we focus on how to End Well in 2024 and Start Strong in 2025.

    A Peace of Me: Conflict Resolution (Jesus Style)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 37:08


    A Peace of Me: Inner Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 31:16


    Election Preparation: A Peace of Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 36:33


    Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. In today's politically charged culture, it's easy to view everything through a red or blue lens. But this clouds our vision, making it harder to see Jesus as he truly is, beyond the confines of political affiliation. It's crucial to remember that while we cast our votes for candidates, we cast our hope on God and our peace rests in Him alone. Even when storms and chaos swirl around us, staying rooted in the truth of who Jesus is allows us to experience lasting inner peace and empowers us to be peacemakers in a divided world. In times that feel the opposite of peaceful, we draw on the wisdom of the Apostle Peter, who encourages us to humble ourselves and cast all our anxieties on Jesus, trusting him to carry our burdens (1 Peter 5:6-7). Peter also employs us to stay alert and sober-minded, resisting the enemy who seeks to divide and destroy (1 Peter 5:8-9). In these ways, it's possible for us to be at peace, regardless of what's happening around us.

    Claim Joy: A Final Thought

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 27:46


    Claim Joy: What Paul Knew

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 34:40


    Claim Joy: At a Funeral

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 36:15


    Cultivate Joy: Claim Joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 21:39


    Cultivate Love: The Next Generation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 33:25


    Cultivate Love: But, Jesus!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 32:23


    Cultivate Love: How to Forgive

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 34:32


    Cultivate Love: 3 Steps

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 32:24


    Cultivate: Growth Inhibitors

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 35:44


    Click here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. When teaching about the Kingdom of God, Jesus often spoke in parables in order to cause people to reflect and think about his words. In this week's sermon, we focus on Jesus' explanation of the Parable of the Sower in which he uses the imagery of soil to describe the receptivity of the heart. In his desire to yield good things in us and around us (Fruit of the Spirit), God is constantly sowing seed within us. However, there are times when the seed bounces off of us (like the hard path), or our relationship with God lacks depth (the rocky ground), or the growth becomes choked out by the cares of the world (seed sown among thorns). In contrast, we seek to cultivate a life that bears fruit by softening, deepening, and pruning our soil. In turn, making our hearts more receptive to what God wants to grow in us.

    Cultivate: How to Grow

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 34:18


    Cultivate: The Life We Choose

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 33:27


    What Do I Do?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 37:55


    Who Am I?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 36:08


    Run with the Horses: Recalibrate Your Compass

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 36:58


    Run with the Horses: Cling to the One Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 36:06


    Run with the Horses: Mind the Gap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 34:44


    Run with the Horses: When Things Fall Apart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 32:10


    Made in the Image of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 38:39


    2 Peter: This One Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 29:38


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