Cornerstone - What We Believe

What We Believe

Statement of Faith

What informs our minds? What guides our hearts? In a nation that spins out a dozen of remixes of just one Billboard song, and creates entire menus of variations on "coffee," it takes little imagination to recognize similar trends in religion. But while unrestricted variety may be desirable in entertainment, dilution can only weaken truth. You can't spice up God's message with extra ingredients, the way you can a "cup of joe." It seems that while people are dying to know God, they are simultaneously drowning in a sea of savior-derivatives and weak religious alternatives.

That makes it all the more important for us to cling exclusively to the truth as revealed in the Bible. At Cornerstone, we've established a set of statements to help us guard the integrity of our faith. We intend to declare our allegiance to God's authoritative message as revealed to us through Jesus Christ in the Bible. Therefore:

We Believe...

▲ We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.

▲ We believe there is one almighty, perfect, and triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, eternally coexistent personalities of the same essence.

▲ We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

▲ We believe in the personality of the Holy Spirit, and in His ministry of convicting and regenerating sinful men, and indwelling, sealing, and empowering believers.

▲ We believe in the fall of man from the state of innocence in which he was created to one of total depravity in which he is devoid of spiritual life, and incapable, apart from divine power, of pleasing God.

▲ We believe that salvation for any sinner is through justification by grace through faith alone.

▲ We believe that the church universal is composed of all true believers and that all the various members of this spiritual body should assemble themselves together in local churches for worship, prayer, fellowship, and teaching with the view of being equipped to carry out the great commission.

▲ We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saved to immortality, and of the unsaved to a conscious eternal suffering.

Want to know more? Below are some additional links that answer the questions "Where are we headed?" (Vision Statement) and "Who are we?" (Core Values)—filling out the picture of what we believe. Also, feel free to direct comments or inquiries to one of our pastors.

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