Faith seeking understanding.

Life in Christ · 6 min read · Oct 8, 2026

Today, Hear His Voice

Psalms 94–96 and Jude call us to hear God’s voice, discern false teaching, and contend for the faith with conviction and mercy.

Psalms 94–96 · Jude

Hope & Restoration · 7 min read · Oct 1, 2026

When God Heals the Land

Solomon’s prayer, Israel’s covenant blessings, and Christ the bread of life reveal a hope reaching toward the healing of the nations.

2 Chronicles 6 · Deuteronomy 27 · Deuteronomy 28

Life in Christ · 6 min read · Oct 1, 2026

While It Is Day: The Time of Our Visitation

Christ’s urgency, Jerusalem’s time of visitation, and Lazarus as a light at the gate call us to hear the word and act with mercy.

John 9:4 · Luke 19:41–44 · Luke 16:19–31

Wisdom & Speech · 5 min read · Sep 30, 2026

Do Not Take His Name in Vain

God’s holy name calls us to truthful words, faithful claims, and conduct that honors the One we profess.

Deuteronomy 5:11 · Leviticus 19:12 · Deuteronomy 5

Wisdom & Speech · 12 min read · Sep 29, 2026

The Language of the Kingdom

How belonging to Christ shapes our manner of life and our speech, with grace and wisdom toward others.

Colossians 1:9–10 · Colossians 1:13 · Colossians 1:15–18

Hope & Restoration · 9 min read · Sep 29, 2026

From Waiting to Everlasting Light

From waiting and sorrow to peace, the Father’s care, and a life reflecting God’s everlasting light.

Isaiah 25 · Luke 12 · Isaiah 25:6–8

Life in Christ · 5 min read · Sep 27, 2026

The Last Adam: While It Is Day

Christ resists the tempter, proclaims the kingdom, and works while it is day.

Luke 4:1–13 · Genesis 3:1–7 · Romans 5:18–19

Hope & Restoration · 5 min read · Sep 23, 2026

The Highway and the Comforter

The Branch of Jesse, the remnant’s highway, and the Spirit of truth who accompanies Christ’s people as they abide in Him.

Isaiah 11:1 · Isaiah 11:2–4 · Isaiah 11:11–16

Life in Christ · 5 min read · Sep 23, 2026

The Mind of Christ

The wisdom of the cross changes how we discern, serve, and live together as God’s people.

1 Corinthians 1:18 · 1 Corinthians 2:14 · 1 Corinthians 2:16

Wisdom & Speech · 24 min read · Sep 22, 2026

The Tongue: A Tree of Life or a Deadly Poison

Proverbs 15 and James 3 trace the tongue from a soft answer and tree of life to fire, deadly poison, and the wisdom that makes peace.

Proverbs 15 · James 3 · Proverbs 15:1

Hope & Restoration · 24 min read · Sep 21, 2026

Beauty for Ashes, Everlasting Joy

Isaiah 61 carries the story from good news and healing through rebuilt ruins, covenant righteousness, and the everlasting joy of God’s renewed creation.

Isaiah 61 · Isaiah 61:1 · Luke 4:18

Wisdom & Speech · 24 min read · Sep 20, 2026

The Just Balance and the Tree of Life

Proverbs 11 traces righteousness from honest measures and faithful speech to mercy, generosity, and life-giving fruit.

Proverbs 11 · Proverbs 11:1 · Proverbs 11:30

Hope & Restoration · 16 min read · Sep 19, 2026

Repentance, Reconciliation, and Repair

From the Day of Atonement to the ministry of reconciliation: how confession becomes responsibility, restitution, and repair.

Leviticus 16:30 · Matthew 5:23–24 · Matthew 3:8

Life in Christ · 6 min read · Sep 18, 2026

The Kingdom Made Visible

Christ the Light, the city on a hill, the Body of Christ, and living stones reveal how the Kingdom becomes visible through a people.

John 8:12 · Matthew 5:14 · Matthew 5:15

Faith & Evidence · 18 min read · Sep 18, 2026

A Living Soul

What neuroscience can observe, what memory can preserve, and what Scripture reveals about embodied life and the hope of resurrection.

Romans 8:29 · Ephesians 1:4–5 · Genesis 2:7

Life in Christ · 6 min read · Sep 18, 2026

The Kingdom Within

Nicodemus, the new birth, and the indwelling life of Christ reveal the Kingdom beginning a new rule within the believer.

Luke 17:21 · John 3:3 · John 3:5

Life in Christ · 4 min read · Sep 17, 2026

The Kingdom Among Us

From Elijah and Elisha to Jesus Christ, Scripture reveals an unseen Kingdom whose power and presence reach beyond the limits of the visible world.

Mark 1:15 · Luke 11:20 · Luke 17:21

Life in Christ · 6 min read · Sep 15, 2026

A Daily Death

The cross becomes a daily pattern of surrender, resurrection life, and fruitfulness.

1 Corinthians 15:31 · Luke 9:23 · Romans 6:11

Life in Christ · 7 min read · Sep 15, 2026

Unless a Grain of Wheat Falls

John 12 and Romans 6 reveal the pattern of the Christian life: death, burial, surrender, resurrection, and new life.

John 12:24–26 · Romans 6:3–4 · Romans 6:5–6

Life in Christ · 3 min read · Sep 15, 2026

The Continuing Story

From Creation and Covenant through the Messiah, Redemption, and Restoration—the ancient story continues through us.

1 Peter 2:6

Life in Christ · 4 min read · Sep 13, 2026

Hear: The Word of the Kingdom

Deuteronomy 6 and Matthew 13 come together around one command: hear, receive, understand, and let the Word become fruitful.

Deuteronomy chapter 6 · Matthew chapter 13

Life in Christ · 2 min read · Sep 12, 2026

Manifestation, New Birth, and the Inheritance of Eternal Life

Christ, Nicodemus, spiritual birth, and the promise of an inheritance that the temporary powers of this world cannot take away.

Hope & Restoration · 6 min read · Sep 10, 2026

Hope: The Strength to Wait

Romans 8 presents Hope as endurance: the strength to live inside an unfinished story without surrendering to despair.

Romans chapter 8 · Romans 8

Life in Christ · 5 min read · Sep 10, 2026

The Fearlessness of Faith

Hebrews 11 presents faith as action in the face of uncertainty, danger, suffering, and the unseen.

Hebrews chapter 11 · Hebrews 11

Wisdom & Speech · 5 min read · Sep 10, 2026

The Pure Language

A reflection on Awe, the Word of God, the many voices that shape consciousness, and Christ as the language of Eternal Truth.

Luke 21:15 · John 1:14 · John 1:10

Wisdom & Speech · 8 min read · Sep 9, 2026

Words of Thought

Reflections on Truth, Fear, Life, Light, consciousness, and the Spirit—short meditations that continue the journey opened by Reality and Fear.

Life in Christ · 5 min read · Sep 9, 2026

Fear

What happens when reality challenges our assumptions, our security, and the limits of what we understand?

John 4:18 · Genesis 1:31 · Genesis 2:16–17

Faith & Evidence · 6 min read · Sep 8, 2026

Reality

What is real, and how do we know? This is the starting point for the deeper Cornerstone journey.

1 Peter 2:6

Foundations · 2 min read · Sep 8, 2026

Why Cornerstone 1131 exists

A personal reflection on faith, reason, honest inquiry, and the purpose of this work.

1 Peter 2:6