A Pastor's Thoughts

We live in a world where everyone blames everyone else and then makes rules to turn this world into a utopia.  Of course this will never work and people need to take personal responsibility.  One things that is very common these days is for people to come to me and try to rope me into their drama.  For a pastor like me, I get requests to do everything from fix someone's computer, go with them to the cell phone store or simply unclog a toilet.  I am a busy man and I need to know what is my responsibility and what is not.  If someone comes to me and tries to pull me away from something important to get involved in their drama, I simply say, "not my circus, not my monkeys."  This is a very old Polish proverb which basically means that your circus is yours and my circus is mine and I will not run, fix, repair or manage your circus.  So remember, the next time someone tries to pile on drama that is not yours.

A sermon concerning the state of Truth in today's world.  Preached November 20, 2016 by Rev. Michael L. Wilson

Cornerstone Fellowship started preaching truth in 1946, right after WW II.  It has been a light in a changing community and a changing world for the past 70 years.  Currently I am the pastor of Cornerstone.  My name is Michael L. Wilson.  It is my goal to preach truth and to explain truth to all who attend.   We subscribe to the reformed view of Christianity which includes the  Five Solas , or the five foundational "only" beliefs.   If you are looking for a Christ Centered church, let me recommend  Cornerstone Fellowship

During a recent trip to Colorado, my wife and I drive up Pike's Peak .  We drove around Garden of the Gods (a blasphemous name, a great place).  One thing that came to mind as we travelled around these wonders was Psalm 19:   The heavens declare the glory of God,  and the sky above proclaims his handiwork .   And Romans 1:19-20:   For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse .  My point being that driving around Colorado, it is clear there is beauty and wonder and there must be a point.  There are those who do not want to live under the Lordship of Christ, so they simply say all this beauty "just happened."  They will say there is no purpose, no value and nothing to gain from looking at this beauty...

Greetings, When I think of time management, the first thing I need to do is figure out what I am using my time for.  There are two areas in this discussion.  The first are things that every Christian needs to be doing to be obedient.  The second are the additional tasks that I, as a full-time pastor must do to be obedient. This discussion came out of a comment that I heard once.  I use tasks management software and a calendar to remind me of what needs to be done.  A lay person once said to me, "It looks like you are a slave to the calendar...you need to be a slave to Christ."  It is true that I am a slave, a bond-servant, a servant and a worker for Christ.  Yet, I can read the Bible cover-to-cover, and I have, and it will only give general attitudes and very few specific things to do.  The task, then is to look at our modern culture, 2,000 years after the New Testament was written, and form application, based on the principles of Christ's...

This is my current front page Home Screen on my iPhone: I used a blurred background on my phone.  This idea came from Joe Darnell and his Focus Wallpaper Collection.  The idea is that the computer, tablets and phones are for running apps and anything to distract or slow the progress down is bad.  I, of course, have the photos app on my phone and if I want to look at photos, I can use that.  While working, however, I do not want to stop and smell the roses. TOP ROW: Timer+ Numerical Scannable Waze SECOND ROW: Evernote iBooks Byword Day One THIRD ROW: Messages Safari Duck Duck Go Facebook FOURTH ROW: Titterrific Spark Olive Tree Starbucks FIFTH ROW: Fantastical OmniFocus Due The Free Dictionary SIXTH ROW: Pocket DropVox 1Password DOCK: Unread Launch Google Play Music Pocket Casts