Sarah Bhatt Social Media Manager Sarah Bhatt is Cornerstone Magazine’s new social media manager. It is a position that Cornerstone created recently to raise the magazine’s visibility across various social media platforms. Sarah is currently a sophomore studying public relations at the University of Florida. When not at school, she lives at home in Lutz, […]
Mark Kolchin
News and Notice
IBF Family Conference Cancelled In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IBF committee after much prayer and deliberations, has cancelled the conference scheduled for July 2020. Though it was not an easy decision, they felt it was necessary for the wellbeing of all who attend as well as to give early notice to the speakers […]
Longing to Meet Together
Longing to Meet Together How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her […]
Editorial: Problems and Promises
The scene is a poignant one from the Dicken’s classic novel, A Christmas Carol. Gathered around the glowing fireplace, the Cratchit family listens attentively as verses from Psalm 91 are read by the oldest son: “Neither shall any plague come near thy dwelling…Because he has set His love upon me, therefore will I deliver him […]
Editorial: My Heart, Christ’s Home
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23, NKJV It is always interesting to me when I hear someone say that they are “speaking from their heart.” What they mean is that they are honest, sincere and passionate about a certain matter. If they are very […]
2020 Vision: Editorial
“O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.” 2 Chron. 20:12, NKJV When Jehoshaphat received the distressing news that a number of enemy nations were coming against him, […]
Star Light, Star Bright
“We have seen His Star… and have come to worship Him.” Matthew 2:2 In my younger years, I spent a lot of time looking at the night sky through my relatively inexpensive but adequately-empowered amateur telescope. I was fascinated with what this basic astronomical apparatus could bring in from the heavens above. I still remember […]
Standing on the Promises of God: Editorial
When dealing with the Corinthian assembly, Paul had to defend his apostleship on a few occasions to this group of gifted believers. It is an amazing aspect of Christian ministry that someone like Paul had the tables turned on him after establishing them in the faith. But such are the vacillations of the work of […]
The Wells of Salvation
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: For the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; He also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.” Isaiah 12:2–3 Years ago in the neighborhood where I...
Editorial: Gone But Not Forgotten
“Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God…” Nehemiah 13:14 This year on May 27th, Americans all across the land will be celebrating Memorial Day, an event that has been officially observed in the US since 1868, a few […]