In an age where reels and shorts put teaching and preaching and podcasts in your path constantly, biblical filters are critical to safeguard your soul from being subtly influenced by imprecise teaching. The goal is not skepticism, but real discernment to discern what is clear and true from what seems true. The Bereans did this well while still hungering to receive the Word.

This podcast is for Cornerstone Bible Church, and if you are at Cornerstone, God has placed you in a local context with shepherds who are known and have character that is known. The local church is your primary source of spiritual health and teaching and instruction. everything else is supplemental.

Not until the recent rise of the digital age did online teachers from all over the world find a place to present themselves to you instantly, ready to influence you as you scroll. We would never let someone wander into the church on a Sunday morning and begin teaching everyone without careful thought and a planned invitation, but we invite that into our lives as we scroll without really even thinking twice about it.

In this episode of Shepherds talk, Pastor Daron shares his heart and our convictions that come from passages of Scripture about the role of a local church in the life of a believer, and the men you should be primarily looking towards to feed you God's Word.

In this episode of Shepherds Talk, Pastor Abe, Daniel, and Dallas talk about the philosophy of ministry among leaders that has set the tone for Cornerstone.

The one another's lived out among the leaders, the camaraderie, and the unity that exists is driven by passages of Scripture that speak to how we interact and care for one another at a leadership level.

Join us as we talk through what that looked like during critical seasons - like being a portable church, and big decisions that needed to be made at Cornerstone - like buying a building with the intent to care for souls.

AI is quickly growing to be everywhere in our world, and it's very possible we are interacting with AI and might not even know it. That is one thing for everyday life and tasks outside of the spiritual realm of the Christian life, but how should we exercise discernment in the spiritual realm with the use of AI? When can it be a helpful tool, and when should we avoid it?

AI has the potential to promote spiritual laziness and even deception. But what are its legitimate uses? Can we use it to organize spiritual categories and thoughts? can we use it as a helpful tool in our bible Study?

Can AI enhance your discernment? What about songwriting, preaching and music in the church? Join us as Pastor Daron and Daniel, with special guest Steve Kovach, talk about exercising wisdom, discernment and integrity with AI.

As Christians, what questions should we be asking about AI? What biblical principles apply to our use of AI? Is AI a worthy tool or a danger to be avoided?

Join us in this episode of Shepherd's Talk as Pastor Daron and Daniel discuss the use of AI with special guest Steve Kovach.

How should Christians think through dating relationships? What is the churches role in dating relationships? What are parents roles in dating relationships? The Scriptures speak to the topic of dating more than someone might think, and the Scriptures are very clear on the driving principles behind dating.

While much of dating falls in the wisdom category , the culture has all too often influenced the church on this topic. But all the while the Scriptures have held the necessary principles to have a God honoring relationship. 1 Corinthians 7, Song of Solomon, the Proverbs, 1 Timothy 5, Ephesians 5, many Old Testament narratives, and many other passages all speak to dating relationships either directly or in a general way and are the driving factor to navigating godly dating relationships in a way that honors the Lord.

Join Pastor Daron and Daniel as they talk through a biblical philosophy of ministry regarding dating.

In this episode of Shepherds Talk, Pastor Daron and Daniel talk about what it means to have a clear philosophy of ministry from the Scriptures. Ephesians 4 speaks of a philosophy of ministry that describes how the church should think about its purpose in a way that emphasizes its practice.

How do we guard this philosophy of ministry that has been entrusted to us? What is the difference between a faithful philosophy of ministry worked out in a given context, and a philosophy of ministry that is starting to drift?

Join Pastor Daron and Daniel as they speak to the task at hand, to guard what has been entrusted to every biblical New Testament church.

The Scriptures describe a category of person who is a bruised reed or a faintly burning wick. An it says that the Lord will not break a bruised reed or blow out a faintly burning wick.

That should be a great comfort to us, but also instructive to us in our interactions within the church. We face the danger of Ephesus Syndrome (leaving our first love, our spiritual vitality) if we stop living out the gracious, patient, and merciful heart of Christ towards people in this category.

In this episode, Pastor Daron leads our hearts towards greater humility in our interactions towards the bruised reeds and faintly burning wicks, and instructs us to be careful not to have a self righteous and critical heart, but to remember the grace that God has shown to each one of us as believers.

The Christian life is filled with spiritual friendships, and when it comes to disagreements among friends, by God's grace there can be Paul and Barnabas relationships. Both Paul and Barnabas are not presented as if one of them sinned in Luke's account. But they do have a strong disagreement about taking another friend with them on a ministry trip, John Mark. John Mark, in his spiritual immaturity, had abandoned them on their previous missionary journey.

There is much to be gleaned from how Paul and Barnabas interacted with each other, and how they thought about their relationship with John Mark. But which principles need to be operating when someone abandons you like Demas just because they love the world? That is a different kind of abandonment.

Join Pastor Daron and Daniel as they talk through the principles and examples in Scripture that inform our understanding and instruct our responses in these types of relational situations.