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Scripture explained with pastoral urgency.
Sermons - Cornerstone Church of Ames is a church preaching feed built around close readings of biblical passages. Its recent episodes move through Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, Romans, Matthew, and Luke with pastoral urgency, plain application, and repeated attention to how faith reshapes ordinary life.
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Sermons - Cornerstone Church of Ames is a Bible-teaching feed built from the preaching life of Cornerstone Church of Ames. It is sermon-first, not interview-driven. The center of gravity is Scripture read aloud, interpreted carefully, and applied with urgency. Recent episodes move through wisdom literature, the parables of Jesus, Holy Week, Easter, Romans, Ephesians, Matthew, Luke, Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs. The pacing is brisk. A sermon may begin with a seasonal frame, a family story, a church announcement, or a moment of humor, but it usually returns quickly to the biblical passage in front of the room. The teaching often asks diagnostic questions. Where does wisdom come from? What does freedom require? Why does grace offend the self-righteous? What does allegiance to Jesus cost when it touches possessions, ambition, and comfort? These questions are not left abstract. Parenting, teenagers, school, social media, friendship, work, money, baptism, church community, and ordinary household images become ways to test the point. The show is strongly Christian and openly confessional. It speaks of sin, wrath, judgment, repentance, resurrection, the kingdom of God, and the lordship of Jesus without softening those categories into general inspiration. Yet the emphasis is not only warning. Again and again, the sermons return to grace: the shepherd seeking the lost, the father rejoicing over the returned son, the crucified and risen Christ offering life, and the kingdom growing quietly like a seed beneath the soil. Several voices appear across its episodes, including Mark Vance, Jacob, Alex Tuckness, and Simeon. The common thread is not personality, but a shared expository pattern: open the Bible, explain the passage, press the claim, and call for response. Some moments are solemn. Others are warmly local, with references to Cornerstone groups, worship, family life, church planting, communion, Lent texts, and baptism stories. The feed works best for listeners who expect a sermon to instruct, correct, encourage, and confront. It is less suited to those looking for a conversational spirituality show or a broad comparative religion format. Its distinct strength is the combination of doctrinal clarity and lived application. The sermons keep asking what the text means, then what it demands.
Made for: For Christians, church seekers, and Bible students who want sermon-length biblical teaching with clear application. It especially suits listeners drawn to expository preaching, Lent and Easter themes, wisdom literature, and the parables of Jesus.
What sets it apart: The show pairs formal biblical exposition with concrete pastoral examples from family, church life, possessions, baptism, and spiritual formation. Its recent sermons repeatedly move from the text to personal examination rather than staying at commentary alone.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Close scriptural reading becomes practical teaching about Christian belief, character, community, and daily allegiance.
Sermons - Cornerstone Church of Ames moves from close biblical reading to concrete questions of belief and conduct. Different preachers lead the congregation through Ecclesiastes, John, Matthew, and Romans, explaining each passage before pressing its implications for family…
A raspberry bush takes over the yard, and suddenly you can picture the mustard seed.
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A practical sermon on youth, wisdom, parents, friendship, and freedom under Scripture's care.
The sermon treats youth as a season in which God's order trains desire, judgment, and responsibility. Holding Ecclesiastes 3 alongside the pressures of childhood and adolescence, it frames wisdom as something learned beyond the self: parents bear primary responsibility, young…
An Easter sermon finds the harder lostness in the older brother who never leaves home.
Easter Sunday at Cornerstone Church reads Luke 15 through resurrection faith, moving from the younger son's return to the older brother's refusal to enter the celebration.
A sober Matthew 21 sermon on judgment, rebellion, and the grace held out in Christ.
Matthew 21 frames this single-episode review as a Palm Sunday sermon moving through Holy Week and toward the final days of Jesus' earthly ministry.
A direct sermon on possessions, allegiance, and the surrender involved in following Jesus.
The sermon centers on a hard question: what does allegiance to Jesus cost when possessions and earthly loyalties still press their claims? Simeon works through the rich young ruler with a direct, urgent tone, showing how the man's refusal to let go of wealth exposes the deeper…
A Lenten sermon traces kingdom power through quiet, hidden growth.
The review presents a Lenten sermon built around a modest but resonant image: the kingdom of God growing quietly, gradually, and out of sight before its strength becomes visible.
A Palm Sunday sermon weighs Jesus's prayer for oneness against Ames's more-than-50-church reality.
John 17 becomes a focused sermon on Christian unity, moving from Jesus's prayer for his disciples to the crowded church landscape of Ames. Kara Wormey, a Cornerstone member since 2012, introduces the Palm Sunday reading, where Jesus prays not only for those with him, but for…
A direct sermon on how the Spirit grounds Christian identity in the fight against sin.
Romans 8 is presented as a steady foundation for Christian life under pressure, set against promises that cannot hold up under hardship, challenge, and suffering.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
Kara Wormey delivers a Palm Sunday sermon at Cornerstone Church of Ames focusing on John 17, Jesus's prayer before his crucifixion.
This sermon from Cornerstone Church of Ames continues the 'Gospel Promises' series in Romans 8, focusing on verses 12-17.
A reading and brief exposition of John 15:1-17, focusing on the metaphor of the vine and branches and the command to love one another.
Sermons - Cornerstone Church of Ames centers on Ecclesiastes 3 and the topic "Ages 0-20: Spring," with Mark repeating, "For everything, there is a season." He builds a "square of life" around spring, summer, autumn, and winter, then places Proverbs 1:7, "the fear of the Lord," at the center.
Mark Vance, lead pastor of Cornerstone Church of Ames, uses Luke 15's parable of the prodigal son to examine the younger rebel, the self-righteous older brother, and the father's welcome.
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A worship director introduces a sermon on Matthew 25's Parable of the Talents, emphasizing stewardship and faithfulness.
Alex Tuckness uses a personal story about eating vegetables blindfolded to introduce a sermon on the parable of the vineyard workers from Matthew 20, focusing on God's grace and generosity.
A sermon on the parable of the lost sheep from Luke 15, emphasizing God's active pursuit of sinners and the joy in heaven over repentance.
Youth pastor Simeon Bell, transitioning from Cornerstone Church of Ames to plant '2027 Citizens Church' in Columbia, South Carolina, preaches on Matthew 13:44-46 — the parables of the hidden treasure and priceless pearl — arguing that the Kingdom of God costs everything but is worth more than it costs.
A Cornerstone Church of Ames Lenten sermon unpacks the Parable of the Mustard Seed from Matthew 13:31-32, arguing that God's kingdom grows like an invasive species rather than a conquering army.
A pastor introduces a sermon on Romans 8:28-39 during Advent, emphasizing God's promises and the church's resilience in cold weather.
A sermon on Romans 8:12-17, continuing a series on building life on gospel promises rather than worldly ones.
A pastor teaches on Romans 8:1-4, emphasizing the gospel promise of no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.