On Sunday April 19, 2015 we celebrated our tenth anniversary as a church and the following history was read publicly. History of Cornerstone Baptist Church In July 2002, American missionaries Matt and Marla Hanna moved their family to the DzwoYing District of Kaohsiung with the goal of planting a new […]
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In First Samuel 28, Saul visits the witch (necromancer) of Endor in an attempt to gain Samuel’s counsel (who had been dead for some time). Interpreters are divided over whether this resulted in an actual appearance of Samuel or whether it was a demonic impersonation. My thoughts on this passage […]
In Proverbs 1-9, wisdom is pictured as a noble woman, Lady Wisdom, who calls to men and offers to dispense to them the blessings at her disposal. She is contrasted with the harlot, Madame Folly, who also calls to men, but in order to seduce and destroy them. Wisdom in […]
We are about to begin the final leg of our furlough itinerary. We are nearly done with packing our household and our suitcases; we depart Michigan early Friday morning to travel to Greenville, SC. We will be participating in a mission conference at our sending church, Morningside Baptist Church, over […]
What does Christmas look like for missionaries in Taiwan? Although Christmas is a busy time of year for churches everywhere, it is especially so for us in Taiwan. Here Christmas provides us with unique opportunities to evangelize our community and offers local Christians a chance to celebrate Christ’s birth in […]
Elizabeth Hanna Special Music: December 4, 2011 Cornerstone Baptist Church, Kaohsiung Time: 2 minutes and 3 seconds
After the baptismal service in September in which several people were baptized, and because many others in our congregation have never received any basic instruction in the Christian life, we recently started up a new Sunday School class to provide discipleship training. As we meet together each Sunday morning to […]
Sunday we had a special baptismal service in which five individuals received baptism and became new members of our congregation. Every one of these individuals had been attending our services regularly for many months (or in some cases, years) but had not yet followed the Lord in believer’s baptism. Three […]
Romans 7:7-25 Romans chapter 7 has long been a battleground of interpretational opinion. Since as early as Augustine, debate has raged over the interpretation of this passage in at least two areas. First, who does the “I” represent in these verses? Most scholars agree that Paul is speaking autobiographically, at […]