Where Maturity Gets Made

May 17, 2026    Matthew Allen

This Sunday we'll sit in three verses and three pictures: the joy underneath the pain, the endurance God is building like reaction wood in a tree that's been bent by the wind, and the maturity that only shows up on the other side of staying put.


Maybe you're in the heat right now. The biopsy. The phone call. The kid who isn't coming home. The slow grind of a marriage or a job or a body that won't cooperate. This passage was written for you. Don't bolt. Come hungry. Come honest. The forge is doing what the forge does — and God is the one running the clock.


Sunday, May 17 · 10:30 AM · Cornerstone Church of Christ · Centerville, OH