 Welcome to the February edition of Cornerstone Connect. We have a very special program planned just for you. Katie Farrell of Dashing Dish zooms in to tell us all of the brand new season coming to us this month. Anna Fry chats with Pastor Gary about how we are called to love God and love people. And Origins producer Paul Bixler stops by to tell us of a new special titled Fearfully and Wonderfully Made. All that and more coming up next. Welcome. We're so glad you've tuned in. I'm your host Amanda Brocker and I just have one question for you. Do you have your hope today? Newsletter today if you have not received it, please give us a call at 888-665-4483 or go to ctbn.org and sign up. We love to keep connected with you and I just have to reflect on a piece of mail that came. It's a piece that some what special to all of us here. It's from Lucy and Tom McGuff and they just stated that they are very grateful for the integrity of Cornerstones Ministry with this being the month of love. This is a couple that we here at Cornerstone Television absolutely love and we are expecting God's best for Tom and Lucy as they're now located in Arizona, but the love of God has no distance and now we're going to have a time a special time with Katie Farrell. She's coming up next and she's cooking up a brand new dashing dish show just for you. Are you facing a detour? Are things not as expected? Discouragement, frustration, anxiousness, sickness. God loves you more than you can ever know. Romans 839 assures nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God. Call our prayer line or connect with us online. I'm so excited to talk with Katie Farrell of dashing dish. It is no secret we love her recipes in my house and we are looking forward to brand new shows coming up all this month. Katie, welcome to Cornerstone Connect. Thank you so much for having me. Absolutely well, we don't just have new shows but a new location as well. Tell us about the move. Yeah, so we moved to Tennessee right outside of Nashville and we absolutely love it here. We actually, it was kind of a surprise to us too that God was calling us to Tennessee. It was kind of many years in the making that Sean had a desire to move here but I never actually thought we would leave Michigan. But lo and behold, here we are following God's plan and so it's always the best opportunity to be in God's plan. So far, we absolutely love it here. That's awesome. Well, and I hear we also get to meet or you're going to introduce your new addition to the family, Ollie. That's right. I can't believe he's coming up on 18 months old. It seems like he was just born. But the last season I was pregnant with Ollie and so it's really neat to be able to share with our audience Oliver actually here. And he's just so sweet. He's such a good boy. He literally is a boy. I mean he loves balls and trucks and all the things. So this is all very new to me of course with a little girl, Maddie. And it's so fun to be able to watch them form a bond and have one of each. It's been a really neat experience. But I'm so excited to share Oliver with you guys. That's awesome. I love that you bring the family into dashing dish. It's not this solo program you're doing yourself. We get to see your husband, your children, your extended family. So you're doing a great job. But what are some of the themes of the shows that are coming up? Well, we have of course some holiday theme shows and that's always great. But we always have very practical themes. We try and think of everybody that's at home cooking. What would you want to learn how to make in a healthier way? So we're always doing quick and easy dinners and really specific type of shows where we can get people in the kitchen and not only enjoy cooking but make it really simple. So I'm always thinking what would other people like if they were just like me and here I cook for a living. So I know that people really don't want something that's long and laborious especially when you're cooking for a family. And so that's what we always keep in mind with all of our themes of our shows. And then of course like you said we try and bring in my family and friends and different people to kind of just show the full family element because that is real life. And sometimes it's really funny because not everybody loves to cook that's cooking with me. So it really does make it very practical in real life for everybody no matter what stage of cooking you're in or what stage of life you're in. Well give us just a little bit. I know you've told us before but remind us of what your heart is like with this platform that God has blessed you to stand upon. Yeah well with Dashing Dish it really came from a place of really I always say beauty for matches. When I was a teenager I had eating disorders and I went through years and years of battling different disordered eating and it was from that that God birthed Dashing Dish in my heart in a place of healing as God walked me through my own inner healing I started to learn how to cook and I always say it was the Holy Spirit that came alongside me and taught me how to cook because no physical person taught me I just started to learn just by walking it out with God and through that process so many women have also found their own inner healing just by learning how to eat healthy and nourish their body and God's way. So that really is my heart behind Dashing Dish is to teach others what God has taught me to help other people live free and whole and healthy. That is beautifully said Katie and you're doing an excellent job we love just watching your family grow we have just like one minute left I was just thinking about you know any inspiration our viewers were a donor supported network and I give you this to all those who have supported us. Well I have to say thank you to all of you guys who watched the Dashing Dish cooking show this is why we do what we do is for you guys and so thank you so much for supporting Cornerstone Network I can say I've been with them for gosh what feels like almost 10 maybe 10 years now just about and they are truly the real deal when it comes to them the ministry the heart behind everything they do it is so incredible and it's all for God's glory so that is really the heart behind Dashing Dish and everything on Cornerstone is really just for the glory of God and to draw people to his light and his goodness and so thank you for everybody who supports Cornerstone and watches Dashing Dish and we hope that you continue to be blessed by it. Amen well thank you so much for stopping by Katie thank you for having me awesome well you can watch the all new Dashing Dish shows every Tuesday beginning February 6th at 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. stay tuned listen we were all sinners and we were all while we were in sin Christ died for us I know that when I pray that God and I have a special relationship and I think that it's going to be the same way we live in a society and a culture that cannot handle disagreement we know what the Bible says is true and the proof really is all around you well these look really good and we're going to roast them at 400 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes hey God you want me to do this gospel I want to do it let's make it happen and by gosh he did Lord give me a revelation of my heavenly Father's love just know every morning when you rise God's mercies are new what's amazing he wants you to know what's on his mind and on his heart for this day and for this hour some people say to use a whole bottle I think that's too much so I usually do about half a bottle you give your all and your life to Jesus and yield it all to him your life will never be the same today we welcome Origins producer and CTVN board member Paul Bixler we're so glad to have you and talk to us about this latest project you've been working on yes years ago we taped a segment of one of our favorite guests that's been on Origins years ago with Dr. Don Chapman when he was the host David Menton and he did a series called Fearfully and Wonderfully Made and what that is is about how a woman gets pregnant carries the baby to term and delivers the baby it's just a bunch of miracles along the way and he basically goes into all the details of that and so I had tried to get him back to Pittsburgh to do the shows here in our studio but his health just didn't allow it to happen so years ago we were at the creation museum and the ARC when we did a special on the ARC and the creation museum I'm sure the folks have seen that if they've watched Origins and I asked Dr. Don Chapman I said how about the last things that one of the last things you do here is this series Fearfully and Wonderfully Made with Dr. Menton and so we did and I knew it was something special but we had a new host you know and we focused on a lot of those new shows and we did the miracle of creation and we did the creation museum specials but I felt like we really needed to do something special with Fearfully and Wonderfully Made I just didn't know how I was going to make it happen but because the our partners can actually donate to Cornerstone Television and designate it for Origins I'm able to purchase a lot of video like diagrams and different things about animations and things like that they cost thousands of dollars and so we were able to do that and I was able to bring in some another producer that I went to actually went to college with and she helped me with it and one of the things she said well wait a minute you got all about a woman and you got two guys talking about this you know so I said you're right we need to bring some women and so she found a midwife in Colorado and we interviewed her and you graciously agreed to be a part of the host of the program so really for the last three or four months we've been working on this project and it's going to premiere this month so I'm actually excited I feel like I'm having a baby you know what I mean and it's actually going to air it's something that we really put a lot into and you know because we came back to you several times to do the segments over again we reworked some things but I think it's a really important subject and we have this DVD this is not the actual version it's an actual DVD that we're going to make available to the partners and people that support Origins and that sort of thing and there'll be a commercial for that and it'll run along the way but I'm just so excited that you're a part of this and you're a mother of four and you're able to share a story about your children and some photographs so I think it's going to be a good production it sure is Paul there is, I believe it's not by chance I really believe you're on a divine assignment by God your dad was as he launched Origins and this it's hard for a lot of us to understand the science behind everything but what your scientists do is they bring it to life but what does this project mean to you well like I said I didn't even realize how important it was to after my dad died that how important creation is to talk about creation I mean when God was talking to Job what did he talk about, he talked about have you considered my creation you know and we find that there's so much information out there that people just don't realize about our you know from genetics, astronomy geology all these different areas and that's what we do with the program and this program is just another it's just a detailed look at all the wonderful miracles that have to unfold constantly and Dr. Menton goes through it with a sense of humor you know and he says wow boy it's just lucky that it's just Don Chapman was just utterly amazed how can we say that this actually is luck it just happened by chance we have a divine designer and origins proves that every scientist you have you leave that program knowing there was a divine designer in charge and you know the things that we don't try to beat people over the head we just want to try to give them critical thinking people are so fascinated into evolution and if you just step back and just consider some of the things that we you know we're not 100% perfect we don't make everything just right but we're trying to get the information out there for people to realize that this is all out there it's very important Paul and I know for all of our viewing audience we just want to say a great big thank you to you because if it wasn't for your love and support you know this voice of truth will happen so thank you and this special premieres on February 17th at 8pm and it rears again February 25th at 1pm so don't forget to tune in to Origins every Monday evening at 9pm as well you're sure to be enlightened well Paul thank you so much for being with us today good to be here hi I'm Ray Haipel host of Origins we're here in the Grand Canyon thanks to you your prayers for all the support we're able to come and make these kinds of programs that help people trust their Bibles one of the things that we do on the show is show how real science objective science looking at the facts as they are like all of these different layers that were laid down not over millions of years but rapidly by a flood a global flood because there are 200 canyons like this all over the world and it's proof it's evidence that the Bible is true that Noah's flood happened so we're able to do this because of your prayers and financial support so I would ask you consider giving to Cornerstone Television so that we can keep Origins on the air so that we can keep showing that the Bible is true and the proof is all around you we're so glad that you're with us on Cornerstone Connect I'm Anna Frye one of the hosts on Hope today and I have the great privilege of being here with Pastor Gary who is the chairman of the board and just such a faithful leader Pastor Gary I love sitting with you on this couch for these Cornerstone Connect interviews and you have the cover article this month and it is all about love God love people and we start off by saying like God it's easy for God to love us why is that when we're such a mess because the Bible says God is love you know he just doesn't love that's who he is I always say if you cut God open love would just gush out because that's who he is but the challenge is of course for us to love the Lord the Bible says the greatest commandment love the Lord with all your heart all your mind all your soul all your strength and then to love others to love people the Bible the unsaved God loved us when we weren't saved he didn't start loving you and I when we came to Christ he loved us when we were still out there in the world but that same love is abiding in you and me and that's the wonderful thing it's thought I have to love people in my own self the Bible says in Romans 5 5 the love of God shed a broad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit and so it's important that we understand God's love that we experience his love first and love him and that enables us to love others can you talk a little bit about you know somebody that's out there watching and they want to have that relationship with God but how do they have that close intimate were they're experiencing his love well I think first of all you ask him for it Lord that's my desire I want to know you more I want to know Christ that's what Paul said in Philippians and then the Bible says in James when you draw near to God he will draw near to you so I think you gotta just take steps to just say Lord I'm gonna do some things I'm gonna spend time in your Word I'm gonna have that quiet time that time in your presence and that's probably one of the most the greatest keys to intimacy with God is that Psalm 91 just getting in the secret place of the Most High under the shadow of the Almighty you know if you're in somebody's shadow that means you're pretty close to them you're not far away so if you and I will spend time in God's presence I get up every morning two o'clock every morning and I just spend hours and hours in God's presence and I tell you what it's literally it's changed my life more than anything else I've ever done I bet and you talk about how God woos us how he delights in us how he sings over us how he can impact that a little bit for somebody who just hasn't experienced that well you know what I tell people all the time in my church God's not mad at you he's mad about you the Bible says in Jeremiah he has a plan for your life that's good to give you a future full of hope I think a lot of people struggle with that a lot of people aren't sure God really loves them guess what God not only loves you he likes you he enjoys your presence with him he enjoys that fellowship you know God doesn't need anything he's God but he wanted a family so he sent his son to the earth who died for us so that we could all now be engrafted in and be a part of his family so I think just to get the right image a healthy image of our Heavenly Father too often we've been loved with conditional love and not unconditional love a lot of times how our earthly fathers have either loved us or not loved us we've transferred that to our image of our Heavenly Father and that sometimes is a big mistake it's such a life-transforming thing to know how our Heavenly Father looks at us that we are his beloved that's right and so he puts the gift of his Holy Spirit inside of us to have God's love in us in order that we might love others and woo Pastor Gary I think anybody watching today can say there are people in their life that are hard to love how do we follow Jesus' command to love others well I think you have to put your own emotions aside you can't be ruled by your emotions we all have them but they can't have us and then I think we just have to just make a choice we have to be intentional and as I said earlier we have to draw on the love of God inside of us and say Lord I can't love this person in my own love, in my own self I need you to give me a love for whoever, my boss for that one that's hurt me for that one that's abused me I mean I'm not saying it's easy but I am saying it's possible only because of the grace of God the the ability for God to just implant and impart his love into our own spirits and if we could just be filled with the Holy Spirit and be filled with the love of God read Ephesians 3 14 to 21 what a great prayer Paul prayed but he talks about the love of God in there and I think it's a great prayer to pray to be filled up with God's love what a great privilege it is to be a child of God and for somebody watching today who hasn't accepted Jesus as their savior can you talk to them and tell them how do they start that relationship well I would just say to you that first of all God loves you and it's not a religion most of us know about God in America we grew up maybe in a denominational church or a church but God desires a relationship he desires intimacy and the Bible is very simple the Bible says we've all sinned we've all fallen short and if we confess those sins and invite Christ to come into our hearts I love to tell people God goes where he's invited and if you invite him into your heart guess what he's going to come and he's going to give you a peace a peace that the world can't give you but it's also a peace that the world can't take away so if you would just say Dear Jesus forgive me of my sins come into my heart and be my savior and lord He'll do it. It's a beautiful thing Pastor Gary thank you so much for sharing your heart and for your leadership and taking the time to write this article thank you. Well I sure hope you've enjoyed your time together with us here on Cornerstone Connect I know I love hearing what's coming up and what's going on with all of the different parts of Cornerstone television but I just want to thank Eda for writing in all of the programs Dashing Dish Hope Today and I really enjoy Arlene's cooking show Eda we thank you for writing in and I just want you to know you included a prayer request on here for your daughter Barb and for other family members and for your own health so we just lift you up to the Lord and we thank you so much for being a part of what God is doing here through Cornerstone television this is from Barb she said I love you all and we look up the good work on Air TV and she asked us to lift up her son's health so we just thank the Lord for touching Joel and for being you know faithful to his words so may the healing power of Jesus just flow through Joel's body and this is from Nancy I'm so thankful how your television broadcast has been there for me in this past year you know it's so important and we just want to say thank you to every donor because if it wouldn't be for you, we wouldn't be able to be here for people like Nancy. And then this is Mary, she sent in her gift and she just wanted us to know that we are good ground here at Cornerstone. So I just thank you and she is appreciative for the people and how we are lifting up the name of Jesus. There's nothing else worth doing in life other than focusing in on our Lord and Savior. And that's what we here at Cornerstone desire to do is to present the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ so that all can know him.