The Chief Cornerstone | 1 Peter 2:1–10 | Pastor Micah Stephens

Godspeak Calvary Chapel · Dec 3, 2025 · 1h 2m

Pastor Micah Stephens, senior pastor of Godspeak Calvary Chapel, delivers a powerful exposition of 1 Peter 2:1–10, teaching that believers are living stones being built into a spiritual house with Jesus Christ as the chief cornerstone. Using vivid construction imagery and personal anecdotes—like sorting warped 2x4s at Home Depot and the miraculous way a mother’s breast milk customizes antibodies for her baby—Micah urges the church to lay aside malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and evil speaking, to crave the pure milk of God’s Word like newborns, and to draw near to Jesus daily. He explains…