Cornerstone - The Video Bible Dictionary

Disclaimer: This is our first run at the Video Bible Dictionary, we'd love your feedback, so please leave a comment.
It was actually harder than we thought to find a genuine cornerstone, that was until I realised we were stood right next to one in the synagogue we were filming. This is a great example of how big, and heavy a cornerstone is, it's also a good example of how important the cornerstone is. This was filmed on location in Israel.
Actor - Daniel
Camera - Richie Savo
Narrator - Mark Murfitt
Editor - Jonnie Conibeer
Produced, Directed - Mark Murfitt
Transcript:
"Cornerstone.
Builders build houses and buildings using a cornerstone.
The cornerstone is the most important stone in the building.
The cornerstone supports all the other stones of the building.
Builders most often laid the cornerstone first and planned the rest of the building around the cornerstone.
Sometimes builders called the last stone the cornerstone if it was the middle stone in an archway that held all the other stones together.
This was also sometimes called the capstone.
When builders build a house, the cornerstone has to be cut to exactly the right size and shape.
The cornerstone supports all the other stones in a building’s wall. The building is unstable without a cornerstone.
The cornerstone needs to be strong and secure, if you remove it the building might fall down.
The Bible uses a cornerstone as a symbol for Jesus. Jesus is the cornerstone of the church.
He is the foundation and the most important part. The Church is strong and safe when it relies on Jesus."
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What is the Video Bible Dictionary?
How do you explain what a desert wilderness is to someone who’s only ever lived in a jungle? Or how can a person understand what a winnowing fork is when they’ve never seen one?
The Video Bible Dictionary is an ambitious project to film items, objects and places mentioned in the Bible which will be collated into a single resource (a dictionary of sorts) to help people understand and read the Bible; basically what the things and places in the Bible really look like.
Who’s it for?
The primary audience is for Oral Preference Learners, however everyone and anyone will benefit from a more literal understanding of actual places and items from the Bible.
What’s an Oral Preference Learner?
A person who prefers to listen, learn and pass on information orally rather than through reading (most of us, right?). This ‘person’ finds context critical in understanding the world around them, hence every video in the Video Bible Dictionary will show the item, object and place in context of a person.
By way of an example; do you remember those old school textbooks which showed a silhouette of a dinosaur with a silhouette of a person standing next to them? It gave you an understanding of how big the dinosaur was compared to a person, right? This is the same thing.
Why do this?
The Video Bible Dictionary is part of a larger project to provide a resource to support the local church around the world as they teach and share Jesus with those who have yet to hear about Him.
Who do you work for?
This project is being produced by SRV in partnership with Wycliffe Bible Translators and ETEN (short for ‘Every Tribe Every Nation’).
Who am I?
My name is Mark Murfitt, I live in the UK and it’s my privilege to produce and direct these videos as well as to oversee the script writing and media production for this project.
Is something like this really necessary?
Absolutely.
For many people, in both developed and developing countries, much of what we’re videoing isn’t known, understood or believed to actually be real.
Is this work copyright protected?
No.
If you want it, please copy it. You can reproduce it and redistribute it, you don’t have to ask for permission or give notice (some of the music is copyright protected, but most of it isn’t. A non musical one can be requested :)
The only condition is that you don’t sell it or claim yourself as the owner/creator of the original material. Other than that, you’re free to use it as you wish.
* There may be other scriptures where this item, object or place is featured, this isn't and shouldn't be used as an exclusive list

[@dorriburrell1986]

Thank you very much for this simple explanation of the cornerstone. It really gave me a better understanding. God bless you.

[@knownoversight]

Our pleasure :)