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How Did Christ Understand Spirituality?

Here are the notes from our “Curious about Christ” outreach on SPIRITUALITY. CURIOUS ABOUT CHRIST WEEK 4: HOW DID CHRIST UNDERSTAND SPIRITUALITY? A Christ-informed SPIRITUALITY is a relationship with the Living God who is there and can be known and loved. It is a spirituality that is rooted in truth, made possible by Christ, and […]

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FORGIVENESS and Worldview

How does your worldview (your overall understanding of reality) shape how you approach the notion of forgiveness? As I grapple with the concept, I would argue that how we approach FORGIVENESS shows that we assume some kind of objective morality (moral standards that are real, not arbitrarily invented by evolved apes or merely the preferences […]

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FEASTING ON CHRIST

Our hearts feast daily. We find things to savor and enjoy and consume. We can’t help it, we were made this way. We are worshipping creatures made to worship the Living God. Jesus saves us to feast on God in our hearts. He is the bread of life that came down from heaven (John 6:35, […]

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A 3-Fold Prayer: REnew, REvive, & REorder

Recently I’ve been using a threefold prayer to help me in my prayer life. I think it’s pretty simple, but also really helpful. It is this, “Lord please REnew my mind, REvive my heart, and REorder my life.” This threefold prayer can be used as you pray over nearly any Scripture passage. Let’s consider it […]

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In Tenderness Chord Chart

Our church in Naperville, Cross of Christ Fellowship, has recently started singing the hymn “In Tenderness” (the modern version of it!). The key was too high for us, so I made in the key of F which is more singable. You can find it here.

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How Does Christ Bring Meaning to Our Lives?

Here’s the 3rd week in our “Curious about Christ” outreach, that our church in Naperville (Cross of Christ Fellowship) is hosting. Curious about Christ Week 3: How Does Christ Bring MEANING to our Lives? Introductory Thoughts:1. Why do we value having meaning or purpose to our lives? 2. Is there is a right or wrong […]

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Worldview Curriculum

Our friend Elizabeth Urbanowicz has a wonderful ministry that seeks to equip children with a biblical worldview. You can learn all about it here: https://foundationworldview.com/ We are so encouraged by this ministry and hope that many take advance of it and its resources. It is a great resource to use for Christian parents, home schools, […]

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How Does Christ Bring us Back to God?

Here’s the second week for our “Curious about Christ” outreach, that our church in Naperville Cross of Christ Fellowship is hosting. In this study we considered the question “How Does Christ Bring us Back to God?” Curious about Christ Week 2: How Does Christ Bring us Back to God? This week we consider the question […]

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Living as a Christian in Naperville COMPLETE PDF

Last month I blogged through a topic called “Living as a Christian in Naperville.” I’ve compiled all the posts, updated some of the content, and put them all together in one pdf which can be found here: http://www.ttschmidt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/LIVING-AS-A-CHRISTIAN-IN-NAPERVILLE-by-Tom-Schmidt.pdf I hope that this paper is a blessing to those who read it.

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Curious about Christ Week 1: What Did Christ Think of Himself?

Our church in Naperville, Cross of Christ Fellowship, is hosting a 7 week outreach in Naperville called “Curious about Christ.” This is a course designed to help those who know little or nothing about Christ or Christianity learn about who Christ is and what he has done, and how Christ helps us make sense of […]