TITUS: A Church Planter’s Reflection–Series Intro As most of you who read my blog know, we are in the process of planting a church: Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville IL. The following is a series of exegetical reflections on the book of Titus from the perspective of a church planter. Each post will contain […]
Author: Tom Schmidt
Christian, husband of Rach, Church Planter,musician,
Good Works and the Good Work of Church Planting (Titus) (the following is a devotional I gave at one of our Cross of Christ Fellowship core team meetings) Imagine you are living in the first century. Jesus Christ has lived, died, rose again and ascended into heaven. His apostles are carrying out the work of […]
Hearing From God
Hearing from God: (How do we hear from God?) Assuming God exists, is it possible to know him? How does one ‘hear’ from God? There are plenty of lunatics and religious fanatics who claim they have heard from God and gather a following… Before we answer the questions, consider this: 3 Basic Models of communication/absence […]
The Materialist’s Dilemma (Tsouloufis post) (the following is a guest post by Dan Tsouloufis) It would seem to defy both reason and common sense to even pose the following two questions, but in our current, hyper-secular age of scientism and non-reason, we are often compelled to consider such things. 1. Can a collision of atoms produce transcendent self-awareness? 2. Can […]
Meetup and Church Planting Part 2 Thanks to my friend and mentor Joe Thorn for making a video of my talking about our experience using meetup.com (Coffee and Conversations; Ask a Pastor) in church planting as plant Cross of Christ Fellowship in downtown Naperville. You can read the post here. Here’s the video:
Meetup.com and Church Planting One of the many challenges with planting a church is connecting with unbelievers and sharing the gospel with them. How do we meet non-Christians and have natural and regular conversations with them about spiritual matters? One of things we’ve found success in lately as we plant Cross of Christ Fellowship in […]
Book Review: Taking God at His Word by Kevin DeYoung If you’re looking for a shorter book (138 pages) to help you understand a Christian perspective on the Bible, Kevin DeYoung’s “Taking God at His Word” is an excellent start. It’s very readable, orthodox, culturally relevant and helpful. I think such books are particularly important […]
Do All Religions Lead to God? There’s a popular view today which says this: all religions lead to God and basically teach the same thing; for Christianity to claim it is the only true religion is arrogant and intolerant. ELEPHANT ILLUSTRATION: Many give the following analogy to support this view: There was once a group […]
A Key Difference between Mormonism and Christianity “As man is, God once was; as God is, man may become.” Lorenzo Snow (5th LDS president) Are Mormons “Christians”? This claim is popular today, both in the media and from the mouths of some Latter Day Saints (LDS). Just this past week I had a conversation with […]
3 Ways the Grace of God Trains us to Live Differently (Titus 2:11-14) “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory […]