Tom Schmidt's BlogChristian, husband of Rach, Church Planter,musician,
Dunkirk and the Gospel I watched the movie Dunkirk and it is an excellent movie. There is one scene in the movie that has a poignant picture of the gospel worth thinking about. We see it in this: An English fighter pilot is trapped in his downed plane on the waters of the English Chanel. […]
Danger of Relying on Spiritual Impressions Here’s Marsden’s summary of Edwards on the danger of relying on spiritual impressions: ““Never one to put politeness above principle, Edwards had already taken the young man (Whitefield) aside and spoken to him privately about the danger of relying on ‘impulses.’ Whitefield and many of his fellow awakeners were […]
“Satan Cast Out” by Leahy Quotes Here’s a few helpful quotes by Leahy from his book “Satan Cast Out” “God has given Satan no dominion over man. Man is within ‘the dominion of Satan’ (Acts 26:18) only because of his sin. In revolt against God, he aligned himself with Satan. In this sense Satan is […]
2 Analogies that Help us Think about This Present Age Christ has won the victory over Satan through his overcoming temptation and his death at the cross and resurrection. But often it feels like the victory is not real or here yet, especially with all of the tragedy and evil in the world around us.Yet […]
Hark the Herald Angels Sing Verse 4 My favorite verse of Charles Wesley’s hymn ‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’ is here below. This fourth verse (technically is a combination of half of the original 4th and half of the original 5th that Whitefield combined together) is to beautiful in how it describes Christ being the […]
17 Highlights from 2017 : Cross of Christ Fellowship Here’s 17 highlights from 2017 for Cross of Christ Fellowship here in Naperville: http://mailchi.mp/2e80aca95285/prayer-requests-and-update
Hark the Herald Angels Sing SERMON Here’s the manuscript of a message I preached on the text of ‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’ at our Cookies & Carols service at Cross of Christ Fellowship in 2017: Cookies and Carols 2017 Message Before we continue singing, I wanted us to pause and take a few minutes […]
Bread of Life Meditation Jesus, you are the bread of life (John 6:35). My life can only be nourished by feeding on the knowledge of you. My heart can only be happy when its happiness is rooted in joy (Augustine). Apart from you, my soul withers. All other sources of joy, wonder, and meaning only […]
An Advent Devotional (Here’s a devotional I wrote for North Central College’s Advent Daily Devotional 2017) “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:5) ESV In the arrival of Christ, the Son of God, we behold light that overcomes darkness. The darkness of sin, selfishness, racism, greed, and […]
December Church Plant Newsletter Here’s the latest newsletter for Cross of Christ Fellowship, our church plant here in Naperville IL. http://mailchi.mp/60083ae2eec2/prayer-requests-and-update
