FOUR-fold FOCUS For Cross of Christ Fellowship in 2018 (The following is a document we sent out to the congregation to share about what we are praying and working toward together in 2018) A FOUR-FOLD FOCUS FOR CROSS OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIP IN 2018 Another year is before us and under way. Every day, and every […]
Author: Tom Schmidt
Christian, husband of Rach, Church Planter,musician,
Original Case of Identity Theft The original identity theft happened in the Garden of Eden, when the first humans assumed they could take the place of God and decide on their own autonomous reason how one ought to live and think. The creature sought to usurp and displace the place of the Creator. The result […]
TRUTH, An Overlooked Aspect of IDENTITY Discussions Today Have you ever met a person who assumed an identity that was not rightfully or legitimately theirs, and witnessed how this did not lead to happiness, but actually disorder and pain? Consider the young person who assumes they have the wisdom and experience of an adult, who […]
God is the Gospel by Piper Quote “The critical question for our generation—and for every generation— is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural […]
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Dunkirk and the Gospel
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 […]
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“Satan Cast Out” Quotes
“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 […]
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17 Highlights from 2017
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
