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 […]
Author: Tom Schmidt
Christian, husband of Rach, Church Planter,musician,
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Bread of Life Meditation
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 […]
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An Advent Devotional
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
Advent Over Anxiety Sermon Series We recently started a new sermon series at Cross of Christ Fellowship called ‘Advent Over Anxiety.’ I’m excited about this series. Over four weeks we’ll look at different aspects of the incarnation (God’s coming in the flesh) and how they minister to us in our anxiety. Here’s a link to […]
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Cookies & Carols 2017
Cookies & Carols 2017 Our church, Cross of Christ Fellowship, is gearing up for Cookies & Carols here in downtown Naperville, on Saturday Dec 16th at 7PM at the DuPage Children’s Museum. This year we are partnering with Family Shelter Service to help victims of domestic violence–please donate books and grocery store gift cards if […]
Ignorance of Faith and Reason “One can believe that faith is mere credulous assent to unfounded premises, while reason consists in a pure obedience to empirical fact, only if one is largely ignorant of both.” David Bentley Hart ‘Atheist Delusions’
Christianity and Scientific Revolution “Lest we forget, the birth of modern physics and cosmology was achieved by Galileo, Kepler, and Newton breaking free not from the close confining prison of faith (all three were believing Christians, of one sort or another) but from the in enormous burden of the millennial authority Aristotelian science. The scientific […]
Most Violent Century ““We live now in the wake of the most monstrously violent century in human history, during which the secular order (on both the political right and the political left), freed from the authority of religion, showed itself willing to kill on an unprecedented scale and with an ease of conscience worse than […]
My Experience of TEDx Naperville Last week I attended a TEDx conference in Naperville. It was my first time going, and I’m glad I went! If you’ve never heard of TEDx, it is a regional/local gathering of volunteers who host a conference in the same mindset and approach as TED talks—informative, engaging lectures and presentations […]
