Cross of Christ Fellowship: Sept 2017 Newsletter Here’s the latest newsletter for our church plant here in downtown Naperville: http://mailchi.mp/362d7b86d904/prayer-requests-and-update In it, there is a recap of our Naperville Mission week, info about our upcoming outdoor worship service, and some information about a new ministry for moms we are launching this month.
Author: Tom Schmidt
Christian, husband of Rach, Church Planter,musician,
Learning Evangelism from Jesus by Jerram Barrs Quotes Here’s some quotes from Barr’s helpful book, “Learning Evangelism from Jesus.” The Christian’s calling is never to retreat from the world of unbelievers into an enclave where there are only fellow Christians, nor is it a calling to personal separation, where the only people one knows are […]
Psalm 96 Sermon Prep Part 4 (Continued work on Psalm 96 sermon prep for Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville) Here’s some questions I asked in looking at Psalm 96. What do this text say? This is a Psalm that leads us to worship God, tell us others about Him, and wait for Him and […]
Psalm 96 Sermon Prep Part 3 (Continued work on Psalm 96 sermon prep to preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship here in downtown Naperville) WAIT [11] Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; [12] let the field exult, and everything in it! Then […]
Psalm 96 Sermon Prep (part 2) More of my sermon prep work on Psalm 96 for Cross of Christ Fellowship. TELL [7] Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength! [8] Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his […]
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Psalm 96 Sermon Prep
Psalm 96 Sermon Prep (part 1) Here’s some of my thinking and prayers as I began working on Psalm 96 sermon prep. WORSHIP [1] Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! [2] Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. […]
Pushing the Antithesis: The Apologetic Methodology of Greg L. Bahnsen. Quotes This is a book by Gary De Mar that summarizes the presuppositional apologetic approach of Bahnsen. It’s a good introduction and overview of the apologetic task, and gives one a solid grounding on how to employ the apologetic technique. It also gives plenty of […]
Laws of Logic and Our Awareness of God Sye Ten Bruggencate and other presuppositional apologists are right in claiming that the laws of logic (the laws of logic refers to things the law of non-contradiction, law of identity, etc.) are immaterial, universal, and unchanging. We use logic all the time and assume it is trustworthy […]
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Amy Carhmichael Quotes
Amy Carhmichael Quotes Another book I read through this summer was a short biography by Iain Murray about Amy Carmichael. I had never read anything about her before, but was helped and encouraged reading through how God used her life. Murray’s biography was insightful in warning about the dangers of ‘hero worship’ of figures like […]
Machen “The Person of Jesus” Quotes Over this summer I read through the radio addresses of J. Gresham Machen that he gave back in the 1930’s shortly before his death. What a delightful read! Here’s some of the quotes I found most helpful. “We should never say with regard to a human friend that it […]
