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Colossians Completed! By God’s grace, we have completed Colossians, which was our first sermon series at Cross of Christ Fellowship [church meeting at DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville]. (To hear some of the sermons [not all were recorded due to technical difficulties unfortunately], go here) As I look back at our time in Colossians, I […]
Pursuing a Biblical Exegesis Degree from Wheaton College? Do THIS… A few years back I went to Wheaton College Graduate School and completed a Master’s Degree in Biblical Exegesis. (If you are considering whether or not to pursue this degree, here’s a post I wrote back in 2013 on my experience: http://www.ttschmidt.com/blog/wheaton-college-ma-biblical-exegesis-degree ). Maybe you […]
Southern Baptist Church in Naperville Cross of Christ Fellowship is a Southern Baptist church in downtown Naperville. This is one way we talk about our church plant, and lately I’ve been reflecting how thankful I am that we are Southern Baptist. If you are a Southern Baptist church, then you are part of a family […]
Church in Downtown Naperville Our church, Cross of Christ Fellowship, worships in downtown Naperville. We host our worship services at 9:30 on Sunday mornings in the DuPage Children’s Museum, which is at 301 N Washington St. Naperville. This requires lots of serving: we have a team of individuals that show up early each Sunday morning […]
Church at the DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville Since Easter of this year (2016), our church plant (Cross of Christ Fellowship) has been hosting public worship services at a space we rent in the DuPage Children’s Museum in downtown Naperville. What’s it been like? Why rent space to meet and host worship services at a […]
Putting on the Ways of the New Creation (Col 3:12-17) One imagery the Bible uses to speak of becoming a Christian is being raised from death to life. We once were dead in our sins, without spiritual life and estranged from God. But Jesus came and killed death by dying on the cross for our […]
From Church Planting Assessment to Launching I made a video recently showing the process of church planting assessment to launching Cross of Christ Fellowship. You can watch it here: [youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]PLACE_LINK_HERE[/youtube] God has been so kind to us! We went through the Acts 29 Network Assessment back in 2014 and trusted God to provide […]
CROSS OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIP OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED! I apologize for the inactivity on the blog, but in case you missed it, we have officially launched weekly Sunday services! Check it out: www.crossofchristfellowship.org
A Church Planter’s Reflections on Titus 3:12-15 “Final Greetings and Grace” “ 3:12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13 Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that […]
A Church Planter’s Reflections on Titus 3:8-11 “Doctrine-led Devotion” “3:8 The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. 9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, […]
