CROSS OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIP NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER In case you missed our Naperville church plant, Cross of Christ Fellowship, November Newsletter, here it is: http://eepurl.com/9KLeD
Author: Tom Schmidt
Christian, husband of Rach, Church Planter,musician,
3 Ways a Half-Hearted Commitment to the Local Church is Devastating ‘I am a Christian, but not a member of a local church.’ Unfortunately, I hear this way too often. Many professing Christians overlook the importance of being a member of a local biblical church and simply choose to do their own thing: they listen […]
Restoration Project: FIRM FOUNDATION Volume 2 I’m really excited about the Restoration Project and the work they are doing! In their latest project, FIRM FOUNDATION vol 2, they’ve covered a variety of children’s songs and added some rich theological choruses and verses and creative music. The quality of the music is superb, the additional lyrics […]
Is Humility Possible in Naperville? Naperville was recently included in a list of America’s most snobby cities (http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/snobbiest-mid-sized-cities/). The ranking was based on the following factors: “Median home price (the higher the better), Median household income (the higher the better), Percent of population with a college degree (the higher the better), Private schools per capita […]
The Glory of Naperville and The Glory of God Glory is the measure of a person or thing’s greatness, fame, renown, or worth. The glory of the latest phone leads us to wait in line to buy it the day it arrives. The glory of a sports team leads us to recall past feats of […]
Cross of Christ Fellowship October 2014 Newsletter Interested in hearing more about our Naperville church plant Cross of Christ Fellowship? Click here to see our October newsletter.
Suffering in the Suburbs (Part 4)–Financial Suffering In this final post (see earlier posts 1, 2, 3), we discuss the notion of suffering financially. Must a Christ follower suffer financially? What does this look like? Just like physical, emotional, and social suffering, every Christian will be given a different degree of suffering financially. Some happen […]
Church Planting Residency Video Here’s a video I made recapping this past year’s church planting residency. It’s been a great year and I’m excited to see how God will use us as we plant Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. A huge thanks to Benjamin Blower for allowing me to use his music!
Suffering in the Suburbs (Part 3)–Social Suffering In my previous posts I discussed Christian suffering in the West and one type of suffering: emotional suffering. Now we consider another type of suffering that Christians will likely experience as they seek to faithfully live out a lived devoted to Christ: social suffering. Social suffering is experiencing […]
Suffering in the Suburbs (Part 2)–Emotional Suffering Christians will suffer (Phil 1:29) [see my previous post]. But what does this look like in suburbia—a place sought out after for its comfort, peace, and lack of suffering? While it may not look like the type of suffering experienced by believers in other parts of the world, […]
