Here’s my sermon and sermon outline for Psalm 103 To listen to it, you can click here. Ps 103 “Preaching the Gospel to Ourselves” What do you do when your heart grows cold toward God? What do you do when you don’t feel like worshiping God? How do you stir up your love for Him? […]
Author: Tom Schmidt
Christian, husband of Rach, Church Planter,musician,
Meditations from Psalm 103 In Psalm 103 we see David celebrating God’s person and actions. It interesting to think about how David recalls not only God’s character (v8-18), but also God’s actions (2b-7; 19). Here’s some of my meditations after considering this: If we only possess an awareness of who God is apart from what […]
Church Plant Celebration 1/26: Cross of Christ Fellowship One of the challenges of planting a church is informing others about it. How do we spread the word and get others on board with us to plant a church in Naperville? One way we hope to do this is through a church plant celebration. A church […]
Sharing the Gospel with Religious Nones in Naperville The other day I shared the gospel with a ‘none’ in Naperville. Not a nun–a Catholic woman devoted to a life of chastity, poverty and service–but a ‘none.’ I’m referring a person who claims to not adhere to any religious beliefs. A recent poll shows a dramatic […]
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100 Person Prayer Team
100 Person Prayer Team “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks […]
Preaching Like An Adolescent Boy Unlike a vast majority of Christians, I thoroughly enjoy standing up and preaching a sermon. I believe God has given me this desire and delight to serve Him in this way, and that not everyone has been given this passion. It is a privilege and an incredibly weighty responsibility to […]
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Taking a Break
Taking a break from the blog and church planting work for the next few weeks. Will be back after Jan 6th. Looking forward to reading a biography on Calvin by Alistair McGrath!
5 Long Term Hopes for Our Church Plant: Cross of Christ Fellowship We hope and pray that God will work through our church plant Cross of Christ Fellowship to bring about long term impact to the cultural landscape of Naperville. Specifically, we pray for five areas of redemption: 1. A greater presence of those who […]
How to Choose a Church Name: How We Chose “Cross of Christ Fellowship” The church we are planting next year in Naperville is called “Cross of Christ Fellowship.” How did we decide on this? Well, it was a very difficult process, but we landed on Cross of Christ Fellowship for the following reasons. 1. Cross […]
Will You Be 1 of the 100 to Join Our Prayer Support Team? Prayer is vital to the life of the Christian and to the life of any ministry. It is God who opens doors for evangelism (Col 4:3). It is God who brings spiritually dead people to life in Christ (Tit 3:5). It is […]
