Tom Schmidt's BlogIt was a great privilege to preach the book of Acts at Cross of Christ Fellowship. This weekend I preached ‘One Last Look at Acts’ that sought to summarize and restate some of the truths we learned while in the book. Here’s the audio and notes: One LAST LOOK AT ACTS (4/7/24) INTRO: We just […]
Here’s the audio and outline for my Easter sermon (2024) preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship. The text is 2 Tim 1:10 “LIFE & IMMORTALITY.” More sermons can be found here. “LIFE AND IMMORALITY!”: EASTER Sermon 2024 (2 Tim 1:10) INTRO: On Good Friday Jesus died on a cross; On Easter Sunday Jesus rose alive […]
From Augustine’s “City of God” (22.30) ““The reward [for the Christian]…will be God himself…who gave the promise of himself, the best and greatest of all promises… He will be the goal of all our longings; and we shall see him forever; we shall love him without satiety; we shall praise him without wearying. This will […]
Here’s the outline and audio for my Good Friday (2024) sermon, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship. GOOD FRIDAY 2024: 2 Tim 1:10 (1:8-12) INTRO: What’s so GOOD about GOOD FRIDAY? –ANSWER: It is good because of what Jesus did on that day. He died on a cross. -Through his death on a cross, […]
Here’s the audio and outline for my sermon on Acts 28:11-31 “ROME!” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship. “ROME!” Acts 28:11-32Intro: Attributes of God: eternal, omniscience, omnipotent, omnipresence, aseity. FAITHFULNESS OF GOD -Faithfulness of God= God is true and consistent to Himself and His Promises -As we reach the end of Acts we are […]
Here’s the audio for my sermon on Acts 27:1-28:10, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville.
Here’s my sermon on Acts 26, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville, IL on 3.10.24. “Paul Before Agrippa” Acts 26INTRO: Dune II hype; we share about what we care about; when we find something beautiful/true/goodThere is NO greater news than the news of the gospel. When we grasp […]
Here’s the notes for sermon on Acts 25, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 3.3.24. “I Appeal to Caesar!” Acts 25INTRO: VIRITUAL REALIY; Apple’s Vision Pro; Dinosaur; EVERYTHING belongs to that world. ALL belongs to God! -Everything belongs to God: Provides for and works through non-Christian persons and systems to bless his people […]
Here’s the audio and notes from my sermon preached in Naperville, Illinois at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 2/25/24. “Faithfulness Amid Suffering” ACTS 24INTRO: UNJUST SUFFERING: Steals your package; Excludes you; Gossip; Unfairly passed by at work. -Good to seek justice…But how do we live as faithful Christians in the midst of unjust suffering? -We […]
Here’s my sermon audio and notes for my sermon on Acts 23, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 2/18/2024. “Paul before the Sanhedrin” Acts 22:30-23:35 Intro: A key to text to understanding book of Acts is Acts 1:8: ‘You will be my witnesses…”-This was the task of the church in the first century and […]