Tom Schmidt's BlogI Asked the Lord I recently heard the hymn ‘I Asked the Lord’ by John Newton and was deeply encouraged and comforted by it. The hymn addresses the topic of how God helps us to grow as believers. Often-times, it is a deeply painful process where God allows us to see our sin and help […]
A Christian Before Anything I became a Christ follower when I was 18 years old and a freshman in college. During that time, I went from being someone who merely believed intellectually in Christianity to a person who deeply desired to live for Christ. It was transformation that God brought about in my heart that […]
The Unstoppable Growth of God’s Kingdom Will we continue to labor in ministry even when the results are different from what we expect? How do we know that God is working through us and His Kingdom is expanding? Mark 6:7-29 is instructive, comforting, and helpful. Here, we read of two very contrasting ministry accounts. First, […]
Coffee and Christmas Carols On Saturday December 20th from 2-4 PM, we’ll be hosting an event at Barnes & Noble in downtown Naperville, called COFFEE AND CHRISTMAS CAROLS. Come out and join us as we sing Christmas carols and drink coffee together in downtown Naperville. Here’s a link to our event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1499140787040086/
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
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.