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 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 the audio for my sermon on Acts 20:17-36 “Paul’s Speech to the Elders of Ephesus” preached on 1/28/24 at Cross of Christ Fellowship.
Earlier this year I preached a sermon series in the book of Jonah. You can find the sermons here and below: Jonah 1 Jonah 2 Jonah 3 Jonah 4
Here’s the outline for my sermon on Jonah 2, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 1/22/23. Audio can be found here. Jonah 2 “God’s Saving Mercy” (1/22/23)Intro: Imagine you live in an area where there are pools of quicksand. -You’ve been given stern warns not to go to a certain path because of danger […]
Here’s some more memorable and important quotes from R.L. Dabney’s book “Evangelical Eloquence.” “The preacher’s business is to take what is given him in the Scriptures, as it is given to him, and to endeavor to imprint it on the souls of men.” (37) “The exclusive preaching of doctrine to professed Christians tends to cultivate […]
There are many benefits to preaching straight through a book of the Bible on Sundays. Preaching straight through makes you deal with a variety of topics, some you may tend to avoid. So far, in our Romans series, we have looked at Romans 1:1-2:11 over 6 different sermons, breaking the passage down into smaller parts. […]
Here’s the notes for my sermon on Romans 1:8-15 “The EVERYONE Gospel,” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship, our church in Naperville. You can find the audio here. Romans 1:8-15 “The Everyone Gospel” Intro: The gospel is the good news of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. It is good news from God about God. It […]
I recently read through Hopkins’ biography on Charles Simeon. Simeon was a pioneer of expository preaching and lived had a faithful preaching ministry of over 50 years in Cambridge, England in the late 1700’s to early 1800’s. Here’s some quotes from the biography about Simeon’s approach to preaching: “Simeon believed that his task was to […]
Starting this Sunday I’ll be preaching through 2 Peter at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. The idea behind this sermon graphic is drawn from 2 Peter 1:19 “And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place…”