Tom Schmidt's BlogRomans Wrap-Up: An Overview and Review of Paul’s Letter to the Church at Romeby Tom Schmidt Our church, Cross of Christ Fellowship, recently just completed a sermon series in the book of Romans. First sermon: 2/7/21 on Romans 1:1 (Midst of Covid; meeting at MMA Gym)Last sermon: 11/20/22 on Romans 16:25-27 (Post Covid; Back at […]
Here’s my sermon outline for Romans 13:1-7 that I preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. You can listen to the audio here. Romans 13:1-7 “God and Government” Intro: Imagine our world today without any governing authorities or government in place. Would it be a nice place? -No policeman, no organized fire departments, no […]
How do we find and experience true and lasting joy? What is the relationship between joy and questions about God? GOD: THE GOD OF EVERLASTING JOY The one true God—who made everything, who rules over everything, who orders all things—is a God of everlasting joy. Unlike us, God is uncreated and eternal. There never was […]
Here’s my sermon notes for Romans 12:3-8 “Humility or Absurdity” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. You can listen to the audio here. Romans 12:3-8 HUMILITY OR ABSURDITYINTRO: FOOL MOON RISING. Story of Moon being proud and boasting of its light. -Moon is a fool because all of his light is a given […]
Here’s a helpful quote from NT scholar Douglas Moo on Romans 10:5-13 ““Central to the Reformers’ teaching about salvation was their distinction between “law” and “gospel.” “Law is whatever God commands us to do; “gospel” is what God in his grace gives to us. The Reformers uniformly insisted that human depravity made it impossible for […]
Here’s my notes from my sermon on Romans 8:31-34 “Rejoicing in the Gospel” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. You can listen to sermon here. Romans 8:31-34 “Rejoicing in the Gospel”INTRO: 2016 Chicago Cubs Fan Illustration (expected response to Cubs World Series win) -How do we expect him to respond? Joy and Excitement. […]
Here’s my sermon notes from “Following Christ Through the Pain” (Ezra 3), preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship. Ezra 3:8-13 “Following Christ through the Pain” INTRO: I have been wanting to preach for about 2 months when I read the text in my quiet time -It is from a fascinating scene from the book of […]
This past week I was privileged to preach on Romans 8:2-4 at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. Here’s my outline (you can listen to it here). Romans 8:2-4 “The Freedom We REALLY Need” INTRO: Braveheart illustration: William Wallace shouting FREEDOM -Our society also values freedom (voting, speech, religion, choice, travel, pursue our dreams, follow […]
Thomas Brooks reminds us that while the work of Creation is glorious, but the work of redemption in the gospel is even more glorious: “If you compare the work of redemption with other great works, you must necessarily conclude that the work of redemption is a great work. The making of the world was a […]
I’m preaching tomorrow on Romans 6:15-23 at Cross of Christ Fellowship. This passage causes a Christian to reflect on some of the secular myths of our present culture moment; it also challenges us to be reoriented to the TRUTH as revealed in this passage and other places in Scripture. Here’s 4 Secular Myths We Face […]