Tom Schmidt's BlogHere’s my sermon “Death’s Death” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on Good Friday 2023. Audio here. Luke 23:44-46 “Death’s Death”Intro: DARKNESS, ISOLATION, DEATH. -Is there a way to find hope in the face of darkness, isolation, and death? -The way to find hope is in the death of Jesus. His death brought about […]
Here’s the outline to the sermon I preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship for our Carol Service 2021 (Cookies & Carols) The GREAT LIGHT of Jesus (Matt 4:16) Matthew 4:16: “the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light,and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has […]
Here’s my sermon out for Ruth 4. You can listen to the sermon here. Ruth 4: A Costly Redemption INTRO: Ecclesiastes 3:11: “God has made everything beautiful in its time.” We see this in the book of Ruth. It is a story that began with a famine and death but ends with a marriage and […]
“For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.” (Ps 84:10a) Becoming a Christian involves a radical reorientation of the heart. A heart that once found God boring, now finds Him thrilling. A heart that once thought God irrelevant, now sees Him supremely important. A heart that once spurned God’s love, now […]
Here’s the second week for our “Curious about Christ” outreach, that our church in Naperville Cross of Christ Fellowship is hosting. In this study we considered the question “How Does Christ Bring us Back to God?” Curious about Christ Week 2: How Does Christ Bring us Back to God? This week we consider the question […]