Tom Schmidt's BlogGenesis 37 Sermon NOTES Here’s my sermon on Genesis 37 “Painful Paths of Providence” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. Audio here. Genesis 37 “Trusting God in Painful Providence” Intro: 2 Worldviews—Secular (no God, we’re on our own); Christian: God loves, cares, rules over all. –Providence: the outworking of God’s plan in all […]
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 […]
Any real relationship involves both joy and pain. To be in an actual friendship with another person means one gets to be actually known and loved; it means enjoyment of another and life together, including life’s sweetest moments. It is a JOY to be known and loved. But a real relationship also involves PAIN: there […]
