HOSEA 11 THOUGHTS Hosea 11 is one of the high points in the book of Hosea. After many chapters of mainly indictment and judgment (4-10), we see a chapter that speaks of God’s love, mercy, and redemption for a wayward people. Here we get a glimpse at the beautiful, astonishing, wonderful love of God for […]
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Haggai 1 Sermon
Here’s the audio and sermon note for my sermon on Haggai 1 “Build the House!” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. Haggai 1: “Build the House!”Intro: 586 B.C.: temple burned to ground and Jews carried to exile in Babylon -In 539 King Cyrus frees the Jews and allows as many interested to go […]
Here’s the sermon for my “Preaching’s Priority” Acts 6:1-7 sermon, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. “Priority of Preaching” Acts 6:1-7Intro: Nehemiah built Jerusalem wall faced many challenges: getting to Israel, resources, enemies slandering & threatening. -Also faced internal challenges: nobles refusing to serve, oppression of poor, compromise from with community -John Stott […]
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Jonah 1 Sermon Outline
Here’s my sermon notes from Jonah 1 “The Unexpected Mercy of God” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 1/15/23. The audio can be found here. Jonah 1 “The Unexpected Mercy of God” (1/15/23) Intro: I’m not sure what you think of when you hear about the book of Jonah. Most likely you think of […]
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Book of Romans Overview
Romans 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 […]
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The Task of a Preacher
The task of a Christian preacher is not to entertain people but proclaim God’s Word. God’s Word tells us far more thrilling realities than any earthly excitements or titillating stories. It tells us about the glory of God, about the grace of God, about the love of God. It leads us to marvel at our […]
I recently read through Mortimer Adler’s book “How to Speak, How to Listen.” I think there are lots of applications for pastors and preachers–we do a LOT of speaking and listening. Drawing from Aristotle, Adler reminds us that effective persuasive speech contains the three elements of ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is establishing a rapport […]
Several years ago someone took me out to dinner and asked me, “Why have preaching in a church service?” I was challenged on theological and biblical grounds. That conversation always stuck with me. I think we do need to know why we have preaching of sermons in a church service, and I think there is […]
Clinging to God in the Midst of Pain and Perplexity Daniel 8 is an apocalyptic vision of future events. The vision tells us of the rise of Persia followed by the rise of Greece and a future king that comes from Greece who causes great suffering for the people of God. This king—whom most commentators […]
A Glorious Hope (This post is a continuation of a previous post on Daniel 7, found here.) Along with the troubling fact there is also a glorious hope given to us in Daniel 7. The beastly nations and our own beastly nature do not have the final word. God, who is eternal and majestic and […]
