Tom Schmidt's BlogHere’s the outline for my sermon on Romans 16:25-27, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. “To God Be the Glory!”: Romans 16:25-27Intro: After 62 sermons in Romans, today we come to the end! -It has been a wonderful journey, and I’m sad that it is now ending. -But what a great ending: […]
Here’s the outline for my sermon Romans 16:1-23 preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. You can listen to it here. Romans 16:1-23 “Life with Others” INTRO: Is living as a Christian more similar to being a soloist or playing in a band w/others? -There is individual aspect: saved individually for a personal relationship […]
Here’s an outline for a sermon I preached on Romans 15:14-33 at Cross of Christ Fellowship. Romans 15:14-33 “Paul’s Priorities and Ours” INTRO: Did you know that there are some restaurants where the servers are intentionally rude to their customers? -Servers slam food on table, use vulgar language, make disparaging remarks, and intentionally try to […]
Here’s my sermon outline for “Unity in the Church” Part 2 based on Romans 14:13-23, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. Romans 14:13-23 “Unity in the Church” Part 2Intro: Imagine a concert band of 100 people attempting to play ‘Star Spangled Banner’ together. -What if: everyone had different […]
Here’s the sermon outline for my sermon on Romans 14:1-12 “Unity in the Church” Part 1, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville, Illinois on Oct 2, 2022. Romans 14:1-12 “Church Unity” (Part 1)INTRO: Is possible to have unity in the local church? What about with Christians who disagree with you on secondary issues? […]
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 […]
C.S. Lewis made the interesting observation that there was a shift in how our culture viewed of justice. We have moved away from a traditional view of justice (retributive) to a “humanitarian” view of justice. He argued that such a move was misguided and very dangerous. In the end, it actually does away with justice […]
I find Moo’s commentary on Romans 13:1-7 insightful. These are from his Romans Commentary: “Paul demands a “submission” to government: not strict and universal obedience. “Submission,” as we pointed out in the exegesis of v1, denotes a recognition of the place that God has given government in the ordering of the world. The Christian submits […]
Here’s the notes for my sermon on Romans 12:17-21 “Overcoming Evil with Good,” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. You can listen to the audio here. “Overcoming Evil with Good” Romans 12:17-21INTRO: 21 years ago, roommate getting phone call to turn on TV as I got ready for my class. […]
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 […]
