Tom Schmidt's Blog2021 was another great year of reading. I am so thankful for the gifts of books and eager to get into some new ones in 2022. Some of these were re-reads, some were audio, and some we read aloud together as a family. Here’s a few highlights from 2021: Most Culturally Insightful Book “The Rise […]
I preached this sermon at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville (you can hear the audio here under “stand alone sermons”). “The Great Works of God” Psalm 111Intro: What do you do when you feel bored with God? Heart feels dry and cold toward Him? World feels more real? -Psalms lead us back to worship […]
A Poem on God’s LOVE A word about my God of love:Before there was a world, you were love.Caring and tender,Dependable,Everlasting love.Full and forming all that it touches.Gracious and glorious,Heart melting and holy,I sing of your love and enjoy it afresh each day.Joy like no other,Kindness of a Father,Love of a Savior,Multiplying wonders.Never ending love,Opening […]
All of reality is under your kind providence O God,Below the stars above,Come and let us behold our great God!Descriptions all fall short of your infinite greatness.Everywhere I turn, I see the marks of your hands:Falling leaves,Green fields,Hardened icicles,Invisible things.Joyful happenings and painful sorrows,Kindness I perceive and miss,Love from my great God of providence.Majestic is […]
Scientism is an approach to science that elevates it above all other fields of knowledge and makes claims in the name of science, which science itself cannot support. We hear this in statements like “Science has shown there is no evidence for God.” We see in an attitude that views science as objective, but views […]
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 […]
This weekend I preached a sermon on John 1:14 at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. Below is the outline. You can listen to the audio on our sermon page. John 1:14 “The WORD… who is GOD” INTRO: If someone you asked to explain what Christians believe about Christmas, using only one verse from the […]
Here’s the notes from my sermon on Romans 7:1-6, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville Il. Romans 7:1-6 “Released from the Law, Bound to Jesus” Intro: On May 21, 2011 I experienced a kind of RELEASE and a BINDING that changed my life. Before that date I was free to pursue marriage with […]
Here’s the notes from my sermon on Romans 6:15-23, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville, Illinois. Romans 6:15-23 “Rightly Understanding Grace” (Part 2) INTRO: There are lots of misunderstandings of Christianity in the world around us. Today: bigots and homophobic. -1st century Christians were accused of being cannibals and incestuous.The apostles themselves had […]
