Tom Schmidt's Blog“Satan Cast Out” by Leahy Quotes Here’s a few helpful quotes by Leahy from his book “Satan Cast Out” “God has given Satan no dominion over man. Man is within ‘the dominion of Satan’ (Acts 26:18) only because of his sin. In revolt against God, he aligned himself with Satan. In this sense Satan is […]
2 Analogies that Help us Think about This Present Age Christ has won the victory over Satan through his overcoming temptation and his death at the cross and resurrection. But often it feels like the victory is not real or here yet, especially with all of the tragedy and evil in the world around us.Yet […]
Hark the Herald Angels Sing Verse 4 My favorite verse of Charles Wesley’s hymn ‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’ is here below. This fourth verse (technically is a combination of half of the original 4th and half of the original 5th that Whitefield combined together) is to beautiful in how it describes Christ being the […]
17 Highlights from 2017 : Cross of Christ Fellowship Here’s 17 highlights from 2017 for Cross of Christ Fellowship here in Naperville: http://mailchi.mp/2e80aca95285/prayer-requests-and-update
Hark the Herald Angels Sing SERMON Here’s the manuscript of a message I preached on the text of ‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’ at our Cookies & Carols service at Cross of Christ Fellowship in 2017: Cookies and Carols 2017 Message Before we continue singing, I wanted us to pause and take a few minutes […]
Bread of Life Meditation Jesus, you are the bread of life (John 6:35). My life can only be nourished by feeding on the knowledge of you. My heart can only be happy when its happiness is rooted in joy (Augustine). Apart from you, my soul withers. All other sources of joy, wonder, and meaning only […]
An Advent Devotional (Here’s a devotional I wrote for North Central College’s Advent Daily Devotional 2017) “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:5) ESV In the arrival of Christ, the Son of God, we behold light that overcomes darkness. The darkness of sin, selfishness, racism, greed, and […]
December Church Plant Newsletter Here’s the latest newsletter for Cross of Christ Fellowship, our church plant here in Naperville IL. http://mailchi.mp/60083ae2eec2/prayer-requests-and-update
Advent Over Anxiety Sermon Series We recently started a new sermon series at Cross of Christ Fellowship called ‘Advent Over Anxiety.’ I’m excited about this series. Over four weeks we’ll look at different aspects of the incarnation (God’s coming in the flesh) and how they minister to us in our anxiety. Here’s a link to […]
Cookies & Carols 2017 Our church, Cross of Christ Fellowship, is gearing up for Cookies & Carols here in downtown Naperville, on Saturday Dec 16th at 7PM at the DuPage Children’s Museum. This year we are partnering with Family Shelter Service to help victims of domestic violence–please donate books and grocery store gift cards if […]