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2 Ditches to Avoid When Placing Your Faith in Something

2 Ditches to Avoid When Placing Your Faith in Something It seem there are two opposites errors one must avoid when considering placing your faith or trust in metaphysical statements (statements about God, reality, origins, supernatural). ERROR #1: MYSTICAL SPIRITUALIST. This error says, it doesn’t matter what the propositional content is that you believe in, […]

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A Christian Thought Life

A Christian Thought Life Here’s a link to an 8 week study I wrote called “A Christian Thought Life: 8 Week Study in Phil 4:8” I hope its helpful for you!    

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Edwards on Judging Whether Someone is Truly a Christian or Not

Edwards on Judging Whether Someone is Truly a Christian or Not (from Marsden’s biography ‘Jonathan Edwards: A Life’)   “Perhaps most important for those who were alarmed at the awakenings’ excesses was that Edwards warned strongly against the censorious spirit that was becoming epidemic in the awakening. Following the lead of the itinerant, converts like […]

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Teach Us to Number Our Days: Psalm 90:12

Teach Us to Number Our Days: Psalm 90:12 (Adapted from a sermon given on Psalm 90:12 at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 1/1/17 in Naperville) NOTE: I preached this Psalm again on 1/1/2023. Here’s a link to it. Psalm 90:12 “Teach us to Number Our Days” Intro: In 120 years it is almost certain that […]

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New Atheists Are the New Pharisees

New Atheists Are the New Pharisees Are the new atheists the new Pharisees? When I say ‘new atheists,’ I am referring to the latest crop of atheists on the scene today (Dawkins, Harris, Dennett, and those who follow them), and when I refer to the Pharisees, I’m speaking about  the strictest and most religious group […]

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Joy to the World: Cookies & Carols Sermon

Joy to the World: Cookies & Carols Sermon (The following is the sermon [somewhat edited] I gave at our Cookies & Carols event in Naperville in Dec 2106) Good evening everyone. My name is Tom, and I am a pastor of Cross of Christ Fellowship, the church hosting tonight’s Carol Service; our church meets here […]

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16 HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2016 Church Planting in Naperville

16 Highlights from 2016 Church Planting in Naperville. Here’s 16 Highlights from 2016 as we plant Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. 16 HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2016 1. Cross of Christ Fellowship was officially sent out by Redeemer Fellowship in March 2. We hosted our first public worship service at the Dupage Children’s Museum in downtown […]

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Gospel for Mormons

Gospel for Mormons I recently came across a VERY helpful 12 minute video from Apologia Radio, where Jeff Durbin explains the difference between Mormonism and biblical Christianity. (In the past, I have written a post on why we should NOT pray about the book of Mormon [here]). Give this video a watch and share with […]

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COOKIES & CAROLS in Naperville

COOKIES & CAROLS I’m really excited about Cookies & Carols event in downtown Naperville on December 17 at the DuPage Children’s Museum. This event was a lot of fun last year and was a great opportunity for us to connect with members of the community, sing Christmas songs, and consider the story of Christmas afresh. […]

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Cross of Christ Fellowship November Newsletter

CROSS OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIP NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER In case you missed, here our November Newsletter for Cross of Christ Fellowship: http://eepurl.com/coDL9T The newsletter discusses our event at the DuPage Children’s Museum, Church Planting with the Illinois Baptist State Association, and Cookies and Carols, and having church in Naperville.