Tom Schmidt's BlogA SEASON IN GALATIANS (Below is an approach to reading Galatians that our church Cross of Christ Fellowship here in Naperville will be attempting this year) Reading the Bible regularly and consistently is a vital spiritual discipline for Christians. It is here that we HEAR the voice of God, learn true truths (as Francis Schaeffer […]
Sermon Series in Matthew I recently started preaching through the Gospel of Matthew at Cross of Christ Fellowship. This will likely take us 2-3 years to finish–with breaks of course! Here’s a sermon graphic Craig Worley designed for us: Here’s a link to a sermon archive page if you want to hear some of the […]
Is It Ever Immoral to NOT Believe Something? Yes. Sometimes it is immoral to refuse to believe something. Beliefs, and our acceptance or refusal of particular beliefs, can be immoral. How so? Here’s a couple ways: when we have no legitimate reason to doubt a person’s testimony or character, yet we refuse to believe what […]
5 Things Atheists Take By Faith It seems to me false to claim that atheists/naturalists are people who simply do not operate by faith. (I think a simple way to define having faith is that which involves 3 components: Object of faith (a proposition or person), Assent to the proposition or person, and Trust in […]
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, […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
