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What is truth? This question has echoed across centuries—from philosophers and theologians to everyday people searching for meaning in a confusing world. In this thoughtful Bible study, Geoffrey Schmitt explores the biblical answer to Pilate’s ancient question by tracing the story of truth from Genesis to Revelation. Beginning with creation, where truth is grounded in the character of God, the study follows Scripture’s unfolding revelation through the fall, the law and prophets, wisdom literature, and ultimately the life of Jesus Christ—the One who declared, “I am the truth.” ...

The Wise Pilgrim: Mentoring Others on the Road of Faith The Christian life is often described as a journey. Yet no pilgrim walks the road alone. Throughout Scripture, faith is passed from one generation to another—Moses guiding Joshua, Elijah mentoring Elisha, Jesus forming His disciples, and Paul encouraging Timothy. The wisdom gained through experience becomes a gift that helps others continue the journey. The Wise Pilgrim: Mentoring Others on the Road of Faith explores the art of spiritual mentoring through biblical teaching, personal stories, and practical guidance. Drawing from ...

The Battle Within: Losing and Winning the War of Temptation Temptation is one of the oldest and most universal struggles of the human heart. From the Garden of Eden to the wilderness where Jesus faced the tempter, the Bible tells the honest story of men and women wrestling with desire, fear, anger, pride, compromise, and the longing to control their own destiny. In The Battle Within, Geoffrey Schmitt (Willingheart) explores these timeless stories through a practical and reflective Bible study. Each chapter examines a biblical figure who faced temptation—some who fell, some who resisted, ...

Faith is not proven in moments of inspiration but in a lifetime of endurance. In Perseverance: Running the Race of Faith, pastor and author Geoffrey Schmitt explores the biblical theme of steadfast faith through the lives of some of Scripture’s most compelling figures. From Noah’s long obedience to Abraham’s patient waiting, from Joseph’s years of injustice to Job’s endurance in suffering, the Bible reveals that faith often grows strongest in difficult seasons. Through engaging teaching, personal reflections, poetry, and practical exercises, this study invites readers to discover ...

Waiting on the Lord: Trusting God’s Timing in a Hurried World explores one of the most challenging and misunderstood disciplines of the Christian life—waiting. In a culture that values speed, productivity, and instant results, waiting often feels like failure or delay. Yet throughout Scripture, waiting becomes the place where God forms faith, deepens trust, and prepares His people for what comes next. This Bible study traces the theme of waiting across the story of the Bible. From creation’s slow unfolding to Abraham’s decades of waiting for a promise, from Joseph’s prison years ...

What is peace? Is it the absence of conflict? The removal of pain? The resolution of uncertainty? In Peace That Passes Understanding, Geoffrey Schmitt explores the deeper promise found in Scripture — a peace not dependent on circumstances, but rooted in the presence of Christ. Drawing from Genesis to Revelation, personal testimony, prison ministry experiences, seasons of grief, physical suffering, waiting, forgiveness, and hope, this study traces the journey of peace: Peace grounded in the character of God. Peace restored through the cross. Peace present in storms. Peace alive behind ...

For God So Loved the World — An Invitation to True Life What if the entire Gospel could be understood in a single sentence? John 3:16 has been quoted in stadiums, memorized by children, and preached in countless pulpits. Yet its depth is often missed in its familiarity. In this reflective and pastoral Bible study, Geoffrey Schmitt walks phrase by phrase through this single verse, uncovering its richness, warmth, and urgency. From “For God” to “Life,” each word becomes a doorway: A God who moves first A love that gives A world worth redeeming An open invitation to whosoever A trust...

Contentment: Finding Peace in Every Circumstance In a restless world that constantly urges us to chase more, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt — known to many as Willingheart — invites readers to discover the calm strength of contentment. Drawing from Scripture, personal stories, ministry experiences, and hard-won wisdom, he explores how peace can be found not in perfect conditions but in a trusting heart. Through six thoughtful chapters — The Shepherd’s Provision, The Wisdom of Enough, Learning in the Hard Places, Comparison and the Thief of Joy, The Peace of Letting Go, and The Joy of ...

Taming the Tongue, Speaking the Truth is a powerful and practical guide to using your words for good. Drawing from Scripture, real-life stories, and years of pastoral experience, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers into a thoughtful exploration of how we speak—and how the Holy Spirit can transform our speech. This 19-chapter study covers everything from gossip and gratitude to confession, confrontation, and legacy. Each chapter includes biblical teaching, a short meditation, personal reflection, a poem, discussion questions, and a closing prayer—making it ideal for personal ...

Providence vs. Fate: Is Life Written, Random, or Guided Is life a script already written? A chain of unavoidable causes? A random collision of events? Or a guided story in which our choices truly matter? In Providence vs. Fate, Geoffrey Schmitt explores one of the most enduring questions of human existence: Are we prisoners of destiny, victims of chance, or participants in a divinely guided journey? Drawing from Scripture, pastoral ministry, prison chaplaincy, personal loss, and decades of lived faith, Schmitt examines: Ancient fatalism and modern determinism The illusion of randomness ...

What does the Bible truly mean by a mature life? In Mature Character: Formed in the Image of God, Geoffrey “Willingheart” Schmitt traces the theme of character through the grand narrative of Scripture — from Genesis to Revelation — revealing that maturity is not about perfection, performance, or personality. It is about integration. Beginning with humanity made in the image of a unified and faithful God, this study explores how character is fractured by sin and slowly restored through covenant, suffering, repentance, renewal, and abiding in Christ. Through the lives of Abraham, ...

What if the Christian life is less about trying harder and more about thinking differently — with Christ? In Thinking with Jesus: Living from Christ in Everyday Life, Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers into a practical theology of participation rather than performance. Drawing from Scripture, pastoral experience, prison ministry, seasons of suffering, and the quiet rhythms of ordinary life, this study explores what it truly means to live “in Christ.” Moving beyond the familiar slogan “What Would Jesus Do?”, this book reframes discipleship as shared life. To repent is not to grovel ...

Christian Virtues: Formed in the Character of Christ is not a guide to moral improvement, but an invitation into spiritual formation. Rather than presenting virtues as ideals to achieve, this study explores how faith, hope, love, prudence, justice, temperance, courage, humility, patience, gentleness, perseverance, and gratitude are formed slowly through lived experience—often in weakness, waiting, and quiet faithfulness. Drawing from Scripture, pastoral ministry, caregiving, prison worship, and long obedience in ordinary places, the author invites readers to consider virtue as the shape ...

When Faith Meets Empire: The People of God and Political Authority From Joshua’s conquest to Babylonian exile… From the Roman Empire to Constantine… From crusade and reformation to frontier expansion… From constitutional liberty to modern polarization… When Faith Meets Empire traces the long and often uneasy relationship between the people of God and political power. Rather than offering partisan conclusions, Geoffrey “Willingheart” Schmitt invites readers into a careful biblical and historical reflection. Drawing from both Old and New Testaments, church history, American ...

Our Story in the Psalms: Finding Your Life in God’s Songs takes readers on a journey through nineteen psalms that mirror every stage of life—childhood wonder, struggles with fear and failure, the blessings of family and friendship, the wisdom of maturity, and the hope of resurrection. Each chapter blends biblical teaching with personal reflection, poetry, questions, and prayer, showing how the Psalms speak directly into our joys and sorrows today. This book invites you not only to study the Psalms but to pray them, sing them, and discover your own story within God’s eternal songbook.

The Pilgrim’s Path: From Repetition to Relationship Sequel to The Way of the Pilgrim. Where the first volume explored the simplicity and power of the Jesus Prayer, this study moves deeper — tracing how repetition matures into relationship, how stillness awakens awareness, and how the indwelling Christ transforms character over time. Rooted in Scripture (KJV), informed by the ancient wisdom of the Philokalia, and inspired by the classic The Way of a Pilgrim, this sequel bridges Eastern contemplative tradition, Evangelical devotion, and Charismatic experience — the “Three Streams” ...

Law and Grace: Commandments That Guide, Grace That Saves Many Christians live with a quiet tension between Law and Grace—between obedience and mercy, truth and love. Some fear the Law as harsh and condemning. Others cling to grace while quietly dismissing the need for obedience. Scripture, however, never treats Law and Grace as rivals. It presents them as partners in God’s patient work of shaping faithful lives. In Law and Grace, Geoffrey Schmitt (Willingheart) traces this biblical theme from Genesis to the Gospels and into daily discipleship. The Law is explored not as a weapon or ...

Exodus / Deliverance — When God Hears and Chains Fall explores one of Scripture’s most enduring and hope-filled patterns: God hears the cry of the oppressed and makes a way to freedom. From the slavery of Egypt to the wilderness, from exile and return to the Cross and Resurrection of Christ, this study traces deliverance as a recurring theme woven through the entire Bible. Deliverance is shown not as a single dramatic event, but as a faithful movement of God—sometimes sudden, sometimes slow, always purposeful. Along the way, readers encounter honest reflections on fear, waiting, ...

Promises Made, Promises Kept — The Faithfulness of God traces one of Scripture’s most enduring and comforting themes: God speaks, God waits, and God acts—always faithfully, often slowly, and sometimes in ways we never expect. From the opening words of creation to the final witness of the Church, the Bible tells a long story of promise and fulfillment shaped by waiting, suffering, obedience, failure, exile, and hope. God’s promises are rarely fulfilled quickly. They are almost never fulfilled easily. Yet they are never abandoned. This study follows that recurring pattern across ...

For nearly a century, Christianity in the Western world has appeared to be in steady decline. Sanctuaries thinned, cultural influence waned, and many faithful believers quietly wondered whether the Church had entered a long season of exile—not unlike Israel’s displacement in Babylon. This book is written from within that tension: honest about loss, yet alert to hope. Drawing on Scripture, history, and lived experience, the author suggests that what we have been witnessing is not simply decline, but pruning. Beneath the surface, something unexpected has been stirring. In recent years, ...