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The Soul Within Us explores one of life’s greatest mysteries: what are we, really? Drawing from Scripture, modern science, near-death research, conscience, love, suffering, and personal testimony, Geoffrey Schmitt reveals that human beings are far more than bodies or minds—we are God-breathed souls, eternal and beloved. This book blends apologetics and pastoral care, showing how: • Genesis reveals our origin • Psalms reveal our emotions • Prophets reveal eternity • Jesus reveals our worth • Paul reveals transformation • Science reveals mystery • Love reveals identity • ...

Blending Scripture with personal stories of caregiving, grief, renewal, and unexpected calling, this study invites older believers to discover that God is not finished with them. Every chapter explores a new dimension of spiritual growth: renewed strength, seasoned wisdom, honest lament, gentle surrender, quiet ministry, meaningful connection, and the hope of heaven. Each section includes teaching, meditation, reflection, poetry, questions, prayer, and “Smithy’s Forge” exercises to help readers live with purpose, peace, and gratitude. This is not a book about surviving old age — it ...

The Beauty of Truth with Grace is a reflective Christian work that explores how faith is lived—not loudly or triumphantly, but faithfully, patiently, and beautifully. Through Scripture, personal stories, poetry, and gentle spiritual practices, Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers to consider a deeper kind of beauty: beauty shaped by honesty, humility, endurance, and love. Drawing from ministry in prisons, hospice care, aging, loss, and long companionship, the book resists urgency and argument in favor of presence and trust. This is a book for those who are tired of noise, wary of easy answers...

Held Fast: God’s Strength in Our Fragile Seasons is a gentle and deeply personal guide for anyone walking through moments when life feels unsteady, uncertain, or overwhelming. Drawing from Scripture, caregiving, grief, anxiety, ministry, and lived experience, Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers to discover the God who holds them with unwavering tenderness. Through ten reflective chapters—each shaped by teaching, meditation, personal narrative, poetry, and prayer—this book offers a sacred companion for fragile days. Whether the challenge is illness, loss, fear, aging, caregiving, or the ...

The Unseen Road: Walking with God in the Ordinary invites readers to discover the sacred beauty hidden in the simplest moments of life — small tasks, daily routines, quiet drives, unexpected conversations, and places that anchor the soul. Through Scripture, personal stories, reflections, poems, and gentle spiritual practices, Willingheart shows that God’s presence is not reserved for mountaintops, miracles, or extraordinary events. Instead, He walks with us in the unnoticed pathways of everyday life. This book is a gentle companion for anyone seeking peace, steadiness, and the grace of ...

The Pilgrim’s Hope: Encouragement for the Long Journey Home is a warm, pastoral, deeply personal devotional for those walking through the winding roads of life. Drawing on Scripture, decades of ministry, prison outreach, grief, restoration, and the surprising joys found along the way, Geoffrey Schmitt offers twelve rich chapters of: • teaching • meditation • reflection from real life • poetry • prayer • a Smithy’s Forge exercise for spiritual formation From valleys to dawn signs, from weary hearts to heaven’s light, this book guides the reader with gentle wisdom and steady...

The Work of Love: Serving God in the Ordinary and Overlooked invites readers into the quiet places where God’s presence often hides — the small tasks, unnoticed acts, and everyday moments that shape a life of faith. Drawing from Scripture and decades of pastoral ministry, Willingheart explores twelve simple themes: seeing the overlooked, the holiness of small tasks, showing up, listening deeply, blessing with words, serving behind the scenes, and offering what little we have to God. Through stories of Boy Scouts, church volunteers, altar guild members, prison ministry, food pantries, ...

The Courage to Be Small invites readers into the gentle, countercultural way of humility — not as weakness, but as strength surrendered to God. Through Scripture, personal stories, Kairos experiences, meditation, poetry, prayer, and the Smithy’s Forge, Geoffrey Schmitt guides us down the “small path” Jesus walked. From the hidden life of Nazareth to the secret service of unseen kindness, from weakness made strong to Christ’s great descent in Philippians 2, this study reveals that humility is not about becoming less but becoming free. Free from striving. Free from comparison. Free ...

You Believe God Exists — Now Grow Into the Life God Intends for You is a gentle, practical, and deeply personal guide to living out a mature, grounded Christian faith. Building on the first five books of the Keeping the Faith series, this volume explores the ten essential pillars of a growing spiritual life: believing God is real, experiencing His nearness, receiving His love, being transformed in character, living in repentance and grace, trusting God in every season, following Jesus in the way of love, witnessing through daily life, and discovering your unique calling. Drawing from ...

Tested and True: Faith Refined in the Fire explores the sacred mystery of how God transforms adversity into maturity, sorrow into compassion, and trials into testimony. Through Scripture, story, poetry, and prayer, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey W. Schmitt leads readers through the seven forges of faith — suffering, temptation, opposition, waiting, loss, conscience, and relationship — showing that every test carries the potential for grace. Drawing from nearly five decades of ordained ministry, prison outreach, and personal reflection, Schmitt offers honest insight into how the fires of life refine ...

Christians in the Age of Technology is a sweeping, pastoral journey through the inventions that have reshaped the world — and the faith that has remained steadfast through them all. From the first electric lights to the rise of radio, from the dawn of air travel to the humble hum of early computers, from dial-up modems to global digital communities, from secure tablets in prison to the strange new frontier of artificial intelligence — this book traces the astonishing pace of change across one lifetime. Yet through every chapter, one truth shines: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, ...

The Kingdom Unshaken: Faith That Stands When the World Falls Apart explores how God’s eternal Kingdom endures amid the tremors of history and the storms of life. From the shaking of nations to the refining of faith, from the endurance of the Church to the peace of Christ within, this study reminds believers that what is of God cannot be moved. Each chapter combines Scripture, teaching, meditation, reflection, poetry, and prayer to lead readers from fear to faith, from chaos to calm, and from endurance to glory. Whether read alone or shared in study groups, it offers hope for all who long ...

Reason to Believe: Conversations in a Skeptical World explores how Christian faith speaks not only through argument but through authenticity — through the living voice of love, truth, and grace. From public debates to quiet listening, from cross-cultural understanding to the silent witness of presence, this book reveals that apologetics is less about winning discussions and more about winning hearts. Following Faith and Reason for a Skeptical Age and The Logic of Love: Speaking Truth with Grace, this third volume completes the trilogy’s arc — uniting the intellect, the heart, and the ...

Eastertide: He Lives! continues the Following the Church Year series with seven radiant chapters tracing the fifty days from Resurrection morning to Pentecost. From the empty tomb to the rushing wind of the Spirit, Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers to walk with the risen Christ through Scripture, meditation, and reflection. Each chapter includes Scripture Anchor, Teaching, Meditation, Reflection, Poem, Prayer, and Smithy’s Forge — a practice for living resurrection life every day. More than a retelling of familiar stories, this book becomes a journey into joy: discovering that the risen ...

Scripture’s Best Wisdom: 12 Guides for Daily Living By Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt What does it really mean to “aim up” in life — not toward ambition, but toward goodness, faith, and peace? In this reflective and practical Bible study, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt — pastor, teacher, and lifelong “peaceful smithy” — gathers twelve timeless guides from Scripture to shape a rule of life rooted in God’s Word. From Love God with All You Are to Abide in Love, for Love Is the Greatest, each chapter blends Scripture, teaching, meditation, and personal story with poetry, prayer, and ...

Broken and Restored: The Power of Repentance explores one of the most essential yet misunderstood themes of Scripture. From Jacob’s wrestling to David’s confession, from the prophets’ bold calls to John the Baptist’s preaching, from Peter’s bitter tears to Paul’s blinding light, from the prodigal son’s return to Christ’s rebuke of the churches in Revelation — this study traces repentance as the pathway from brokenness to restoration.

Anointed: Exploring the Meaning and Power of Anointing is a deeply personal and practical exploration of one of Scripture’s most sacred and misunderstood themes. From Old Testament rituals to the ministry of Jesus and the power of Pentecost, anointing reveals God’s desire to heal, set apart, and empower His people. Drawing on decades of ministry experience, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt walks readers through the biblical foundations, spiritual dimensions, and real-life applications of anointing. Each chapter includes reflection, poetry, and prayer—making this book both a teaching tool and...

Job: The Righteous Sufferer invites readers into one of the Bible’s most profound and unsettling books. From the strange scene in the heavenly courtroom, through Job’s bitter laments, the friends’ flawed theology, and God’s awe-inspiring speech from the whirlwind, this study walks chapter by chapter, exploring the questions and mystery of undeserved suffering. Along the way, this book includes reflections from church history, psychology (including Carl Jung), and contemporary voices like Jordan Peterson. The author weaves in deeply personal stories of accompanying his late wife ...

The Psalms speak to every human experience — joy and sorrow, gratitude and grief, doubt and faith. In Praying the Psalms: A Guide for Every Season of Life, Geoffrey Schmitt gently guides readers through a spiritual journey with these ancient prayers, showing how they remain vital and relevant today. Each chapter explores a theme — thanksgiving, lament, trust, hope, worship, and more — offering scriptural teaching, meditation prompts, personal reflections, poems, questions for deeper reflection, and closing prayers. Whether you are in a season of celebration or struggle, these ...

Inner Healing in Scripture: Jesus and the Brokenhearted invites readers on a gentle but profound journey through the pages of Scripture to discover the tender heart of God toward those who are hurting. Drawing deeply from the Psalms, the Gospels, and the letters of Paul, this study explores how Jesus meets us in our brokenness to bring forgiveness, restoration, peace, and hope. Through nine rich chapters—each offering teaching, meditation, personal reflection, poetry, questions, and prayer—this guide leads participants toward experiencing the healing presence of Christ in every part of ...