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The Upside-Down Kingdom: Power Through Humility opens the Kingdom on Earth series — a journey through Jesus’ vision of life under God’s reign. In a world that prizes self-promotion, Jesus invites us to a different way — one where the meek inherit, the merciful lead, and the humble find joy beyond all understanding. Through Scripture, story, poetry, and prayer, Geoffrey Schmitt explores how the King’s example turns worldly power on its head and reveals a deeper strength born of surrender. Drawing from his years of ministry, personal loss, and spiritual discovery, the author shows ...

The Light of Understanding: Reason, Revelation, and Relationship completes Geoffrey Schmitt’s Apologetics Trilogy by uniting the three great paths of divine truth. Reason explores how faith and intellect illuminate each other. Revelation shows how God discloses His presence through Word and Spirit. Relationship demonstrates that understanding is not solitary but shared. Illumination brings the journey full circle — seeing with the heart and living in the light of love. Through Scripture, story, reflection, and poetry, Schmitt invites readers to move beyond argument to awe — ...

Storms are inevitable. They come as loss, illness, fear, disappointment, and change — testing what we believe and revealing who we trust. In Faith in the Storm: Standing Firm When the Winds Rise, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt draws on Scripture, personal stories, and decades of ministry to show how faith can not only survive life’s tempests but grow stronger through them. From the cry of desperation to the calm of Christ’s presence, from the dark of night to the rainbow of renewal, each chapter guides readers toward peace that cannot be shaken. This book invites you to discover that the ...

Willingheart: A Personal Theology traces one pilgrim’s lifelong conversation with God — from the transforming “Yes — and I AM” of awakening faith, through the fires of suffering, into the peace and hope of resurrection life. Through Scripture, teaching, meditation, reflection, poetry, and prayer, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers to discover their own story within God’s shaping love. This is theology not from the pulpit but from the road — lived, tested, and redeemed.

Apologetics: Foundations of Faith—Why We Believe explores the meeting place between belief and understanding. In a world of doubt, division, and distraction, Geoffrey Schmitt (Willingheart) offers a thoughtful and pastoral guide to defending the faith not with argument alone, but with integrity, humility, and hope. Across ten chapters, this study journeys through revelation, reason, science, morality, suffering, the witness of the Church, and the enduring evidence of hope. Drawing insight from Scripture, C. S. Lewis and the Inklings, historical theology, and the author’s own conversion ...

From the rushing wind of Pentecost to the worship movements of our own day, Sharing the Faith, Book Nine: Revival and Renewal — Movements of the Spirit Through History traces how God has reignited hearts throughout the centuries. This volume shows that revival is not a single event but a living rhythm — a cycle of repentance, restoration, and joy. Through Scripture, history, and personal reflection, Geoffrey Schmitt (writing as Willingheart) explores awakenings that changed the world: the prophetic calls of the Old Testament, the desert monks’ quiet prayers, the Reformation’s ...

From Jerusalem to the ends of the earth, the story of the Gospel continues. In this final volume of the Sharing the Faith series, Geoffrey W. Schmitt (Willingheart) traces the living testimony of the global Church — from Africa’s joy to Asia’s endurance, from Latin America’s passion to the Middle East’s perseverance, and from the West’s renewal to heaven’s final triumph. Blending Scripture, history, personal reflection, and poetic insight, The Great Commission — The Global Church Today celebrates how the Spirit of God is still moving in every nation and every generation. ...

The Logic of Love: Speaking Truth with Grace By Geoffrey Schmitt (Willingheart) In an age of debate and division, how do we share truth without losing tenderness? The Logic of Love offers a new kind of apologetics — not argument for its own sake, but truth revealed through compassion. Drawing on Scripture, personal reflection, and real-life examples from ministry and public dialogue, Geoffrey Schmitt shows that the mind and heart were never meant to be separated. Each chapter invites readers to explore how love and reason work together: Listening before speaking Meeting doubt with empathy...

Faith That Lasts: The Enduring Heart of Belief invites readers on a journey through the seasons of a believer’s life — from the first spark of trust to the quiet grace of finishing well. Drawing on Scripture, real-life ministry stories, and poetic reflection, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey W. Schmitt explores how faith survives fire, deepens through perseverance, blossoms into hope, and matures into joy. Along the way, we meet moments of fellowship, courage, and endurance that reveal God’s presence in every trial and triumph. Written in the familiar devotional format that has inspired hundreds of ...

Faith in Action — Evangelism through Compassion and Service reminds us that the Gospel is never just something we say — it is something we do. In this inspiring Bible study, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt (“Willingheart”) explores how every act of kindness can become a witness to Christ’s love. From the Good Samaritan to the humble foot washing of Jesus, from the community meal to the simple touch of a hand, we discover that service itself is the most persuasive sermon. Each chapter combines Scripture, teaching, meditation, personal reflection, poetry, prayer, and a “Smithy’s Forge...

Sharing the Faith: Personal Testimony — Turning One’s Story into God’s Story invites readers to discover how their life experiences become living witness when offered to God. In these pages, pastor and author Geoffrey Schmitt (Willingheart) explores the art and calling of testimony — how to see God’s hand in one’s journey, to speak with gentleness and confidence, and to trust that every story of redemption carries eternal purpose. Through Scripture, reflection, and moving personal accounts from family, ministry, and Kairos experiences, this book shows that sharing faith is less ...

Sharing the Faith, Book Five: The Gospel Across Cultures — Bridges of Grace explores how God’s Good News transcends every barrier of language, race, class, and nation. From Abraham’s calling to the modern Church, each chapter reveals the bridge-building nature of the Gospel — through biblical stories, missionary history, and personal experiences from the author’s decades in ministry. The book reminds us that mission is not only about travel, but about connection — learning to see Christ in others and allowing compassion to become our universal language.

In an age that questions everything, faith still speaks — gently, wisely, and true. Sharing Faith in a Skeptical Age explores how reason and relationship can work together to open hearts to the Gospel once again. The Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt (known to many as Willingheart) guides readers through ten chapters that trace the rebirth of belief in our time — from doubt that leads to faith, to reasoned witness, compassion, wonder, hope, and the revival now stirring among a new generation. Drawing on decades of pastoral ministry, Kairos prison work, and spiritual reflection, Dr. Schmitt ...

Sharing the Faith: Seeds and Soil explores Jesus’ parable of the sower as a guide for evangelism, discipleship, and the patient work of God’s Kingdom. Through vivid storytelling, personal reflection, and deep spiritual insight, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt shows how every heart can become fertile ground for God’s Word—and how the seed of faith grows, multiplies, and feeds the world. From the preparation of the soil to the baking of the bread, this study traces the full cycle of grace: what God plants in us, He intends to share through us. It is a journey of growth, trust, and gratitude...

Witness in Community — The Church as Living Testimony explores how the shared life of believers becomes the clearest proclamation of Christ in the world. From the fellowship of the early Church in Acts to the modern rhythms of parish life and Kairos ministry, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt (Willingheart) reveals that evangelism is not merely spoken but lived — through worship, unity, love, hospitality, and service. Drawing from decades of pastoral experience, these chapters celebrate the Church as a living organism rather than an organization — a body knit together by the Holy Spirit, ...

Sharing Faith — Book 2: The Word Proclaimed explores how the message of Christ is spoken, lived, and multiplied. From John the Baptist’s bold cry in the wilderness to the Spirit’s fire at Pentecost, from modern pulpits to digital platforms, this study follows the journey of the Word through every medium and generation. Each chapter includes Scripture, Teaching, Meditation, Reflection, Poem, Questions, Prayer, and Smithy’s Forge—a unique devotional structure that blends biblical insight with real ministry experience. Through stories from Kairos prison ministry, Promise Keepers, and...

Living by Faith: The Path God Clears continues the Living by Faith series with a heartfelt exploration of how God opens the way before us — sometimes through obstacles, sometimes through waiting, and always through His faithfulness. From Abraham’s first step into the unknown to Elijah’s quiet renewal in the wilderness, from Nehemiah’s rebuilding to Paul’s perseverance, each chapter traces how divine direction unfolds in real time. Through Scripture, teaching, meditation, reflection, and prayer, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey G. Schmitt invites readers to see their own life journeys as sacred ...

Living by Faith: The Life God Shapes By Rev. Dr. Geoffrey G. Schmitt (“Willingheart”) Faith is not a theory—it’s a life God shapes one step at a time. From Abraham’s first journey into the unknown to Mary’s courageous “yes,” from the disciples’ faltering obedience to the boldness of the early Church, this devotional study traces the many ways faith takes form in ordinary lives. Through Scripture, reflection, poetry, and prayer, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers to rediscover faith as a daily walk of trust. Each chapter explores a biblical example of living faith, ...

The Witness of a Life Sharing the Faith Series — Book One By Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt (Willingheart) There is a sermon that never needs to be preached — the sermon of a life lived in faith. From St. Francis’s quiet simplicity to the servant-hearted love of Christ Himself, this opening volume of the Sharing the Faith series explores how believers share the Gospel not first by words, but by the way they live. Through Scripture, reflection, and story, The Witness of a Life traces the quiet power of authentic faith: Light that shines naturally from within Fruit that speaks through ...

The Promise God Keeps is the third volume in Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt’s acclaimed Living by Faith series. From Abraham’s first step of faith to John’s vision of the New Jerusalem, this book traces the golden thread of God’s promises through Scripture — promises of presence, mercy, redemption, and renewal. Each chapter combines Scripture, Teaching, Meditation, Reflection, Poem, Questions, Prayer, and Smithy’s Forge, guiding readers from understanding to transformation. Through personal stories, Kairos ministry experiences, and vivid biblical insights, Geoffrey shows that every ...