10.10.22 Hey, Calvary Fremont – On Sunday, September 25th, Patriarch Kirill, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, offered a Sunday sermon supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mobilization of 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine. In his sermon, Kirill promised that “sacrifice in the course of carrying out your military duty cleanses away all sins.” Read… Read More »

Hey, Calvary Fremont – Is it important to end well? Well – ask any wife if she wants her marriage to be happy and healthy for her whole life. Ask her if she wants security and fidelity and happiness all through her marriage. Yes, she wants to end well. Ask the same of any husband.… Read More »

Hey, Calvary Fremont – Science says that the resurrection of Jesus couldn’t happen. History says that the resurrection of Jesus did happen. The resurrection of Jesus is a historical claim – not a scientific claim. It’s not science vs. theology, it’s science vs. history. The Bible claims that the resurrection of Jesus really happened. The… Read More »

Hey, Calvary Fremont – Death isn’t a problem to be solved – it’s a threshold to be crossed. On Friday I published a blog where I wrote that there are those in the church I serve who had a family member who was days and even hours away from death. On Friday afternoon I heard… Read More »

Hey, Calvary Fremont – Everywhere I look, I am surrounded by the dead and the dying. I will be in the mountains tomorrow to help scatter the ashes of my sister-in-law, and I will travel to Oroville on the last Saturday of this month to officiate at my aunt’s funeral. My dad is 95 and… Read More »

Hey, Calvary Fremont – Welcome to the Universe. It all began about 14 billion years ago: the matter, space, and energy of our entire universe was contained in a space one-trillionth the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Where exactly this tiny all-containing entity came from, we don’t know. But it… Read More »

Hey, Calvary Fremont – I think that Romans 8:29 is in every Christian’s Top 10 Favorite Bible Verses list. We are being conformed into the image of God’s Son – Jesus Christ. Here’s the question: What is the image of the Son of God? The Bible uses the word ‘image’ not in the sense of… Read More »

Hey, Calvary Fremont – I read this article on the Patheos website and want to share it with you. It is entitled, “Pastors, the Church Didn’t Need Your Nuanced Dobbs Take” by Grayson Quay. This has to do with the overturning of Roe v Wade. This is a fairly full synopsis. The full article can… Read More »

Hey, Calvary Fremont – The thinking of some is this: if you really want to be effective in evangelism, if you want your outreach efforts to yield tangible results, if you want to see people come to Christ – you need to focus on a specific demographic (a limited group of people) and target them.… Read More »

Hey, Calvary Fremont – It begins with the nurse asking you to remove your clothing to put on a robe that leaves you exposed all the way down your back (and even further). Yet please know, this is for your good. And then you are asked to lie down flat on a gurney that is… Read More »