9.29.22 Hey, Calvary Fremont – I’m not one to gossip about others, but I don’t know if you heard that Atheism was rushed to the hospital today and put on life support. Some doctors expect a full recovery while others think Atheism should be transferred to hospice care and kept comfortable until the end comes.… Read More »

9.19.22 Hey, Calvary Fremont – How is a Christian to think about Jordan Peterson? Some people love him and other people hate him. Dr. Peterson (a clinical psychologist) is considered the most public intellectual in America and Canada today. He has gained this reputation by speaking out against what is considered politically correct. He speaks… Read More »

9.16.22 Hey, Calvary Fremont – I don’t fight the Worship Wars and here’s why. If you haven’t done it, you’ve seen it. Mom or dad can’t get one year old Billy to eat what’s good for him (strained carrots/baby cereal, etc.) and so they have to fake him out – they have to make him… Read More »

9.15.22 Hey, Calvary Fremont – I’ve never met anyone who is proud of their addictions – Christian or non-Christian. I’ve never heard a Christian or a non-Christian boast about their bondage to pornography – about their irresistible draw to self-gratification behind closed doors, away from the eyes of their church, their friends, their wives, their… Read More »

9.13.22 Hey, Calvary Chapel – The root of your problem is the lack of seed. Your soul is a garden, yet many gardens don’t exhibit all the color, variety, and vibrancy that they were created to display. Unfortunately, some gardens are barren or full of stinkweed. They’re lacking seed – and that’s the root of… Read More »

9.9.22 Hey, Calvary Fremont – There is a contradiction snaking its way through American culture and intellectual life. Individualism has emerged as the dominant social value in American life. And individualism can only exist because of relativism – the theory that denies absolute truth – which is the dominant philosophical value in American life. Individualism… 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 »