1.20.23 Hey, Calvary Fremont – This is a bit of a technical post, but I wanted to get it out to you because in one way or another you are connected to Christians struggling in this arena. This is a bit of a rant, but please, let me rant. Every week we hear of this… Read More »

1.3.23 Hey, Calvary Fremont – I had to turn off the podcast before it was over. I was listening to a discussion on how the Church needs a new approach to discipleship. There’s so much sin, so much brokenness, so much unforgiveness, so much division…you get the idea. The Church is messed up. And all… Read More »

12.24.22 Hey, Calvary Fremont – Here’s Christmas in a nutshell – The Christ of Eternity became the Christ of History who becomes the Christ of Preaching who becomes the Christ of Experience. It’s not enough that God loves you. It’s not enough that He sent His Love to live among us. It’s not enough that… Read More »

12.23.22 Hey, Calvary Fremont – I published this last year, and I offer it again this year. Merry Christmas. No one knew it was Christmas Eve. Only one star was twinkling, but only a few foreigners bundled themselves up to follow the Christmas light. The greatest choir ever assembled was singing, but only a few… Read More »

12.12.22 Hey, Calvary Fremont – The newest development in Christianity is known as Progressive Christianity. Progressive Christianity is called such because its adherents have progressed beyond the faith of their youth. They have the same Bible as before, and the same Jesus as before – but not the same faith, not the same set of… Read More »

11.30.22 Hey, Calvary Fremont – A sermon is not a TED talk. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. TED talks are limited to 18 minutes in length. A TED talk is designed to transfer an idea from the mind of the speaker to the mind of the listener via a powerful verbal experience. I… Read More »

11.16.22 / People Want an Enchanted World Hey, Calvary Fremont – With 1.5 million potential practicing witches across the U.S., witchcraft has more followers than the 1.4 million mainline members of the Presbyterian church. “From 1990 to 2008 Wicca grew from an estimated 8,000 Wiccans to about 340,000 practitioners.” The increase has been led by… Read More »

11.8.22 Hey, Calvary Fremont – When I was growing up in the 50s and 60s, “The Wizard of Oz” came on TV once a year. If you missed it, you had to wait a whole year to get the opportunity to watch it. Once, for a punishment, my dad made me stay in my room… Read More »

11.2.22 Hey, Calvary Fremont – Some public prayers really need a shave and a haircut. They are too long, too unruly, and like a man who doesn’t clean his beard – has bits of today’s, yesterday’s, and the day before yesterday’s food scraps in it. Some public prayers are all over the place! I wrote… Read More »

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 »