Fremont Presbyterian Church

How many of us enjoy corrections? I imagine how most of us might answer this question. In Acts 18:24, we’re introduced to a gifted bible teacher named Apollos. In many ways, Apollos would have been a church’s dream pastor. He was competent in the scriptures. He was a gifted speaker. You’re not going to fall asleep during his sermons. Yet, in the same breath, we’re told that Priscilla and Aquila ex...

Pastor Matthew McCleary, Associate Pastor

This week we look at Acts 18:1-17, it’s Paul’s arrival in Corinth where he faces opposition and trial. What we’ll see throughout these scenes is the counterintuitive nature of the Gospel and the Christian life. In all of it, against our instincts, we can trust our good shepherd.  Acts 18:1-17 Pastor Matthew McCleary, Associate Pastor Visit our website at www.fremontpres.org Email us at podcast@fre...

Pastor Dave Pack, Senior Pastor

What fires you up? A bad call against your favorite sports team? Traffic? Someone who says they’re going to do something but doesn’t come through? I have to admit that each of those things have fired me up at one point or another. In  Acts 17:16-34, did you notice what fires Paul up? And perhaps even more importantly, did you notice the “why” behind what fires him up?  Acts 17:16-34 Pastor Dave Pa...

Pastor Dave Pack, Senior Pastor

This week we get to join Paul and company on their 100-mile trek from Philippi to Thessalonica. As Paul arrives, he goes to the synagogue to prove Jesus is the Christ by showing how the scriptures said Jesus must both die for the sins of his people and then rise from the dead. In Luke 24, we’re privy to a conversation between the resurrected Jesus and two disciples where he plainly says that the w...

Fremont’s Conversation Podcast continues with Mark Bornstein, a Fremonter who is also a public-school teacher. We talk about vocation and how we can see our jobs, even in very secular places, as ministry. We also talk specifically about the public-school classroom and how teachers of faith can navigate restrictive environments. See the below links for some of the resources Mark mentioned in our co...

Pastor Dave Pack, Senior Pastor

Have you ever seen a group of friends and thought to yourself, “now that’s an eclectic group.” There are certain types of people we’d never peg as being compatible, but somehow it works. As we look at the first three converts in Philippi, one of my first thoughts is, “now that’s an eclectic group.” Last week, we discovered that Lydia was of Asian descent and very affluent. She had a moral and reli...

Pastor Matthew McCleary, Associate Pastor

This week in Acts 16:6-15, we focus on how God guides us—how He guides in our lives as we seek to do His will and to be His witnesses, and how He guides people to Himself and to faith.  Acts 16:6-15 Pastor Matthew McCleary, Associate Pastor Visit our website at www.fremontpres.org Email us at podcast@fremontpres.org

Listen to the first edition of Fremont’s conversation podcast where we will hear testimonies and have conversations about what God is doing in the lives of our church and in our community. Today we’re featuring a conversation with Jill Zilaff about how God has grown her heart to be His witness over the past few years and what that looks like practically in her life. Jill also shares about the Alph...

Pastor Dave Pack, Senior Pastor

One of the most effective things we can do when approaching a passage of scripture is to ask good questions. We may not initially get our answers, but as we allow the questions the passage invites us to ask percolate in our hearts and minds, we may be surprised as to the treasure that lies beneath the surface as we’re willing to dig. I want to invite us to ask two questions of our passage to prepa...

Pastor Dave Pack, Senior Pastor

What hills should Christians be willing to die on? And not die on? I suppose if people enjoyed arguing, one could debate endless topics until they’re blue in the face. Why does the church “die on a hill” in Acts 15? Let’s compare two of Paul’s letters to see if we can get an answer. In Philippians 1:15-18, Paul addresses those who have been preaching the gospel with impure motives, and they haven’...

Pastor Dave Pack, Senior Pastor

“Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but a...

Pastor Dave Pack, Senior Pastor

This week we look at the aftermath of Paul’s first sermon in Acts (13:44-52). We see God bringing both eternal life and the ability to believe it to people with no rational reason to turn to this new Jewish sect. And we see others who thought they had God figured out missing his greatest gift - this is for us as a warning, and not to judge.   And what is happening with the Word of the Lord here? I...

Pastor Matthew McCleary, Associate Pastor

As we continue in our study of Acts this week, we’ll look at Acts 13:13-43. Paul and Barnabas continue their missionary journey and much of the passage is taken up by a sermon Paul delivers to the people of Antioch in Pisidia. What we find in his sermon is a reminder of what makes Christianity so compelling, so unique, and so trustworthy compared to other worldviews and religious systems: the resu...

Pastor Dave Pack, Senior Pastor