Category: The Pastor’s Column

By Pastor Stephen HammondBethel Community Church John 13:34-35 (NIV) “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if...

Pastor Mike NeuSt John’s Lutheran Church, Los Banos Too often, some of us dismiss the reports of hunger in America as overblown bleeding-heart blathering. No one we know is hungry. No one in our circle of acquaintances is...

By Dr. Nathan Ogan, PastorCavalry Baptist Church Back in the late 1950s, American psychologist Stanton Samenow, along with psychiatrist, Samuel Yochelson began a 17-year study involving thousands of hours of clinical testing and...

By Pastor Susan Young A difficult question is often asked. How can someone who commits suicide go to heaven? It is asked based on the Ten Commandments charge that no one should kill. What is the difference between a diabetic who...

By Pastor Susan Young A difficult question is often asked. How can someone who commits suicide go to heaven? It is asked based on the Ten Commandments charge that no one should kill. What is the difference between a diabetic who...

BY PASTOR NATHAN OGANCALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH A little boy was flying a kite one windy afternoon when a low cloud drifted overhead causing the kite to disappear from view. A man happened to be walking by and noticed the little boy...

By FATHER JOHN P. SCHMOLL, OBLATE CamPastor, Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Los Banos The season of Advent has already arrived.  The new Year of Grace, 2023, has already arrived.  Catholics and other Christians do...

By NATHAN OGANPastor, Calvary Baptist Church,  Los Banos The Apostle Paul writes in his letter to the Colossians, 3:15, “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be...

As we approach Veterans Day, the word “honor” comes to my mind. Honor is something that is lacking in our society today. It seems that people are in the mindset to demand honor but are not willing to honor others. I observe the...