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About Steve Simms

I like to look and think outside the box. In college I encountered Jesus Christ and I have been passionate about trying to get to know Him better ever since. My wife and I long to see the power and passion of the first Christ-followers come to life in our time. I have written a book about our experiences in non-traditional church, called, "Beyond Church: An Invitation To Experience The Lost Word Of The Bible--Ekklesia." If you need encouragement, search for: Elephants Encouraging The Room and/or check out my Amazon author page. Thank you!

Let’s run Christ’s plays as a team!

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Steve Simms

Christ’s body consists of all who have Jesus living within them, not just the members of the many organizations called church. Anybody can organize and run a church; but Jesus wants to build His body on the rock of supernatural revelation … Continue reading →

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Can God speak through “Chicken Run”?

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Steve Simms

Can God speak through the animated movie, “Chicken Run?” Today my wife said that she felt a nudging in the Spirit to watch the movie, “Chicken Run.” The idea sounded kind of weird to me, but I went along with … Continue reading →

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Some Greatest Showman Soundtrack Quotes & Ekklesia!

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Steve Simms

The Other Side from The Greatest Showman Soundtrack expresses how I feel about ekklesia: “Trade that typical For something colorful And if it’s crazy live a little crazy You can play it sensible A king of conventional Or you can … Continue reading →

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The Great Facilitator . . .

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Steve Simms

Jesus is the great facilitator. Check Him out. Gather a group and let everybody listen to Jesus and then say and/or do whatever He tells them. When Christians gather in the presence of the living Jesus, they realize that they … Continue reading →

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I gave up my weigh-in and found the way in!

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Steve Simms

I gave up my weigh-in and found the way in! One weigh And I didn’t Measure up. Then Jesus came To pay my debt, And be the way By living His life Inside of me. Don’t wait To let Jesus … Continue reading →

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Rediscovering Prechurch Christianity

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Steve Simms

Prechurch Christianity! There’s never been anything like it unleashed on earth! It came before organized Christianity and prechurch Christianity “turned the world upside down!” (See Acts 17:6) It can still “turn the world upside down.” Let’s re-experience it. Prechurch Christianity … Continue reading →

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What church can learn from card playing.

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Steve Simms

Church sometimes seems like staring an hour at one card, while leaving the rest of the deck in the box. However, when a preacher holds all the cards on Sunday morning, it tends to shut down the rest of the … Continue reading →

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A led life or a life of lead?

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Steve Simms

Live a led life! Jesus said, “Follow Me,” calling us to be directly led by Him. When Christ lives in us, we don’t need a script, a technique, or a church program because we have His presence directing us from within! … Continue reading →

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Christian revenge–using love to get even?

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Steve Simms

Did Jesus really mean for us to love our enemies? Will we? Jay Tyler and I are two fools for Christ who talk about Crazy Bible Stuff once a week on our YouTube Channel. Check out the episode below: Christian … Continue reading →

Posted in agape, extremist for love, God's love, love is patient, love wins, love your neighbor as yourself, perfect love casts out fear, radical love, speaking the truth in love, true love, Uncategorized, way of love, where there is hatred let me sow love | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Celebrating reunited spiritual siblings!

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Steve Simms

I originally wrote this blog for the ONE Body Life website @ onebody.life and want to share it with you guys on my personal blog. ONE Body Life is dedicated to spreading unity in the body of Christ through their … Continue reading →

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