Category Archives: experiencing Jesus

Jesus Is So Much More Than “The Chosen” Shows

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Steve Simms

If you spend more time with the Chosen than with The Gospels, you’re dancing with deception. Instead, daily dance with and be led by the living resurrected Jesus. It’s time to hearWith your inner ear.Hear more thanOfficial preachersAnd Bible teachers.Hear … Continue reading →

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A strange star stayed close to Jerusalem for two years

Posted on December 29, 2023 by Steve Simms

Some men were wonderstruck by a strange new star that rose and hung over far away Jerusalem. They sensed that it was a supernatural phenomenon — a sign calling them to learn more about the Jews. Somehow, they learned about … Continue reading →

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Where is Jesus now?

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Steve Simms

Christ-followers are called to live out and demonstrate the mystery of “Christ in you,” the glorious reality of “God with us.” We no longer have to await His arrival. Instead, we need to faithfully stir up the gift of His … Continue reading →

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the man . . .

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Steve Simms

A tortured man who had his back ripped to shreds and was repeatedly punched in the face was forced to wear a royal purple robe. Then he was brought in front of a crowd of angry people, with his bloody … Continue reading →

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People who like Jesus testimony parties

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Steve Simms

I look up to people who like to testify about what Jesus is doing. I would love to hang out more with people who love to talk about what they have seen and experienced Jesus doing in themselves and with … Continue reading →

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The question I was asked as a 10-year-old

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Steve Simms

I grew up in a non-religious, non-church-going family in the Bible Belt. (We finally started regularly attending a church when I was in junior high school, but I didn’t like it.) Once when I was about 10 years old my … Continue reading →

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Remembering Jesus Freaks

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Steve Simms

I remember when millions of people were visibly excited about Jesus and talked about Him wherever they went. When I first started seeing people like that on my college campus, I was scared of them, and I went to extreme … Continue reading →

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Jesus started a movement, not an organization.

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Steve Simms

Jesus created a movement not an institution. When a religious organization replaced the first century Jesus Movement, much was lost in Christianity. What did Jesus do? He initiated a spiritual movement in human hearts. He didn’t start a formalized religious … Continue reading →

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Seeing people being aware of Jesus

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Steve Simms

When I see people becoming aware of the actual presence and power of the living Jesus and I behold the awe in their eyes and the radiance of their countenance, I’m deeply moved to joyous tears. That’s why I love … Continue reading →

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Reality, Jesus, and us . . .

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Steve Simms

Because the risen JesusIs physically unseen,That doesn’t meanThat you should be unawareThat He is everywhere.How wonderful it isTo wake up and findThat Jesus hasn’tLeft us behindTo deal with lifeThrough our own mind.Don’t be confinedTo a Christ far away.Now is the … Continue reading →

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