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The “Jesus-verse” is better than the metaverse!

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Steve Simms

People get excited about the virtual experiences of the metaverse. I prefer the transcending experiences of the “Jesus-verse.” Until you have interoperability with the living Jesus, life will feel incomplete. The experience of the “Jesus-verse” is immersive. It surrounds you … Continue reading →

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18 ideas for disrupting the church industry

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Steve Simms

A disruptive innovation is a creative change that establishes a new market by disrupting an existing market. It gradually replaces established market leaders. The term was coined by Clayton Christensen in the mid 1990s. In addition to uprooting markets, another … Continue reading →

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McKay Books confirms nontraditional church in Nashville

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Steve Simms

While walking into McKay Books in Nashville on May 5, I saw a book, New Day, on top of the free-bin & grabbed it. YOU WON’T BELIEVE THESE QUOTES FROM IT THAT CONFIRM WHAT WE DO AT THE SALVATION ARMY … Continue reading →

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The support group that sets you free!

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Steve Simms

A support group is an informal, interactive, participatory gathering of everyday people who openly and spontaneously share their concerns, issues, insights and experiences with one another so that they may encourage, comfort, and help each other to overcome problems, discouragements, frustrations, … Continue reading →

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Doping with performance enhancing words

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Steve Simms

Doping With Performance Enhancing Words If you dope with the wrong words You’ll be duped into darkness; But if you dope with the right words You will delight in bright light. If you shoot up downer words And they seep … Continue reading →

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Are we the walking brain-dead — mindless media zombies?

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Steve Simms

Could our media be polluting our minds and turning us into the walking brain-dead, who mindlessly mimic media messages. Advertisers seem to think so. Advertisers have made TV networks, cable companies, Netflix, YouTube, Google, and Facebook some of the wealthiest … Continue reading →

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Laodicea or ekklesia?

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Steve Simms

Do 21st Century Christians have amnesia? Have we forgotten that Jesus calls Christ-followers to be His ekklesia, not the church of Laodicea? Christ wants us to look to Him alone as our panacea! The church has amnesia and has forgotten … Continue reading →

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A White Guy’s Thoughts After The Charleston Church Shooting

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Steve Simms

I’m a white guy who was a black preacher for about 3 years. (I was a pastor in the African-American denomination–the Church of God in Christ, but I never went as far as Rachel Dolezal and literally claimed to be black.) … Continue reading →

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Marcus Stanley’s Christ-Like Response To The Charleston Church Murders

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Steve Simms

Here was my first response to the Charleston church murders: What kind of society produces continual, motiveless mass shootings? And now a man who would murder 9 people who were praying in church? Something is dreadfully wrong with our culture! –Lord, … Continue reading →

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“No More Boasting About Human Leaders”

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Steve Simms

“So then, no more boasting about human leaders!” –1 Corinthians 3:21 What would God do . . . 1) If we presented the living Christ without promoting preachers and teachers? 2) If people ministered to others without naming “ministries” with … Continue reading →

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