Category Archives: moral choices

How Do I Know Which Direction to Go?

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Steve Simms

I believe what my conscience says, even when I don’t like what it tells me to do or not to do. It often disagrees with my thought, feelings, and desires. I argue with it and try to persuade it that … Continue reading →

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The Skill of Seeing Goodness as a Thrill

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Steve Simms

Badness has a thrill that goodness often seems to lack. When tempted between the choice of right or wrong, wrong frequently appears to be the most exciting choice; right, the dull and boring one. It takes skill to see beyond … Continue reading →

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Wholesomeness is my biggest challenge

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Steve Simms

In this worldThat is so blindTo what is right,The wholesomenessOf a clean heartAnd pure mindIs hard to find.I have to lookTo the lightOf Jesus ChristAnd let Him beAlways brightIn my sightSo I can stayConnected with HimBoth day and night.I strive … Continue reading →

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Hidden issues in the cultural war

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Steve Simms

The hidden issue is cruelty. Abortion isn’t about “reproductive rights.” It’s about prenatal cruelty. Legalized slavery wasn’t about skin color. It was about cold-hearted cruelty. Human life in all of its stages and skin-shades deserves kindness and respect. The most … Continue reading →

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Society’s desire fetish distorts reality

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Steve Simms

Desires and feelingsDon’t determine realityBut oftenDeceitfully twist itAnd make truthTheir casualty. Our culture seems to be obsessed with teaching us to live according to our desires instead of according to moral and ethical principles, but that doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading →

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Before you boot out the binary . . .

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Steve Simms

We live in a binary world that obviously overflows with opposites. Even this post depends on a binary system. Yet denying the binary is becoming common. Life is full of either/or choices. We can’t escape the binary; we can only … Continue reading →

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Desires aren’t definitive ID

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Steve Simms

What we craveCan lead us to misbehaveAnd make us it’s slave.It’s important to be braveAnd resist some thingsThat we craveBut it’s easier to cave. To be dictated to by desire is to be driven and dominated by its demands. To … Continue reading →

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The self-focused choice is seldom the best choice.

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Steve Simms

To chooseTo accuseOthersIs oftenAn attemptTo excuseYourself. To chooseTo excuseYour conscienceIs to fuseYourselfTo bad choices. Choice means responsibility. We’re all accountable for the choices we make. Selfish choices are often unjust. Choices made while ignoring conscience and compassion are often cruel. … Continue reading →

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Too many labels & attempts at identity

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Steve Simms

Last week I met a stranger named Person and someone gave me a bottle of water simply labeled H2O. Perhaps we over label people! Then I read where someone had posted: “The Bible calls us to leave behind all the … Continue reading →

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3 prolife facts

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Steve Simms

If homicide and suicide are wrong, so is prenatalcide. To be against the death penalty for the guilty, but for the abortion of the innocent, is inconsistent. When prenatal kill replaces prenatal care, ALL human LIVES are devalued.

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