Category Archives: pastor-teachers

A Great Teacher Ignites the Desire to Learn

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Steve Simms

I have always learned much more when I wanted to learn than when I was forced or coerced to learn. I have forgotten most of the obligatory learning I’ve done in my life, but I have remembered a great deal … Continue reading →

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My appreciation of “Pastor Appreciation Month”

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Steve Simms

True pastor appreciationBrings us to the realizationThat to pastorIs to facilitate demonstrationsOf the presence, power, and loveOf the risen Jesus,Not just to give talks about Him. October is Pastor Appreciation Month. It’s a great time for you to appreciate the … Continue reading →

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Jesus ain’t a program; He is Lord!

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Steve Simms

Christians usually meet to be passively instructed. Perhaps we could also meet to exercise our faith & spiritual gifts, with one another. Where there is no caring interaction there is no sense of community. (A church in Smyrna experienced life-changing … Continue reading →

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Body Building / Body Life / Body Ministry

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Steve Simms

When I was in college I read Body Life, by Ray Stedman, a book about how the Bible teaches that the church should function as a body, with each member having the freedom to listening to and obey the Head — … Continue reading →

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