Category Archives: purity

Why does my human heart want to break the law (not just unintentionally) but often intentionally?

Posted on February 15, 2025 by Steve Simms

We humans find it easy to abandon godly character and to do ungodly things. Righteous laws are important, but a society needs more than laws. We need to have multitudes of people with a pure conscience who will obey those … Continue reading →

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Less darkness, more light!

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Steve Simms

I want less darkness in my life and more light. I want less self-focus and more love for others. I want less ego and more humility. I want less defensiveness and more kindness. I want less sin and more purity. … Continue reading →

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What to do About Invitations to Make Treaties with Evil

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Steve Simms

The human heart is continually being invited, enticed, and seduced to welcome, entertain, and make treaties with evil. In the midst of all of the corruption and temptation around and within us, Jesus calls us to purify our heart. Purity … Continue reading →

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A delinquent culture needs exuberant holiness

Posted on June 10, 2023 by Steve Simms

It takes courageTo open your heart,Courage to let peopleSee you cry,Courage to trust GodWhen you’re hurtingAnd don’t know whyBut that courageProduces exuberanceThat you could never buy. Exuberant livingRequires the inner lightOf heart-transforming insightThat produces true delight,Not outward attemptsTo disguise the … Continue reading →

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To purr with inner impurities is to cat nap in a cage.

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Steve Simms

All human societies are full of mental and emotional pollution. It requires wisdom is to be aware of it and to avoid it. To turn off your mental and emotional filter is to welcome pollution into your thoughts, feelings, and … Continue reading →

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Holiness: restrained from bad or inspired to be good?

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Steve Simms

Holiness anyone? Although some Christian groups are built around the concept of “holiness,” I’ve had trouble understanding it. To me holiness has always seemed like legalistic adherence to outward appearances, and not really a matter of the heart. However, as … Continue reading →

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Church programs or ekklesia fire?

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Steve Simms

Question: What would happen if church meetings were built on people stepping out in faith and sharing from their heart — instead of being built on people passively watching a highly programmed presentation? Answer: God’s fire would fall and His … Continue reading →

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Is it prudent for the passions, propensities, and perspectives of the present to push aside the pervasive moral principles and probity of the past?

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Steve Simms

Has our culture walked away from the collective wisdom of mankind? Is it prudent for the passions, propensities, and perspectives of the present to push aside the pervasive moral principles and probity of the past? What makes us think that our … Continue reading →

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Perhaps the “new normal” is nothing but, surrendering to the same old self-focus the Bible says is sin.

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Steve Simms
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Deciding What To Do With Desires

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Steve Simms

Most people would agree that some human desires should be resisted (the desire to commit suicide, for instance).  However, how do you decide which human desires to obey and which to resist?  Here are some questions to ask: Is the … Continue reading →

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