Category Archives: Spirit-led

Ideas to Tone Down the NBA, the NFL, and the Olympics

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Steve Simms

What if they made a new rule to tone down the Sochi Olympics by requiring all Olympic athletes to have one arm tied behind their back during competition? Would you be okay with that? What if, in order to reduce … Continue reading →

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A Video About How Church Can Be Like A Beach Party

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Steve Simms

Beach parties are fun. Why do people love them so much? Perhaps there are things the church can learn from a beach party . . .

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Is the living current of Christ cruising within you, or do you have a dead battery under your hood?

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Steve Simms

Current events: actions or words prompted by the flow of the Holy Spirit within you. Don’t resist and/or quench the Spirit’s current, but go with His flow. Like electricity the Spirit of God flows through conductors. Is the living current … Continue reading →

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Why Settle For Microsoft’s “Surface” When There’s A Tablet Deep In Your Heart?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Steve Simms

Today Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, introduced “Surface” their new tablet computer. But why settle for “Surface” when there’s a tablet computer deep in your own heart. It comes as standard equipment with human beings. The Bible teaches that the Spirit … Continue reading →

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Alternative Names For Organic Church

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Steve Simms

In the last few years, many books have been written about organic church by people like Neil Cole, Milt Rodriguez, Tony and Felicity Dale, Frank Viola, Wolfgang Simpson, Jon Zens, and many others. I have read many of the books. … Continue reading →

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New Poll Shows More Millennials Doubt God

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Steve Simms

A new poll by the Pew Research Center has found that doubts about the existence of God have increased by 15 points during the past 5 years among Millennials, Americans 30 and under. Here’s a link to the survey: http://www.pewforum.org/Age/Religion-Among-the-Millennials.aspx … Continue reading →

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What You Know Vs. The Love You Show

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Steve Simms

Spiritual growth isn’t about how much information concerning God that you know. It’s about how much of God’s love that you show and how much you allow the Holy Spirit to flow. Spiritual growth isn’t about how much theological and/or … Continue reading →

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Don’t Let The Myth Of The Material Make You Miss Life’s Most Meaningful Reality . . .

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Steve Simms

It would be a shame to go through life caught in the myth of the material and miss out on the most amazing reality on Earth. Yet many people do. We think we have “permanent housing” but that is a … Continue reading →