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Red and yellow, black and white–there’s no color supremacy!

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Steve Simms

The idea that one skin color outranks another is myth, manipulation, and madness. Skin-color has nothing to do with the quality of a human being. Absolutely nothing! To call a certain skin color unacceptable and use it as justification for … Continue reading →

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Good person? Good God!

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Steve Simms

People who say, “I’m a good person,” may be giving themselves a pass. They’re probably overlooking many things that they have thought, said or done. No one is good but God! When feelings dominate behavior, life becomes an enslaver, holding … Continue reading →

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The truest patriotism

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Steve Simms

The truest patriotism is to treat everyone with the eternal values of freedom, equality, and justice, stated in American documents. All nations are temporary forms of government that exist for days, years, generations, or centuries, and then vanish away. However, … Continue reading →

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Can I say that? Oops, I just did!

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Steve Simms

I’ve never been content with repetitive religion that seems to stay at the same level every week. Give me ever increasing fire. When political parties are polarized and continually threatening each other, democracy declines into a mudslinging tug-of-war. Freedom of … Continue reading →

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Words paint 1,000 pictures . . .

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Steve Simms

Words are brush strokes that can decorate your soul with beauty or stain it with blight. You’re the painter. Words paint a thousand pictures on our soul, yet we hear and say them so carelessly.

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Much instruction & little implementation call for a “Jesus surge”

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Steve Simms

Much instruction and little implementation make Christianity a dull endeavor. Tell me and I forget, even if you preach to me weekly. Help me implement biblical revelation and I’ll be a daring doer of the word. Lectures about electricity won’t … Continue reading →

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War? Thinking it through . . .

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Steve Simms

If a famous American general can say, “War is hell,” the rest of us should be able to also look at war in an honest, non-nationalistic way. Here are a few of my original thoughts about war. If you think … Continue reading →

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Exciting insights about “church” (reading Ephesians 5 & 6 as written to a group, not just to an individual)

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Steve Simms

Ephesians 5 says that the assembly of Christ-followers (church) “submits to Christ” as “the head.” I believe that Christ wants to literally, personally head-up every Christian gathering by inwardly promopting individuals to say & do what He tells them to. … Continue reading →

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Life was never meant to be adrift in meaninglessness.

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Steve Simms

Life was never meant To be adrift In meaninglessness. Too often, The modern mind Demystifies life, Muffling its meaning With methods. The concept of meaning, the desire for meaning, where would that come from if life has no meaning? Pure … Continue reading →

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Could PGA mean “Pastor’s Gathered Audience”?

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Steve Simms

To be a golfer you have to actually golf. To be a Christ-follower you have to actually follow Him. Too many church attendees hear sermon after sermon but never take a shot at actually hearing and obeying Jesus. Golf lessons … Continue reading →

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