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Making Sense of Noah & The Flood

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Steve Simms

To understand Noah (the man, not the movie) we need to Noah (know a) few things about humanity’s rebellion: 1) The earliest humans (and all the rest of us) decided that we know what is best for us and that we don’t … Continue reading →

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St. Francis Practiced Participatory Church

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Steve Simms

A 14th Century book about St. Francis of Assisi describes participatory church.  According to the book The Little Flowers of St. Francis, Francis was meeting with a group of his followers and told one of them “to open his mouth … Continue reading →

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God’s Waves / God’s Surf

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Steve Simms

God’s waves Breaking in my heart, Surround my brokenness With His healing Presence. God’s surf soaks my soul with His forgiveness, love, and peace.

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A word that inspires imagination paints a thousand pictures.

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Steve Simms

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a word may also be worth a thousand pictures.  A word that inspires imagination paints a thousand pictures.

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A Few Quotes From Neil Cole’s “Primal Fire”

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Steve Simms

A few quotations from Neil Cole’s book, “Primal Fire” “I’ve longed to live the sort of life I read about in the book of Acts.” “I want to be part of an unstoppable Jesus movement in our day–a wildfire of … Continue reading →

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National Salvation Army Magazine Promotes Participatory Church

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Steve Simms

War Cry, the national magazine of The Salvation Army USA features this article on interactive church in the March 2014 issue (page 5). If you would like to go to the article on line, click on the link and thing … Continue reading →

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Original Red-Hot Thoughts

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Steve Simms

Red-hot thoughts frequently run through my mind.  So I post them on my Facebook page,  https://www.facebook.com/steve.simms2 and on this blog.  I think they are from God.  Hope you enjoy these so much that you read dozens of my blog posts.  … Continue reading →

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God & Caffeine

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Steve Simms

–I have never seen caffeine, but I’ve seen how caffeine works in other people and I’ve experienced how caffeine works in me. –I have never seen God, but I’ve seen how God works in other people and I’ve experienced how … Continue reading →

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Church: Who’s On First? Christ or Religious Control?

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Steve Simms

A question for the 21st Century church:  Who’s on first?  Christ or Religious Control? I want Jesus, alive, present, and moving powerfully in and through ordinary people . . . Not a ceremony, or a program, or a tightly controlled … Continue reading →

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Church Is Like A Swiss Army Knife

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Steve Simms

A church service is like a Swiss Army Knife — full of spiritually gifted people.  It can use the same person to speak, week after week, while the others are closed down (pic 1).  Or it can allow everybody to … Continue reading →

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