Category Archives: values

Has human trafficking ever been honorable?

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Steve Simms

If human trafficking is cruel and evil in 2015, how can we call it honorable in 1776?

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Getting Rid Of Guilt

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Steve Simms

Guilt is “the fact of having committed an offense or crime.” By that definition, no one is not guilty.  Guilt is the result of wrong doing.  Everybody has done something wrong either legally or morally. (For example, I believe that … Continue reading →

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Some shades ain’t cool! (Cause they conceal conscience.)

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Steve Simms

My Shades Of Gray Paraphrase! –Take the shades of gray off of your heart and your conscience and let the light of God shine in and direct your life, before you miss the boat! (My paraphrase of Jesus’ words: “The time … Continue reading →

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If you put shades of gray on your eyes, you’ll distort your view of life with destructive desires and daily dismantle your destiny.

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Steve Simms

If you put shades of gray on your eyes, you’ll distort your view of life with destructive desires and daily dismantle your destiny. “Flee those men who follow their whims.” –Pachomius (born in 292 in Luxor, Egypt)

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Do Those Who Boast The Most About “Tolerance” Judge?

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Steve Simms

Nowadays many of the people who boast the most about their tolerance, harshly judge the Book that has inspired the best and most compassionate aspects of Western civilization and harshly judge the people who believe the moral truths taught in … Continue reading →

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Good God! We Miss The Obvious!

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Steve Simms

God’s glory is prominently posted in all parts of the physical world. Yet we ignore Him and call it evolution. God’s protection has shielded us all through many dangers, toils, and snares. Yet we ignore Him and call it luck. … Continue reading →

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Moving Beyond Accusations of “Hate” to Genuinely Getting Along . . .

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Steve Simms

If a friend, a relative, or even a stranger, in spite of anatomy, proclaimed his arms to be wings and boldly declared that he is a bird; I’d still be nice to him.  I wouldn’t be mean to him, and … Continue reading →

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Don’t Abort The Christ Child . . .

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Steve Simms

Don’t abort the Christ Child! Let Him live in your heart this holiday season. Think how different things would be this time of year if Mary had not made the pro-life choice. Had Mary killed the Christ Child in her … Continue reading →

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When a culture continually casts God’s commandments into denial river, it causes confusion, conflict, and eventual collapse.

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Steve Simms
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Confusion of Hate & Honor

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Steve Simms

Contemporary society teaches that believing in Biblical morality is hatred, while war is honorable.  However, that is backwards. War is hatred.  The ultimate hate is physically attacking people, their family, friends, & neighbors, their property; with physical harm and/or death. … Continue reading →

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