Category Archives: violence in society

Hostile language can provoke unintended violent actions. Let’s disagree with kindness.

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Steve Simms
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Why don’t American Presidents carry guns?

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Steve Simms

Can you think of a US President who carried a gun? Most (if not all) have found it completely unnecessary. Why? Presidents are protected by the best security system and body guards that money can buy — the Secret Service. … Continue reading →

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Do you have the sanity to hear & obey Jesus & your conscience?

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Steve Simms

Joy Behar said on The View that hearing Jesus is a sign of mental illness. However, the Christian saints demonstrate that hearing Jesus is the greatest sanity on earth! Today the world desperately needs the sanity of people who will listen … Continue reading →

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We shouldn’t let unfathomable evil desensitize us

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Steve Simms

(This article was first posted on the ONE Body Life webpage at onebody.life.) How can we deal with the ever increasing number of evil acts of mass murder and terrorism in America? When horror becomes widespread, our natural tendency is to begin to ignore it, … Continue reading →

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“The right to choose,” falsely says “Some lives don’t matter.”

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Steve Simms

Why don’t prenatal lives matter in America? Why have we devalued the most innocent form of human life? Why are prenatal lives offered no respect, no protection, and no rights? Abortion opens up a frightening question: If prenatal human life is … Continue reading →

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We desperately need heavenly politics

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Steve Simms

Forget Trump and Hillary–America desperately needs the living, resurrected Jesus. Here’s my paraphrase of Jesus’ words in Matthew 3:2: “Line up your attitude, thoughts, words, and actions with God and His will (rather than with your feelings, desires, compulsions, and … Continue reading →

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America’s big lie about black men

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Steve Simms

America was settled and then founded on a huge lie (this was not a little white lie) about black men, women, and children. The lie says that black skin is somehow shameful. That big lie, buried deep within our national … Continue reading →

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These bodyguards are better than guns!

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Steve Simms

The world’s most amazing bodyguards . . . When you have the top bodyguards in the world (like the President of the USA or a billionaire who employs an elite bodyguard service) you have no need to carry a gun. So guess … Continue reading →

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The root of evils (What can stop mass shootings?)

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Steve Simms

The further a society gets away from the acknowledgement of God and His standards the deeper it dives into depression, desolation, and destruction. The human heart is like a faucet. If we don’t let the living God run through our … Continue reading →

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Humanity is not just a manatee named Hugh

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Steve Simms

If someone kills a man to save a child, he is called a hero. However, nowadays, if he kills a gorilla to save a child, he’s harshly criticized. CBS News wrote: “The killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo … Continue reading →

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