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Heeeer’s More Than Play

Posted on January 2, 2026 by Steve Simms

We live in a time of much deception. We need a wise and discerning mentality to help us avoid deception reception. Superficial, play religion is leading multitudes astray. God’s chosen way for you to know about what Jesus said and … Continue reading →

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Developing Discernment

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Steve Simms

Jesus said: “Many false prophets shall appear and deceive many people.” (Matthew 24:11) How can we recognize and avoid false prophets? Their lives will lack the fruit of the Spirit. (Galatians 5:22-23) They won’t have these qualities: * Love — … Continue reading →

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How To Recognize a True Christian

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Steve Simms

When I try to use self-effort to cook up the fruit of the Spirit, I always fail. Only the Holy Spirit can produce it in my life. Here’s how to spot genuine Christ-followers. According to the Bible they are doers … Continue reading →

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I Admire People Who Seek to Live Beyond Deception

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Steve Simms

It’s easy to think that something is true with it isn’t. Often the truth is obscure or hidden and all we are left with is the fallibility of our feelings, desires, and opinions. No one is immune to deception. There … Continue reading →

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Popular Culture and Contemporary Religion Are Both Denying Much That Is Self-Evident,

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Steve Simms

In the Gospels, Jesus warned His followers to beware of false prophets. That’s a warning that Christians seem to ignore today. Almost anybody who says he or she is a Christian minister and starts a church or buys radio or … Continue reading →

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Obvious Observations We Often Overlook (OOWOO)

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Steve Simms

Obviously, it’s important not to overlook the obvious, but we often do. Here are some obvious observations we often overlook (OOWOO).

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God sees thru the disguise of your lies!

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Steve Simms

God sees through the lies of your disguise. Lies, regardless of their size, are deceptive. Deception deploys darkness and destroys our ability to discern and walk in truth. As Christ-followers we need to be careful that we don’t deny the … Continue reading →

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Wake-Up to false teaching with honesty and love!

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Steve Simms

I woke up this morning with these two short poems in my mind and posted them on Facebook before coming to today’s Wake-Up Call blog post that warns Christians about false teachers and false teaching: If you fake itTill you … Continue reading →

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Do you realize your desires contain real lies?

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Steve Simms

Unless we realizeThat our feelings,Thoughts, and desiresContain real liesWe’ll be misledBy their false disguise. No matter how muchWe’ve been taughtUntil we’ve soughtAnd bravely foughtTo make every thoughtObedient to ChristWe’ll be caughtIn deception. To be led by the SpiritIs to do … Continue reading →

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The deception of self-focus

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Steve Simms

Self-focus makes it easy to decorate our desires, feelings, and opinions with fancy justifications and elaborate excuses in order to create an outward appearance of goodness while hiding and denying the reality of the pain, confusion, and corruption that is … Continue reading →

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