Tag Archives: family

I Was Misled by Sunday School

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Steve Simms

When I was a child my family seldom went to church. Once, however, when I was in the third or fourth grade, we visited a Presbyterian church a few times. One Sunday, when I was attending Sunday school there, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, biography, Creator, God, history, Jesus Christ, lifestyles, religion, resurrection, self-esteem, Sunday school, Uncategorized, What is church? | Tagged acknowledged, actigve, answer, apathetic, began attending, Bible, blackboards, book, boring, challenged, challenges, child, Christ, Christianity, class, classrooms, college, cool, daily lives, deceiving, Dr., dull, encountered, encounters, enthusiastically, erased, experienced, false, family, freshman, G. Scott Sparrow, Geroge Washington Abraham Lincoln, getting grunk, grade, high school, historical figure, history, I am with you always, implication, in love, in the present, Jesus Christ, Jesus is alive, kids, know, late, less, manner, meet, message, misleading, night, parents, partying, person, person from history, politely, Presbyterian, present, psychotherapists. testimonies, read, regularly, relevance, religious, responses, sad, shattered, solicit, spiritual, statement, stories, Sunday school, supported, talk, talked, teacher, true, two thousand years ago, uninterested, walked, walked the earty, went to church, Western world | 3 Comments

The Rolling Stones, Satisfaction, & Sadhu Sundar Singh

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Steve Simms

The Rolling Stones sang: “I can’t get no satisfaction ‘Cause I try and I try and I try and I try I can’t get no, I can’t get no.” And the Stones are not alone. The inability to find satisfaction seems to … Continue reading →

Posted in apologists, Creator, freedom, God, history, Jesus Christ, lifestyles, music, popular culture, prayer, prejudice, Quotations, Quotes, religion, Rolling Stones, self-help | Tagged abuse, accept, across, alone, amazement, big, blood, Cause I tray, Christian, common condition, comparison, countrymen, countryside, deep, explains, failing, familiar, family, feet, fell, figure, filled, find, forced to leave, Friends, glow, gone, hands, heard, heart, heart-felt, heaven, Hindu, hometown, human heart, I can't get no, immediately, in all, inability, incarnations, increased, insults, irreverence, Jesus, joy, Krishna, light, marks, miserable, mock, mystic, native, no, not, peace, people. looking, persecuted, prayed, proclaimed, quotation, receiving, remained, remorse, rest, room, Sadhu Sundar Singh, sang, satisfaction, save, saw, secret, sense, share, Shiva, small, something, sorrow, speaking, spiritual, spite, strang, strange, strong, The Rolling Stones, the wrong places. Indian, thing, tongue, truth, unable to satisfy, unreest, Urdu, vision, voice, wander, way, widespread, wonderful, world | 1 Comment

“Southern Spirit” Article About A Unique Church In Nashville

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Steve Simms

Atmosphere of acceptance May 6th, 2011 Berry Street Worship Center is all about openness, love Upon entering the Berry Street Worship Center near downtown Nashville, Tenn., visitors are greeted by soldier Steven Morton; their kids are taken next door by … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, biography, Creator, freedom, God, history, house church, Jesus Christ, lifestyles, Nashville, organic church, popular culture, public speaking, religion, self-help, The Salvation Army, Uncategorized | Tagged acceptance, adult, all about, anniversary, answered prayer, arrive, atmosphere, attention, beans, Berry Street Worship Center, Bible, blessed, blessings, breakfast, Brentwood, broiken down, bus, car, center, chars, children, church, clients, coffee, coffeemaker, coming back, communicating, congregants, congregations, Corps, depend on, differently, discussion, door, downtown, each other, encouraging words, Ernie, excited to be here, families, family, feel, Fellowship Bible Church, fervor, freedom, Front Porch Ministries, front step, GA, games, God's, halfway, haven't eaten, holiness meetings, Holy Spirit, homemade, hour early, humbling, information, intentionally, issues, jobs, lead the music, leadership, lesson, life, life change, listening, local, Lord, love, love of Christ, loved, Magness-Potter Center, material goods, members, mightilyh, ministry, monthly, Nashville, needs, neighborhood, new way, nights, No. 1, openness, ourdoor, outreaches, outside, parents, participants, participate, participatory, partners, passage, pastor, pastoral care, people's, plant, pot, pot-lucks, prayer requests, preach, re-opened, real, reason, recent, recovery meeting, refer, regulars, Salvation Army, Savannah, Scripture, Sergeants, service, set it up, share, shelter, simply, sobriety, solider, Southern Spirit, Southern Territory, spirit, spiritual, sports, Steve Simms, stood, strength, struggles, Sunday school, Sundays, teach, Tenn., Thursday, time, to do, touched, traditional church, transformations, transitioning, trio, USA, virity, vision, visitors, volunteers, wagon, walk through, ways, week, wonmen's, working, worship lieaders, youth | 3 Comments

Life’s Most Magic Moment?

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Steve Simms

Life is full of many magic moments — childhood memories, camp experiences, spiritual experiences, personal accomplishments, family gatherings, hard-won success, travel experiences, first crush, first date, first kiss, engagement, wedding, and so many more. However, one magic moment trumps them … Continue reading →

Posted in human conception, human rights, lifestyles, popular culture, sex, social justice, Uncategorized | Tagged a human life, amazing, beginning, camp experiences, celebrate, changed, childhood memories, conception, dawn, decide, engagement, existed, family, family gatherings, first crush, first date, first kiss, first moment, gave you life, glory, gradually, grown, hard-won success, instant, journey on, l wedding, life, lose, love, magic moments, millions, more, most profound, mysterious, perfectly timed process, personal accomplishments, planet Earth, possible, read, spiritual experiences, started small, time, travel experiences, trumps them all, two cells united, win, wonderful, would never have, your | 1 Comment

The Ignored/Forgotten Human Rights

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Steve Simms

All human beings have God-given rights that should be respected by governments, religions, corporations, and individuals. Many human rights are being proclaimed, defended, and protected by individuals and organizations around the world. The following human rights, however, have been neglected, … Continue reading →

Posted in God, history, human rights, lifestyles, popular culture, self-help, social justice, Uncategorized | Tagged a job well done, about, accomplishment, beauty, behave, being alive, cooperations, daily, defended, demand your rights, encouraging, enjoyment of life, excitement, family, fear, fighting to protect, for yourself, forgotten, Friends, fulfilling, genuine self-esteem, God-given rights, guarantee these rights, human rights, ignored, individuals, inner compulsions, inspiring, make yourself think, motivating dream, nature, neglected, organization, proclaimed, protected, purpose, relationships, religions, respected by governments, right to freedom from bondage, secure them for yourself, self-destructive habits, self-respect, sense of personal fulfillment, shame, the right to enthusiasm, the right to freedom from guilt, the right to personal peace of mind, the right to victory over worry, tormenting, with other people, work, world | Leave a comment

Gee. Does Geography Make Things True?

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Steve Simms

What determines most people’s religion? Why are most people in Saudi Arabia Muslims? Why are most people in India Hindus? Why do the majority of Americans claim to be Christian? Why do people in Communist countries say they are atheists? … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheists, history, lifestyles, religion, Uncategorized | Tagged Americans, atheists, born, character, Christians, Communists, countries geography religion truth influence childhood enemy war nations citizens, family, Hindus, India, Japan, Japanese, morality, Muslims, observations, outside, Pakistan, Pakistani, people true evils decisions beliefs behaviors thinking reality think, raised, Saudi Arabia, side, society, stir, upbringing, valid, value, World War II | 6 Comments

Tag Archives: family

I Was Misled by Sunday School

Gee. Does Geography Make Things True?

These elephants want to inspire you! Search Amazon for: Elephants INspiring The Room.

Email Subscription

Beyond Church: An Invitation To Experience The Lost Word Of The Bible

Top Posts & Pages

Recent Posts

Archives