Tag Archives: freedom of conscience

I Love to Express My Calling

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Steve Simms

I love to express what I feel called to say. Writing helps me to open up my heart and do that. I hope that what I write helps you in some way. I hope it makes you think, encourages you, … Continue reading →

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Being Free from Controlling Thoughts, Feelings, Desires, and Habits

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Steve Simms

Freedom isn’t words. It isn’t an idea or an ideal. Freedom isn’t a form of government. It isn’t produced by patriotism. Freedom is within. If a person is bound to thoughts, feelings, desires, and habits, he or she isn’t free. … Continue reading →

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A Return to “Conscienceness” — Awareness of and Faithfulness to the Inner Moral Compass

Posted on July 7, 2024 by Steve Simms

I believe that the disharmony and chaos in contemporary culture will eventually lead to a return to “conscienceness” — awareness of and faithfulness to the inner moral compass called the conscience. I believe that the human conscience is a supernatural … Continue reading →

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Hidden issues in the cultural war

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Steve Simms

The hidden issue is cruelty. Abortion isn’t about “reproductive rights.” It’s about prenatal cruelty. Legalized slavery wasn’t about skin color. It was about cold-hearted cruelty. Human life in all of its stages and skin-shades deserves kindness and respect. The most … Continue reading →

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Is the human heart a cauldron of rebellion?

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Steve Simms

The human brainIsn’t a trainTo run on a track.It’s a toolTo gainFresh insight. Light reveals.Darkness hides.Moment by momentWe choose sides. God’s callIsn’t to fakeBeing good.It’s to let Him remakeOur rebellious heart. Planet earth is a cauldron of rebellion. We humans … Continue reading →

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All views in this blog are mine . . .

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Steve Simms

All views expressed in this blog are mine. If they don’t match your views, that’s okay. I could be wrong. Pride can easily make me blind to injustice. It can cause me to believe that people must have done something … Continue reading →

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It’s not unloving to kindly speak your conscience!

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Steve Simms

Love continues to care about people when they advocate and/or do things you disapprove of. When people are shamed and/or bullied into saying they approve of things they believe are wrong, freedom of conscience is destroyed. It’s not unloving to … Continue reading →

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Just about everybody on the planet has a sense that some activities are morally wrong. Love doesn’t try to force people to support the activities that violate their conscience.

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Steve Simms
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