Tag Archives: priesthood of the believer

It Doesn’t Matter Where I Live in the World

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Steve Simms

It doesn’t matter where I live in the world because my hope and my inner peace are not built on geography, economics, politics, government, culture, religion, ethnicity, nationality, climate, or scenery. My hope and inner peace are built on nothing … Continue reading →

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The Bible’s Religiously Unapproved John

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Steve Simms

A man named John, independently of the religious establishment of his day, began to preach in isolated places (without official credentials) and to challenge people to fully surrender their life to the Lord. As a sign of their surrender John … Continue reading →

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Jesus the Builder builds with “living stones”

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Steve Simms

Jesus, the Creator of the Universe who became a man, is the Ultimate Builder, but too often His living stones ignore His instructions and do their own thing. When churches deny the living Jesus an active building permit in their … Continue reading →

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More “If My people . . .”

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Steve Simms

In 2 Chronicles 7:14 God gives the keys to spiritual awakening, revival, and healing. However, those keys require more than that we quote them or hear sermons about them. They require that we actually do them with an open, humble … Continue reading →

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To connect heart-to-heart we have to open our heart

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Steve Simms

When Christ-followers open up to each other so the presence of Jesus can be seen in them, deep supernatural heart-connection instantly occurs. Religious words without heart-connection with Jesus and other Christians have little impact on people’s lives. Strangers who are … Continue reading →

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Christians are called to be networkers for Jesus

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Steve Simms

All Christ-followers are called to be networkers–to help people connect personally with the living, resurrected Jesus and to have an intimate, direct relationship with Him that doesn’t depend on a special, religious man to lead them. This biblical concept is … Continue reading →

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As churches “reopen,” perhaps they need to “open up” to some things

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Steve Simms

I think that closed churches and open Bibles are more powerful than open churches and closed Bibles. I find daily Bible reading to be essential! Reopen the Bible! Many Bibles have been shut for years. Where are the protesters? Again … Continue reading →

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Liturgy-led, preacher-led, or Spirit-led?

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Steve Simms

Liturgy-led, preacher-led, or Spirit-led? That is the question for the church of the future. If church doesn’t train Christians to listen directly to God’s “still small voice,” doesn’t that make a preacher God’s middleman? If your insights and spiritual gifts … Continue reading →

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Christianity needs more “heartials” and fewer facials

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Steve Simms

Facials are fine, but what we all really need is heartials. When Christians gather with a “minister to me” attitude instead of a “let’s minister to one another” attitude, we miss much that God has for us. Perhaps a group … Continue reading →

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Embracing the biblical/Protestant concept of the priesthood of the believer

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Steve Simms

I have invented a new word for the priesthood of the believer — clergyall. Here’s another way to put it: Christian meetings are full of manysters, not just a single minister. Jesus is alive and present when we meet in … Continue reading →

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