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True worship: open hearts & radical honesty

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Steve Simms

–Wanted: “True Worshipers”– God is looking for open hearts and radical honesty. Now is the time to go beyond outward form and religious pretense — no pretending, no hiding! It’s time for heart-felt reality. “The hour comes, and now is, … Continue reading →

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The Body Of Christ: Dictatorship? Democracy? Christocracy?

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Steve Simms

Must a gathering of Christ-followers choose between being a hierarchy (a body of believers governed by an organizational chart) or anarchy (a body of believers with no government or order at all)? Historically church has chosen to be a hierarchy. … Continue reading →

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Are sermon points and systematic theology in the Bible?

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Steve Simms

Sermon points? Sermons frequently have numbered points. However, when you read through the New Testament, you can’t find even one incidence of number points. So how did such an unbiblical idea become so common in church services? (Perhaps it is … Continue reading →

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Post and share these posters about sharing!

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Steve Simms

I keep asking God to give me fresh, new ways to share the concept of open sharing as led by the Spirit based on 1 Corinthians 14:26 — the Greek New Testament concept of ekklesia. I made two posters today. … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan: Is church missing the train?

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Steve Simms

You can attend a weekly lecture about sailing for years, but nothing is going to happen until you put your boat in the water, raise your sail, and catch the wind of the Spirit. The answer is Jesus Christ within! … Continue reading →

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No time for spectators in church –MLK

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Steve Simms

Martin Luther King, Jr. put it this way: “There are many people who have caught the dangerous disease of ‘spectatoritis.’ Such persons are only spectators or onlookers but not participants. Such persons watch the minister and choir indulge in prayer … Continue reading →

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Hangin’ with Mother Teresa

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Steve Simms

I’m inspired and challenged! I feel like I have been spending time with Mother Teresa. If you have ever thought that you would have liked to meet and visit with Mother Teresa, now is your chance. You can read her … Continue reading →

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Are there answers to eternal questions?

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Steve Simms

What does it mean to be right with God? To be saved? To be born again? To be on your way to Heaven? Church has made those questions religious and has answered them with “church membership,” “attending church,” “saying a one-time … Continue reading →

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2 pods about church without sermons

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Steve Simms

Here are two podcasts about how God will break out of the traditional church mold (if we let Him). He stopped the sermon. Hear how a church in Nashville, Tennessee has been meeting for 8 1/2 years without a sermon. … Continue reading →

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What’s in your fridge?

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Steve Simms
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