Tag Archives: Resurrection Day

Is Easter Merely a Ritual?

Posted on April 1, 2026 by Steve Simms

My morning ritual is to stay in bed for a while and to listen to the risen Jesus as He forms words and thoughts in my mind. Then I get up and spend the next couple of hours writing them … Continue reading →

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Now Is The Time To Be Healed (Tears Help)

Posted on March 28, 2026 by Steve Simms

Do you wantTo get well?Tender tearsSent from GodWill heal you. Tender tearsThat flow fromA heart touchedBy God’s loveAre healing.When they come,Treasure them.Don’t stop them. I saw tender tears two days in a row this week. I saw a young man … Continue reading →

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Jesus Meets the Easter Bunny

Posted on March 19, 2026 by Steve Simms

“Jesus Meets the Easter Bunny”(A Very Short Church Play) The setting: It’s Easter Sunday morning and the Easter Bunny has some tables full of Easter eggs and candy set up on the church lawn. Jesus is also present. He is … Continue reading →

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I Use Social Media to Announce Resurrection

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Steve Simms

Resurrection! Something has happened to a lot of people worldwide for the past 2,000 years. An invisible fire and passionate love for Jesus that won’t go out has entered their heart. I love to meet people like that! You don’t … Continue reading →

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There’s never enough confetti to heal an empty heart.

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Steve Simms

An empty heart doesn’t appreciate Jesus’ empty tomb, but a heart full of His presence continually celebrates His resurrection! Discover the risen Jesus this week, not on a church calendar but with your heart! There’s never enough confetti to heal … Continue reading →

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Your Easter basket doesn’t need to be spiritually empty

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Steve Simms

Resurrection is good news! There is more of Jesus’ presence and power for every Christian than they have yet experienced. The Easter holiday is about tradition. The resurrection of Jesus is about shattering tradition and replacing it with life! The … Continue reading →

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Jesus’ Resurrection is nothing to be lukewarm about

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Steve Simms

When I started hanging out with the risen Jesus, I found going to church to be a regression from my daily experience with Him. Church, like the Bible Pharisees, seems to see the living Jesus as a threat to the … Continue reading →

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The Bible Resurrection events / everyday Easter

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Steve Simms

The Resurrection events in the New Testament off a closer walk with the here-and-now Jesus to everyone. Unfortunately, Christians have too often rejected the biblical, foundational rock of supernatural revelation, for the gravestone of religious knowledge and programs. The Bible … Continue reading →

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The “dead Jesus complex” — part 2 — dead man risen & talking

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Steve Simms

Easter lays an egg when it begins to focus on rabbits and baskets. That stuff is part of the “dead Jesus complex” (dJc). The first disciples’ encounters with the risen Jesus were accompanied by “great joy.” Perhaps “little joy” is … Continue reading →

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Let’s roll the religious stone away from Easter

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Steve Simms

The most amazing “life sentence” is: “Jesus rose!” Encountering the living Jesus will change your perspective of death. Biblical Christianity is about “location, location, location”–“Christ in you,” not Christ in a church building. Something’s terribly wrong when spoken prose about … Continue reading →

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