Tag Archives: sin

Their are rong waze to spell & their are rong waze to live.

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Steve Simms

Curiosity points in many directions. We can follow it to godliness or to evil. Their are rong waze to spell and their are rong waze to live. Everybody believes in right and wrong. When we are mistreated, our first impulse … Continue reading →

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Love isn’t always a cute Hallmark card

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Steve Simms

We can’t diminish God’s love. However, we can disrespect it, reject it, rebel against it, and alienate ourselves from God. God’s love for you isn’t a license for you to disrespect Him and ignore His commandments. Love is not always … Continue reading →

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Cussing — it ain’t good for you! (Or your hearers.)

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Steve Simms

Using profanity ambushes you (and your hearers) with negative and self-esteem-destroying thoughts and emotions. Cussing fills your life (and your hearers) with the same destructive words, repeated over and over. Normalizing profanity is normalizing publicly spewed crudeness, rudeness, and lewdness. … Continue reading →

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Fabulous faith will unravel your guilt quilt

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Steve Simms

If your faith isn’t fabulous, perhaps you’re stuck in a religious rut. Too often Christians in church look tranquilized rather than mobilized. Sometimes the mission of the church seems to be to satisfy and entertain Christians rather than to share Jesus’ … Continue reading →

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Before science split the atom, rebellion split the Adam.

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Steve Simms

Before science split the atom, rebellion against God split the Adam (and his descendants). Let Christ heal the split in your soul! To overcome the universal addiction to sin and self-destruction (as a result of that split) we need to daily … Continue reading →

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Since sin still seduces in the 21st Century

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Steve Simms

To keep your mind Caught up in sin Is to slowly Decay within.

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Disgrace comes before grace

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Steve Simms

There’s no grace without disgrace.

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Beyond shame & guilt (without depending on denial)

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Steve Simms

Without remorse, regret, and repentance for our wrongful thoughts, rhetoric, and actions; our self-righteousness retains us in resistance to and rebellion against God and His call to right living. Meanwhile we reach out for mindless diversion in entertainment and/or superficial … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong? (Winking At Sin)

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Steve Simms

Does anyone have the right to tell you you’re wrong? Or must the whole world wink when you do what you do? When everybody winks at wrong doing, soon nobody will know what is wrong. It’s not wrong to point out … Continue reading →

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Examining the S-word — sin.

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Steve Simms

It seems like the only sin left in American culture is calling something a sin. If you dare to use the s-word, you will promptly be accused of “judging.” You may even be called a “hater.” Nowadays society demands that we … Continue reading →

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