Tag Archives: universal priesthood

The Game of Life

Posted on July 19, 2025 by Steve Simms

My favorite game is the game of life. It’s much less routine and much more exciting than most people realize. There’s so much scenery in my “ordinary” backyard. What amazing views! Every leaf and every bunch of leaves sways with … Continue reading →

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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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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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Are there any “lay people”?

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Steve Simms

I don’t believe that there are any lay people. The Bible says that Christ-followers are “kings and priests.” The Protestant Reformers taught the priesthood of the believer (however, they weren’t very good at actually implementing it since they all established … Continue reading →

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The call to all Christians

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Steve Simms

I once did a New Testament word study on the word “called.” The books of 1 Corinthians and Romans are written to people who are “called to be holy people” (NIV–1 Corinthians 1:2 & Romans 1:7.) That means all the … 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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