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Happy TGTD To You! (Tell God Thanks Day)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Steve Simms

Happy TGTD! (Tell God Thanks Day) I wish you and your family a peaceful, grateful day today. May you be overcome with joy as you realize God’s blessings on your life and thank Him for all He has done for … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, conscience, East Nashville, freedom, God, gratitude, Jesus, Jesus Christ, life, meaning, popular culture, religion, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, The Salvation Army, thoughts, Uncategorized | Tagged 21st Century, 9/11, amazing opportunity, aware, being present, best friend, bondage to sin, brothers, Christ, commitment, daughter, death on the cross, deserve, difficult, disease, East Nashville, economic instability, evil, fallen apart, families, follow and obey, forgiveness, freedom, Friends, given, giving up, God's blessing on your life, government, grateful day, Gratitude, great mercy, happy, heart's love, history of the world, humans, hunger, I wish you, injustice, judgment, Lord, love, major terrorist attack, may you, midst, nemphews, nieces, non-traditional church, offer, overcome with joy, painful, parents, peaceful, power to live a life of victory, protecting the United States, reality, realize, rising from the dead, showing, sins, sisters, strength, Tell God Thanks Day, TGTD, thank, thank you, the greatest example of live, The Salvation Army, today, turn, violence, wars, wife, wonderful relationship, world's pain, years of my life, your family | 2 Comments

A Slaveholder Lie Still Circulates In 21st Century America

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Steve Simms

Slaveholder propaganda is still circulating in America in the 21st Century, even in the black community. Here are three examples: 1) A few years ago a black man I had never met stopped his beautiful pick-up truck beside me as … Continue reading →

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Can A Sunday Church Meeting Be Like A Family Gathering? It’s Happening In Nashville!

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Steve Simms

Church is family, brothers and sisters in Christ sharing a kinship of the heart. Nobody ever asks the question: “Where do you go to family?” Family is not a place; it is relationships. So with church. Who are you joined … Continue reading →

Posted in Berry Street Worship Center, Christianity, church history, God, Holy Spirit, house church, kingdom of God, lifestyles, Nashville, organic church, religion, simple church, spiritual, The Salvation Army, Uncategorized, What is church? | Tagged 225 Berry Street, 37207, action, amazing, Berry Street, brothers, building, called out ones, church, colored, congratulated, cross, denomination, ekklesia, English, everybody, experience, family, family of God, free, function, gathering, glass, God, Gree, group, heart, heart-to-heart, I Corinthians 14:26, imagine, in Christ, insights, institution, interact, joined, kinship, listened, living, matriarch, meeting, members, Nashville, new, New Testament, of course, organization, other than, patriarch, people old ways, pews, place, powerfully, praise, prayer, pulpit, question, rare, relationships, relationships lifestyle, religious, reports, requests, rows, sanctuary, Scriptures, sharing, silently, sisters, society, speak, spiritually, steeple, strong, Sunday mornings, talk, tend, Tennessee, testifying, testimonies, The Salvation Army, Thursdays, top, translated, we've always done it that way, weekly, where do you go, Why, windows, word, Worship Center | 5 Comments

Life Rocks When Religion Becomes Real (Or, Night At The Theological Museum)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Steve Simms

In the 2006 movie, Night at the Museum, a night watchman at New York City’s American Museum of Natural History is shocked when the exhibits in the museum come to life. His once boring job suddenly becomes exciting and challenging. It is amazing the … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Most Disobeyed New Testament Scriptures

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Steve Simms

What are the top ten most disobeyed New Testament Scriptures? Here is my list of nominations (from the New International Version {NIV}) for the ten most ignored Bible verses: 10) “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will … Continue reading →

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Ask Not How A Preacher Can Minister To You; Ask . . .

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Steve Simms

Ask not how a preacher can minister to you; ask how you can minister to others. Then you will begin to experience the “one anothers” of the New Testament and God’s love will no longer be a theory, but will … Continue reading →

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Be Part Of Changing Lives & Transforming A Neighborhood in Nashville

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Steve Simms

The Salvation Army Berry Street Worship Center is a customized ministry of The Salvation Army Nashville. Established in March 2008, our goal is to see individuals and our urban Nashville community transformed by: * Cultivating And Spreading Spiritual Awakening All … Continue reading →

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Am I Related To Heroic, Runaway Slave, William Simms?

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Steve Simms

Twenty year-old William Simms was being held captive against his will. Although he had never committed a crime or been in a military setting, he was being forced to do hard labor with six other captives. The people holding them … Continue reading →

Posted in black history, history, lifestyles, self-help | Tagged Abolitionists, American heroes, armed forces, brave, brothers, captive, conducters, crime, escape, founding fathers, Frederic Douglas, Frederick Douglas, Give me liberty, hard labor, Harrett Tubman, history, human property, Irish, military, monuments, New York, Northern, Patrick Henry's cry, Patriots, runaway slaves, sold down the river, South Danby, tortured, underground railroad, Willliam Simms | 5 Comments

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