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Modern Myth #6 — Adult Language

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Steve Simms

Is foul language really ”adult language”? Does profanity demonstrate responsiblity, wisdom, intelligence, and other mature qualities? Of course not. It is just the opposite. When do most people learn to sprinkle their conversation with words that refer to feces, crude sexual … Continue reading →

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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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Negro Spirituals — A Message We Desperately Need!

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Steve Simms

“Over my head I hear music in the air, There must be a God somewhere.” –Negro spiritual. Those words were written and sung during the most difficult of days, a time of great oppression and evil – a time of bondage, … 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 →

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1-10 Spirituality Or Carnality Scale — Where Are You?

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Steve Simms

Where are you on this scale of 1-10 between spirituality and carnality? Instructions: Pick the statement that best describes you. If you are torn between two or more choices, split the difference and take the average between them. – Spirituality … Continue reading →

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Didn’t You Know You’ve Got to Cry Sometime?

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Steve Simms

Diana Ross sings a song that asks this question: “Didn’t you know you have to cry sometime?” However, a popular myth in our day says: “Strong people don’t cry,” or “Real men don’t cry.” Why, then, do they have tear ducts? The … Continue reading →

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God’s Watergate — Rivers Of Living Water

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Steve Simms

God’s watergate has nothing to do with the scandal that brought down President Nixon. God’s watergate is in the human heart and when opened allows the living water of the Holy Spirit to flow from deep inside a person. Jesus said: … Continue reading →

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The Rolling Stones, Satisfaction, & Sadhu Sundar Singh

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Steve Simms

The Rolling Stones sang: “I can’t get no satisfaction ‘Cause I try and I try and I try and I try I can’t get no, I can’t get no.” And the Stones are not alone. The inability to find satisfaction seems to … Continue reading →

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Pythagoras’ Other Pythageorean Theorem

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Steve Simms

Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher, Pythagoras, (born in 570 B.C.) found out an interesting fact about triangles. If a triangle has a right angle (90 degrees) and you make a square on each of the three sides, the biggest square … Continue reading →

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The Ryman Auditorium Or The Union Gospel Tabernacle?

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Steve Simms

It is called the “mother church of country music” — the Ryman Auditorium. And it was home for the Grand Ole Opry for many years. But what is its real name? Union Gospel Tabernacle. Now that is a bit of … Continue reading →

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Modern Myth #6 — Adult Language

1-10 Spirituality Or Carnality Scale — Where Are You?

Didn’t You Know You’ve Got to Cry Sometime?

God’s Watergate — Rivers Of Living Water

Pythagoras’ Other Pythageorean Theorem

The Ryman Auditorium Or The Union Gospel Tabernacle?

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