Tag Archives: asking

Grace — God’s Righteous Attributes Continually Expressed

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Steve Simms

To “say grace” means to pray over a meal. “Grace” is sometimes a woman’s name. “Amazing Grace” may be the most popular hymn of all time. A popular acrostic says: “Grace — God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense.” But what does … Continue reading →

Posted in alternative lifestyle, Amazing Grace, grace, John Newton, lifestyles, repent, salvation, saved, spiritual, Uncategorized | Tagged acrostic, all time, alternative, Amazing Grace, asking, attributes, based, both, changed, Christian, Christian lifestyle, circles, continually expressed, daily, definition, dominion of sin, earth, earthly life, either-or, final, former, future, genuine grace, given freely, go to Heaven, God, God's Riches At Christ's Expense, grace, guess, heaven, holy, how sweet the sound, involves, Jesus into your heart, John Newton, lifestyle, live a godly, lives, living, mean, means, moral, most common, most popular hymn, much more than that, must not excuse sin, no longer, not earned, obey God, opens the door, possible, power, pray over a meal, prayed, prayer, received, right, righteous, save, say grace, saying, seems, sin, sin doesn't matter, slave trader, song, supernatural, that saved a wretch like me, the question is, unmerited favor, when you die, woman's name, wretch, wretched, wroter | 3 Comments

What The Church Can Learn From The NFL

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Steve Simms

The NFL generates tremendous excitement and enthusiasm in America, while the church is mostly ignored. The NFL fills stadiums, while a great many churches have almost empty buildings. The NFL even gets people excited about their draft when they pick … Continue reading →

Posted in Berry Street Worship Center, Christianity, house church, kingdom of God, life, Nashville, National Football League, NFL, NFL Draft, Oh my God, organic church, popular culture, religion, simple church, sports, Super Bowl, The Salvation Army, Uncategorized, What is church? | Tagged a song, allow, America, Americans, apathetic, Are you read for some, asking, aspect, attend, attention, back, begin with, boldly, buildings, care, causes, center, centered, cheer, cheeseheads, church ignored, church services, churches, clam up, coaches, commitment, deeply, denying the power thereof, desperately, disrupt, emotional, empty, enthusiasm, essentially, excitement, express, expressed, expressive, fills, final, flameheads, from such turn away, fumble, games, generates, God, grown men, Hail Mary pass, having a form of godliness, inspire, kickoff, learn, life's, liked, loud, love, meaningful, meaningless, men, minister, most, National Football League, needs, NFL, NFL teams, no idea, of Tarsus, on the field, one another, outcome, passionately, passive, pastors, Paul, pews, physical competitions, players, predictable, presenting, program, protocol, quietly, recovery, relationship, repels, returned for a, safety, same, slouch, stadiums, Sundays, talk, terrible towel, touchdown, train, tremendous, unusual, wavers, week, what is going to happen, win games, worked up, yell | 18 Comments

The College That Changed My Life

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Steve Simms

There is a popular book called Colleges That Change Lives. Somehow the college that changed my life — The University of Tennessee Martin — is not in the book. UTM was 50 miles away from my home and the only … Continue reading →

Posted in Berry Street Worship Center, Bible, change, Christian history, Christianity, church history, college, God, house church, kingdom of God, life, meaning, mysticism, Nashville, new birth, Oh my God, organic church, peace, religion, self-image, simple church, spiritual, What is church? | Tagged 225, Alabama, altar, amazing, Arkansas, around, asking, Baptist, Berry Street, best, Bible, book, called, changed, Christ, Christian, Christianity, church, churches, college, Colleges That Change Lives, community, corny, country, cried, daily, debate, denomination, devotion, difficult, discover, doctrine, Dorm, dozens, Ellington, encouraged, enjoyed, enthusiastic, environment, experience, family, fellow, focused, forever, Friends, full, God, Gospel, graduated, hall, hang out, heart, hooked, human beings, Illinois, Indiana, Jesus, Jesus Freaks, Kentucky, laughed, Lay Witness, leader, leaving, less, level, life, life-long, listened, llking, lobby, longing, loving, manifesting, Martin, meetings, Methodist, Missions, Missiour, Mississippi, morning, most, moved, name, Nashville, Nashville's, normal, official, one another, passion, passionate, pastored, people, popular, power, powerful, praises, prayed, Presbyterian, presence, reading, recapture, reconnect, repenting, satisfied, seminary, shared, sharing, shocked, singing, somehow, spring, stopped, strange, Sunday, Sundays, supported, take turns, Tennessee, testimonies, the, The Salvation Army, things, together, transformed, type, Union City, unique, University of Tennessee, UTM, vibrant, weekend, working, Worship Center, year | 28 Comments

Knocking Prayer (Or Prayer Knocking)

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Steve Simms

Some people like to knock prayer. They write it off as meaningless superstition — knock on wood. Jesus spoke about knocking prayer. Here’s the quote: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will … Continue reading →

Posted in apologists, Bible, Creator, English, freedom, God, house church, Jesus Christ, lifestyles, Nashville, organic church, popular culture, prayer, prayer walking, Quotations, Quotes, religion, Uncategorized, What is church? | Tagged Acts 12:16, after that, always, amazing, ask, asking, aspect, astonished, be ready, begins, bow your head, come to their eyes, communicate, communicates, crying out, deeply, don't knock it, door, easy, eat, eighteen year-old, encourages, forget, friend, gang, God, hard time, having, heaven's door, Here I am, hug, I stand at the door and knock, in the hospital, Irf anyone hears my voice, it will be given, it will be opened, Jesus, just, keeps on, kept on, knock knock, knock knock joke, knock on wood, knock prayer, knocking prayer, like, listen, Lord be with you, Luke 11:9, majority, meaningless, moves through, my beloved, NIV, obedient, one other, opens the door, opportunity knocks, ours, person, Peter, prayer knocking, prayer walking, promise, put it this way, quote, response, responsive, rest, Revelation 3:20, say, searching, seek, seeking, simply, sincere, society, some people, sometimes, son, spoke about, superstition, tears, thank you, till you've tried it, to you, touched, two-way street, until an answer comes, vast, who, Who's there? Maida, woman, write it off, yes, you will find | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: asking

Grace — God’s Righteous Attributes Continually Expressed

What The Church Can Learn From The NFL

Knocking Prayer (Or Prayer Knocking)

Check out “Off the RACE Track” @ https://amzn.to/2RtG3kX

Email Subscription

Beyond Church: An Invitation To Experience The Lost Word Of The Bible

Top Posts & Pages

Follow me on Twitter

Recent Posts

Archives