About Me

Steve Simms is now The Nashville Evangelical Examiner
     Check it out:   http://www.examiner.com/x-19568-Nashville-Evangelical-Examiner

Would you like to see a vidio clip of a speech I made? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1985473204894669585 The first guy speaking isn't me, but the introducer.

To read my posts for the Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee's local newspaper, click on one of the two links below.

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=e7b12fef07d94f198859fc69ce8e623d&plckUserId=e7b12fef07d94f198859fc69ce8e623d

http://data.tennessean.com/v2/bin/pluckTools/display/groupblog.php?blog=e5cf555f-eb37-4f6f-be41-15557e736623

Will you please help promote my secular blog on the Nashville paper's web site -- The Tennessean?   (If you like what I write, would you please click on the top link above and then click the word "recommend" at the top of my Tennessean page? Thank you. This only works once per computer, but if you have several computers you can recommend it more than once.)

If you would like to read some of my blog posts over the past couple of years, check out the link below:

http://christianchallenge.blogstream.com/blogHistory.mod?T=P

Steve is the corps administrator for a new, nontraditional corps (Christian fellowship) in Nashville -- The Salvation Army Berry Street Worship Center. (Check out our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=63112196944&ref=ts). He served as the chaplain of the Nashville Adult Rehabilitation Center for more than 5 years and has personally ministered to more than 1600 men. He encountered Jesus as a freshman in college and has been longing to get closer to Jesus ever since. His passion is to see a mighty move of God's Spirit equal to the book of Acts.

See his other blog at: http://christianchallenge.blogstream.com/

Steve has been a pastor/church planter in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, non-denominational churches, and the Church Of God In Christ. Currently he serves in the Salvation Army. He has an M.Div. degree from Memphis Theological Seminary.

For several years, Steve was a regular writer for two national magazines: Zig Ziglar's Top Performance and Selling Power. He made his living for 12 years as a motivational speaker. He has written two books: Mindrobics: How To Be Happy For The Rest Of Your Life and Your Sperm Won! Experiencing Your Value As A Championship Human Being. Steve is a "Community Opinions" blogger for Nashville's newspaper, the Tennessean at: tennessean.com

As an avid lover of positive quotations, Steve has collected more than 20,000 uplifting quotes.

http://www.fhafrica.org/home.html My friend Tom Griner has ministered in southern Africa for years. Read about how God has shown up in mighty ways by clicking the above link.

http://frontporchministry.org/ My friends Tom and Michele Hazelip live in the low-income neighborhood in Nashville where Berry Street Worship Center is located.  They love and serve and share the Gospel with the children and adults there. Please visit their web site by clicking the above link.

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Steve Simms added the blog post National article about Berry Street Worship

Priority Magazine, a national Salvation Army magazine, features an article about Berry Street Worship Center in Nashville in their current issue. Here is a link to the article: http://www.prioritypeople.org/article.php?articleID=558 ...

Steve Simms is praying:

http://www.prioritypeople.org/article.php?articleID=558 Please pray for Berry Street Worship Center. The link above is to an article about Berry Street in Priority Magazine, a national Salvation Army magazine.

Steve Simms is praying:

Here is a fun article about Berry Street Worship Center in a national Salvation Army magazine, Priority. http://www.prioritypeople.org/article.php?articleID=558

Steve Simms added the blog post A Sailboat Needs The Wind

Without wind, a sailboat cannot fulfill its purpose. It can only drift aimlessly with the currents and in all likelihood will end up broken on a rock. Without the active leading of the Holy Spirit, a human being cannot fulfill her purpose. She can only drift aimlessly with the currents and in all li ...

Steve Simms added the blog post 9 Reasons I Know Jesus Is Still Alive

I am convinced that Jesus Christ literally came back to life and walked out of His tomb. I haven't always believed that. In high school I realized that I had no personal evidence to support a belief that Jesus rose so I rejected Him as a mere religious myth. Here are 9 rea ...

Steve Simms added the blog post What Grows At Berry Street?

What grows at Berry Street? Not berries. (I told you it was a trick question.) So what does grow at Berry Street?People: People come into The Salvation Army Berry Street Worship Center, weary, discouraged, and sometimes depressed. However, when they experience the love, encouragement, freedom to par ...

Steve Simms added the blog post Quotes From Quobna Ottobah Cugoano

Quobna Ottobah Cugoano was captured by slave traders as a young boy in Africa in the late 1700's. After experiencing much cruelty and suffering, he finally got his freedom and learned to read and write. These quotations come from his book: Thoughts And Sentiments On The Evil Of Slavery."I w ...

Steve Simms added the blog post OMG -- Theological Language Is Popular

Why do many nonbelievers like to use theological language in their day to day lives? Why do people who say they don’t believe in eternal punishiment for sin, tell people to “go to Hell”? Why do they use the expression “Hell no!” to let someone know that they are not int ...

Steve Simms added the blog post Should People Be On A Leash?

I saw a sign recently that read: "Pets Welcome -- Humans Must Be On Leash." I think it was a joke, but I took it seriously. We humans do indeed need a leash of some kind. (At least I do.)Do you remember what happened in New Orleans when the police left town because of hurricane Katrina? Ra ...

Steve Simms is praying:

Please pray for this ministry: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=63112196944&ref=mf