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2022-09-30T13:21:17-06:00

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The Mind and the Heart – Part 4

Last updated on: September 30, 2022 at 1:21 pm By Richard E. Simmons III

In the last few blogs I have reflected back on my own spiritual journey and how the mind and the heart each play a role. First in my mind, I believed that God existed and Jesus was the Son of God. I believed it because I saw that the evidence to believe it was sufficient. […] Read more

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2022-09-22T12:18:23-06:00

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The Mind and the Heart – Part 3

Last updated on: September 22, 2022 at 12:18 pm By Richard E. Simmons III

As I look back on my own story of faith, I can see how the mind and the heart both play a crucial role. I remember as a teenager hearing a presentation on the “Evidence for the Resurrection” and I went home thinking, “This is really true!” Over the years, that belief was fortified when […] Read more

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2022-09-15T12:56:11-06:00

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The Mind and the Heart – Part 2

Last updated on: September 15, 2022 at 12:56 pm By Richard E. Simmons III

This is the second part of a blog that ran on July 11, 2022. In next week’s blog, The Mind and the Heart – Part 3, I will look at the role of the mind and the heart as it relates to the issue of faith. ***** Recently I have been teaching on one of […] Read more

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2022-09-08T12:13:11-06:00

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Our Struggles With Boredom

Last updated on: September 8, 2022 at 12:13 pm By Richard E. Simmons III

Modern technology brings about change so quickly that the harmful effects are generally not discovered before they are irreversible and before we realize how destructive the effects can be. Back in the 1960’s, the eminent scientist Harlow Shapely wrote on the five factors he believed that could potentially destroy Western civilization. The first was nuclear […] Read more

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2022-09-02T12:35:03-06:00

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What Has Ultimate Value?

Last updated on: September 2, 2022 at 12:35 pm By Richard E. Simmons III

I recently read a true story that I believe is a great illustration about life and what we value in life. It was a story about a very wealthy woman on board the Titanic. She was already in a lifeboat that was soon to be lowered into the water. Suddenly, however, she wanted to return […] Read more

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2022-08-25T11:12:50-06:00

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The Cut Flower Culture

Last updated on: August 25, 2022 at 11:12 am By Richard E. Simmons III

I am continually amazed at the contradictory nature of the secular worldview that rules our land, particularly when it comes to morality. Randy Newman, who is a Senior Fellow for Apologetics at the C.S. Lewis Institute, says that we are a “cut flower culture.” Newman says: “When we buy a bouquet of flowers, they are […] Read more

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2022-08-19T09:09:10-06:00

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The Triple-A Formula

Last updated on: August 19, 2022 at 9:09 am By Richard E. Simmons III

When a tragic accident left Will Mitchell with disfiguring burns, he focused on his possibilities instead of his problems. Although he’d lost his fingers he learned to fly an airplane solo. Then one day while flying from Colorado to California, ice caused his plane to crash. Paralyzed from the waist down (and you think you’ve […] Read more

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2022-08-12T14:01:48-06:00

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The Mystery of Sin and Evil

Last updated on: August 12, 2022 at 2:01 pm By Richard E. Simmons III

I was out of town last week and didn’t have time to write a blog. Today I am sharing a blog I wrote in February of 2017. ***** Have you noticed how secular people today do not use the word “sin” or “evil”? They don’t believe people are sinful or evil, instead they are sick, […] Read more

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2022-08-05T10:52:24-06:00

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What Are You Hungry For?

Last updated on: August 5, 2022 at 10:52 am By Richard E. Simmons III

I believe we all have a deep hunger within us, some might call it a deep yearning, but we have a hard time determining what exactly we are hungry for. The big question is, do you know what you are hungry for? Author Mathew Kelly says, “We may think that our hunger is for one […] Read more

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2022-07-29T11:17:06-06:00

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Understanding Humility

Last updated on: July 29, 2022 at 11:17 am By Richard E. Simmons III

Being humble is not something that comes naturally to us as human beings. I have found that most people do not really know what humility looks like. Historically, humility has been linked to the word meekness. In the Beatitudes we hear Jesus say, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” Of course, […] Read more

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