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Mind Control

Publication:Pastoral Letter,July 2017 Dear Friend in Christ: A man walks into a pet store and sees the owner with his finger in the aquarium. “What are you doing?” the man asks. The owner replies, “I [...]

By Charles Simpson|June 26th, 2017|Categories: Foundations of Faith, Pastoral Letters, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Warfare, Uncategorized, Work & Service, Worldview & Culture, Worship & Prayer|Tags: Carolyn Leaf, choose, control, focus, freedom, Gospel, Jesus, kingdom, learn, LISTEN, mind, overcomers, responsibility, self-control, victim, wisdom|Comments Off

The Call to Make Disciples

Publication:Pastoral Letter,June 2017 I pray you are having a great Summer thus far! Whatever time or season we are in, I’m thankful for God’s Sovereign grace and the leadership of His Holy Spirit, and also [...]

By Stephen Simpson|May 23rd, 2017|Categories: Foundations of Faith, Leadership, Pastoral Letters, Relationships, Spiritual Growth, Uncategorized, Worldview & Culture, Worship & Prayer|Tags: accountability, authority, care, disciples, faithful, grace, harvest, Jesus, leadership, millennial, model, pastor, paul, purpose, Timothy, wisdom|Comments Off

Life Breaks Through

Publication:Pastoral Letter,May 2017 Dear Friend in Christ, I am writing this letter during Easter weekend; of course, you are receiving it a few weeks later. But, as I’ve been meditating on Jesus’ Resurrection, I am [...]

By Charles Simpson|April 27th, 2017|Categories: Foundations of Faith, Leadership, Pastoral Letters, Relationships, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Warfare, Uncategorized, Work & Service, Worldview & Culture, Worship & Prayer|Tags: breakthrough, Christ, death, grain, harvest, history, hope, Jesus, judgment, kingdom, life, multiply, mystery, produce, purpose, resurrection, seed, struggle, the cross, truth|Comments Off

Where Is Jesus?

Publication:Pastoral Letter,April 2017 Dear Friend in Christ: A few days ago I attended a funeral; it was my second one that day. The first one I conducted for an 85-year-old woman that I had known [...]

By Charles Simpson|March 29th, 2017|Categories: Foundations of Faith, Leadership, Pastoral Letters, Relationships, Spiritual Growth, Uncategorized, Work & Service, Worldview & Culture, Worship & Prayer|Tags: church, courage, culture, disciples, fields, fishers of men, fishing, harvest, Holy Spirit, James, Jesus, John, John the Baptist, JOURNEY, laborer, Nathaniel, Peter, Phillip, revival, Simon, youth|Comments Off

Beyond the Obvious

Publication:Pastoral Letter,March 2017 Dear Friend in Christ: I hope this letter finds you well. It’s an honor for me to share with you this month some thoughts regarding vision; that is, to see spiritually, “beyond [...]

By Charles Simpson|February 23rd, 2017|Categories: Foundations of Faith, Leadership, Pastoral Letters, Relationships, Uncategorized, Work & Service, Worldview & Culture, Worship & Prayer|Tags: evangelize, God, Jesus, John, prophetic, Spirit, SPIRITUAL, trust, vision|Comments Off

Collaborate or Isolate?

Publication:Pastoral Letter,February 2017 Dear Friend in Christ: Many years ago, my father said, “Too often we are reactionary. We wait to see what the enemy does and then react to it. Instead, we should act [...]

By Charles Simpson|January 23rd, 2017|Categories: Foundations of Faith, Leadership, Pastoral Letters, Relationships, Spiritual Growth, Uncategorized, Work & Service, Worldview & Culture, Worship & Prayer|Tags: believers, church, Clemson, co-laborers, collaboration, conference, Corinthians, covenant, culture, Deuteronomy, diversity, doers, Ecclesiastes, futurist, GENESIS, Hebrews, Holy Spirit, isolate, James, life, LISTEN, loneliness, Luke, Matthew, mission, Nick Saban, Phil Knight, principles, Proverbs, Rex Miller|Comments Off