Simmons Ministries

Simmons Ministries Terry & Sami have been involved in ministry for 20 years, since he was ordained. Terry has pastored, supply preached, performed many weddings & funerals.

Sami has played piano and taught Sunday School. They hope to continue spreading the gospel online.

12/15/2025

Is the Grinch stealing Faith from Christmas?

I like the Grinch. I grew up loving the 1966 animated special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and looked forward to watching it every year. Even now, my kids and I still make a tradition of watching the Ron Howard version, and we laugh out loud every time at Jim Carrey’s performance.

But lately, I’ve started to wonder whether the Grinch has begun stealing more than just Christmas presents. It sometimes feels like he’s stealing Santa’s thunder as well.

The secularization and commercialization of Christmas have been with us for a long time, slowly reshaping the holiday and its most familiar figure, Saint Nicholas, better known as Santa Claus. That alone is troubling enough. But replacing the red-and-white colors of Christmas with the noxious green of Mount Crumpit’s garbage heap feels like yet another step away from the holiday’s Christian roots.

The legend of Santa Claus is not a modern invention. It is rooted in the life of Saint Nicholas of Myra, an early Christian bishop who was persecuted and imprisoned for his faith and remembered for his deep generosity and care for others. His story is one of sacrifice, charity, and quiet faithfulness,not satire or spectacle.

At its heart, Christmas is about giving and receiving gifts in the truest sense: God giving humanity the gift of His Son, and humanity receiving the gift of eternal life. That is the message that gives the season its meaning.

This is why we sing “Joy to the World” each year—not because of movies, decorations, or pop-culture icons, but because “the Lord is come.”

Merry Christmas and God Bless you!

“Do not judge, so that you will not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of mea...
10/28/2025

“Do not judge, so that you will not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you." Matthew 7: 1-2 NASB

In these verses, Jesus both COMMANDS us not to judge, and WARNS us what will happen if we do.

It's high time I heeded these verses and stopped judging others and myself. Everyone has a right to live... AND a right to be accepted as a fellow human being.

We may not agree with one another, and we may not approve of one another's actions, but that doesn't mean one human being isn't as valid as another.

My prayer today is that I will see every other person as just that, a person, and not as something I approve or disapprove of.

Maybe that's the first step in not being mean.

T

10/27/2024

VERSE OF THE DAY: Matthew 18:20
"For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them".

Sunday. What does it mean to you?

Rest?
Worship?
Reflection?

REST - For me, rest is key, it is the last day before a hectic week full of about 650 students coming in and out of my classroom.
WORSHIP - For some it is worship, it is the one day a week that some pick up their Bible, some may even leave it in their pew at church all week. For me, I open my Bible every day, I may not read a lot of it in one setting, sometimes I open it just to see what page the Lord lead me to....you should try that it can be very humbling. Worship doesn't have to be in a group setting so don't stress if you aren't dressed to the 9s and sitting in a pew every Sunday. Worship everyday in your own way, God knows.
REFLECTION - As a teacher I reflect every day on what worked, what went well, what didn't. Sunday can be that too, a day to look back on the previous week and see what went right and what didn't and make a plan to make it better going forward.

Whatever Sunday means to you don't forget that it is the start of the 7 day week and look what all God did in 7 days. Will your week be that productive? We can only hope.

Day 1: God created light and separated it from darkness
Day 2: God created the sky and atmosphere
Day 3: God created dry land, seas, and plants
Day 4: God created the sun, moon, and stars
Day 5: God created sea creatures and birds
Day 6: God created land animals and humans
Day 7: God rested from his work and made the seventh day a holy day, the Sabbath

My challenge for you is to read your Bible daily.

If you do not have a Bible, please reach out to this page.

10/23/2024

Each time I become obsessed by the idea that my deeds are so noble, let me remember the magnanimity of Your perfect life.

10/23/2024

So it is that we are saved by faith in Christ and not by the good things we do.
—Romans 3:28

10/22/2024

You fill the emptiness and longing of my soul. I need the presence of Your Spirit, dear Lord.

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Bono, AR
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