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About Carl Simmons

See the About Me page on my site, if you want to know more about ME. Otherwise, hopefully you'll know more about Jesus and some of his followers by reading here. And thanks for stopping by.

Season 5: Growing in Leadership

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Carl Simmons

Let’s pick up where we left off last week. As you’ve walked through our first four seasons, guess what? You’ve been growing. Others know it. And God is honoring it. He’s matured you to the point where you’re ready to … Continue reading →

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Season 4: Growing Others

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Carl Simmons

Before I get up on my soapbox and tell you why you need this, let’s recap how far you’ve already come: You’ve developed and deepened your walk with Jesus (Season 1); you’ve learned how to actually live it out among … Continue reading →

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Season 3: Growing in Your Gifts

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Carl Simmons

These next couple entries will be a bit—and then a lot, respectively—more subjective than the others for this series. Next week’s Season 4 speech will be understandably more passionate, since after all it was the entire point of creating this … Continue reading →

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Season 2: Growing in Character

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Carl Simmons

After we’ve been grounded in our relationship with Jesus, we need to learn how to invite Him into our other most important relationships—our family, friends, coworkers of all shapes, sizes, and beliefs—and learn how to keep Jesus at the center … Continue reading →

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Season 1: Growing in Jesus

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Carl Simmons

The first person you need to disciple is yourself. It’s that easy, and it’s that hard. And perhaps more to the point, we need to learn to let Jesus disciple us. We follow Him. Therefore, in this opening season—and really, … Continue reading →

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Bringing the Gospel to Middle School

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Carl Simmons

Truly gospel-centered curriculum is pretty hard to find to begin with, let alone for middle-schoolers, who are all-too-often overlooked as an audience . Deborah Harrell and Jack Klumpenhower have just made that task, at least, noticeably easier. Deborah Harrell and Jack Klumpenhower. What’s … Continue reading →

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From Disciples to Disciplers: reunited and ready for your consideration

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Carl Simmons

And so here we are. Just as 16 months ago, Seasons 4-6 of the From Disciples to Disciplers series officially went out of print, and the rights reverted back to me, so now Seasons 1-3 have done the same. But as … Continue reading →

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Bringing the D-Word out of the Dark

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Carl Simmons

Every Christian is a “small-p” pastor, whether they’re gifted shepherds or not. (“[Y]ou yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood,” (1 Pet. 2:5), remember?) The Spirit has equipped every one … Continue reading →

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The Missing Link in the Church

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Carl Simmons

Let’s return to our discussion of “the “D-word” (discipleship) from last week. If you’ve been around the church for any amount of time, you know that it’s the missing link in the church today, whether you’ve been able to put … Continue reading →

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The D-Word (discipleship): It’s Not Dead, Only Sleeping

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Carl Simmons

“And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and … Continue reading →

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