Author Archive for Pastor Bill Simmonds

To Jump or Not to Jump: The Sin of Credulity

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Steve Glisky was my classmate at South Seattle Community College. I liked him and found him interesting, a deep thinker on the quiet side. During one of our conversations, Steve mentioned he’d been depressed, and said he’d been thinking about “croaking” himself. A week later, another classmate informed me that Steve had jumped to his death from the Aurora Bridge.



The Power of Unresolved Sin

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

If I was king, the saga of David and Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11-12 would be required reading. Although the story tells itself, here are the high points.

David, “Man after God’s heart”, king over Israel, model of virtue, sees Bathsheba bathing on the rooftop one evening. 
He sends for her, sleeps with her,  and impregnates her.
Her [...]




TEACHING - November 7th, 2009

Back from Ecuador | Restore Brazil with Jay Bauman

Jay Bauman has spent years developing relationships within Brazil as he served as the Executive and Worship Pastor of Crosspointe. A Acts 29 church in Orlando. Recently he moved to Rio de Janeiro and founded Restore Brazil to facilitate church-planting, social justice and cultural transformation through the gospel.


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Back From Ecuador | Compassion Connection with Steve Youngren

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The Centrality of the Cross in Counseling | Justification

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WEST SEATTLE CAMPUS LIFE - November 6th, 2009

DTP Ministry Highlight: Biblical Living

This is one in a series about the West Seattle Campus Discipleship Training Program highlighting a DTP ministry and introducing its participants to the Body of Christ at Mars Hill Church West Seattle. This week we focus on the Biblical Living ministry.


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