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Grace Bible Fellowship
by Alan Simmons
This page is the home for the weekly and other podcasts of Grace Bible Fellowship. We are a fellowship of believers that purpose to know God through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, to equip believers through discipleship. Showing God’s love, we strive to reach a hungry world with Jesus Christ through obedience to the Great Commission. We desire to become and encourage others to become fully devoted followers of Christ. We want to witness lives saved by the grace and truth of Jesus Christ and help believers grow as Christ’s disciples.We’d love to hear from you. You can reach us by emailing [email protected] or by writing us at Grace Bible Fellowship, P.O. Box 1848, Henderson, KY 42419-1848
Episodes
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Healing starts with a broken heart (Part 1)
In the first installment of a two-part message, Brother Alan Simmons uses two passages of scripture, Psalm 34:17-18 and Psalm 147:1-8, as the focus of a powerful reminder of the need to praise the Lord and how our pride can often get in the way of our spiritual health. Rather than calling on the...
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Guarding our thoughts in the age of AI
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons begins with 1 Thessalonians 5:6-11 and shares observations on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be a tool that makes our lives easier or a tool of great evil. He highlights how both apostles Paul and Peter warn us to be sober-minded, or clear-thinking…
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A message of faith in uncertain times
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons begins with a reading of Daniel 3:12-18 and focuses on the story of three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abendego. Carried away into captivity by the Babylonians, who made them eunuchs, and they served in the royal court of Nebuchadnezzar. The other royal court...
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Listening to hear: listening with a purpose
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons begins with a reading of James 1:19-26, and begins with an introduction of how easy it is to listen without hearing what's being said. We've all experienced this where someone will say something to us and we react without listening to what is being said.…
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When the church needs to pray
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons shares how the book of James has a dual message for the believer and the church - the assembly of believers in the same chapter! Using chapter 5, Bro. Alan explains how the chapter is focused on how we, the individual believer, is to live a life as if we are...
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Do you want to be an apprentice or a workman?
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons shares an important message that asks a crucial question facing many believers today - do you want to be an apprentice or a workman? Using 1 Peter 2:2-3, he explains how the Lord does note expect us to learn everything there is to know about being a follower…
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Lessons from the life of Paul (Part 5)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons concludes this final part of a five-part series on the life of the apostle Paul. Beginning with the reading of the key passage of scripture, 2 Timothy 4:1-8, Bro. Alan explains how Paul explained through each of his letters how the things we go through as...
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Lessons from the life of Paul (Part 4)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons continues on the fourth part of a five-part series on the life of the apostle Paul. In this installment, after re-reading 2 Timothy 4:1-8, Bro. Alan recaps what we've learned about Paul. We've reached the point where Paul knows there's more that the Lord…
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Lessons from the life of Paul (Part 3)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons continues the third part of the five-part series by reading 2 Timothy 4:1-8, a letter to Timothy written at the end of Paul's life. In this installment, we see how this man, who once persecuted those who spread the gospel of Jesus was now boldly sharing the...
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Lessons from the life of Paul (Part 2)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons continues in the second part of the five-part series by reading 2 Timothy 4:1-8, a letter to Timothy written at the end of Paul's life. Before Paul could begin his life as a missionary, spreading the gospel of his Lord, Jesus Christ, he had to be discipled in...
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Lessons from the life of Paul (Part 1)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons begins this series by reading 2 Timothy 4:1-8, a letter to Timothy written at the end of Paul's life. Why begin a study of the life of Paul with a look at the end of Paul's life? In this passage, Paul wrote, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my...
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The need for Christmas (Part 4)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons concludes this series with the final part of a four-part series with a look at that unspeakable gift given by God to the world. For each of the other parts of this series, we've shared how in John 3:16-18, that gift given has been the source of our salvation....
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The need for Christmas (Part 3)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons continues with the third part of a four-part series with a look at the important reminder of why the church - the local New Testament body of believers needs Christmas. Using John 3:16-18, 1 Corinthians 12:1-3, and 1 John 2:1-2, Bro. Alan shares how the…
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The need for Christmas (Part 2)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons continues with the second part of a four-part series with a look at the important reminder every believer needs every Christmas - the reminder of the importance to offer the Lord the sacrifices of thanksgiving and praise. Bro. Alan uses two people, Mary, the...
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The need for Christmas (Part 1)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons begins a four-part series on the need for Christmas. Using Isaiah 9:2-6 and John 3:16-17, Bro. Alan shares how it doesn't matter if Jesus wasn't actually born on December 25th as much as it does the reasons why Christmas is needed. Christmas is the…
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Facing each day with renewed grace
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons shares, using stories from the lives of David and Jeremiah, how worries, doubts, and fears can cause numerous problems for us if we do not keep a proper focus. He shares how, if we lose perspective, we can become embittered, angry, and hurtful to our closest...
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A broken world, God’s plan, and you (Part 6)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons concludes this six-part series with a look at Jesus' rebuke of the Pharisees teachings of the Law of Moses regarding divorce. Considering themselves wise in understanding the Law of Moses, they neglected God's design for marriage in Genesis. Jesus' stern…
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A broken world, God’s plan, and you (Part 5)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons continues with the fifth part of a six-part series looking at the roles of men, women, and marriage as initially planned by God. In this installment, Bro. Alan provides a brief overview of the previous messages and proceeds to discuss why Adam was created...
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A broken world, God’s plan, and you (Part 4)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons continues with the fourth part of a six-part series looking at the roles of men, women, and marriage as initially planned by God. In this installment, Bro. Alan provides a brief overview of the previous messages and proceeds to discuss why Adam was created...
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A broken world, God’s plan, and you (Part 3)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons continues with the third part of a six-part series looking at the roles of men, women, and marriage as initially planned by God. In this installment, Bro. Alan briefly introduces the previous two parts, and introduces how God intentionally made men and women...
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A broken world, God’s plan, and you (Part 2)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons continues with the second part of a six-part series looking at the roles of men, women, and marriage as initially planned by God. In this installment, Bro. Alan shares how the confusion we see in the world around us is not from God, because the Bible clearly...
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A broken world, God’s plan, and you (Part 1)
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons begins a new six-part series looking at the roles of men, women, and marriage as initially planned by God. To do this, Bro. Alan takes us on a journey to the very beginning - to the Garden of Eden and begins with the creation of Adam and Eve and how the…
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Are you angry with God?
In this message, Brother Alan Simmons uses Psalm 13:1-4 to discuss an important issue we have all experienced at some point. We have all become angry with the Lord. Everyone has had the experience of praying for something to happen only to have it seem that the Lord ignored our pleas. And because...
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Learning from and letting go of failure
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons uses Psalm 103:8-18 to introduce how we are to handle failure. Everyone has experienced failure, whether it's in our profession, our personal relationships, or our walk with the Lord. But what Bro. Alan points out in this message is how our failures can be more...
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A healing love
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons begins by sharing two passages of scripture, Romans 8:26-28 and 2 Timothy 1:7-9, 12 and discusses how the Lord does not want us to suffer, but wants to give us what we need most - His healing love. He wants us to come to Him with all our physical, emotional, and...
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The traits of a good servant (Part 3)
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons continues with the third part of a four-part series called "The traits of a good servant." In this part, we continue to share how a much older David, a man after God's own heart, made a difficult decision where he wanted to change who he allowed in his inner...
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The traits of a good servant (Part 2)
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons continues with the second part of a four-part series called "The traits of a good servant." In this part, we share how a much older David, a man after God's own heart, made a difficult decision to change what he would allow in his life. He made the decision to…
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The traits of a good servant (Part 1)
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons follows up the message from last week, "Which servant will His return find you being?" with a follow up message, "The traits of a good servant." Each believer should desire to hear the words, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant" as they enter into Heaven...
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Which servant will His return find you being?
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons follows up the message, "What will you be doing?" (from August 13th, 2023) and discusses the two types of servants Jesus identified by Jesus by the end of Matthew 24. There are only two types of servants; each person must ask themselves this simple question…
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What will you be doing?
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons discusses the warning given by Jesus in Matthew 24 - what will you be doing when He returns? The Bible gives us a clear picture of what that day will be like when He returns to gather those who have put their faith in Him before the Tribulation begins. The day…
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What do you mean works don’t save?
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons discusses the often misunderstood view of the role of works and faith. He uses James 2:14-20 and Ephesians 2:8-9 and shares how there is no conflict in what James and Paul teaches - in fact, both apostles are in agreement. Our works do not have a role in our...
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But I just don’t feel saved
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons begins with the warning found in Jeremiah 17:9: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? When it comes to our relationship with the Lord, this is especially true. The Bible is clear that our emotions cannot be what our...
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Confidence for a time of trial
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons shares how our attitude towards the trials we face and towards the Lord can determine how well we handle it. Using Psalm 77 and Psalm 23, Bro. Alan shows how David, knowing the stories of the past and how the Lord had worked in the lives of Moses, Joseph…
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God’s heartfelt plea (Part 2)
In the last part of a two-part series, Bro. Alan Simmons completes this series by explaining the Lord does not want us to see Him as a grievous taskmaster who is determined to rule our lives by a set of rules that proclaim "you must do this" and "you must not do that." Rather, the Lord wants us…
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God’s heartfelt plea (Part 1)
In the first part of a two-part series, Bro. Alan Simmons introduces the series by explaining how each of us were made for a purpose by a loving and compassionate God. He designed each one of us from the womb with one desire - a personal and deep relationship unlike anything we can imagine. He...
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Do you desire a better country?
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons asks an important question - do you desire a better country? He explains how many Christians are looking at the situation faced by our modern world and are wondering what happened to their country. Sadly, as he explains, the answer is found in John 3:19: men…
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God of the Bible or a totem?
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons gives a timely warning about the dangers of recreating the God of the Bible into something that fits better into our life rather than us allowing the Lord to conform us to His image. When we take anything away from the God of the Bible, when we add anything or...
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Fatherhood: a divine ordination
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons considers the current American culture's war on men and fatherhood and reminds us that from the beginning, God ordained two important roles for men and women. From the beginning, God's intent were for men and women to be an inseparable team, each other's…
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God is crazily in love with you
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons focuses on the important message in 1 John 4:9-10 and discusses how much God loves each one of us. Even before He created the world, He already had a plan in place for the redemption of every man and woman willing to seek Him out. He didn't create the…
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Corrupt communication from a corrupt heart (Part 3)
This is the final message of a three-part series based on Ephesians 4:29-32 where Bro. Alan Simmons brings focus to the fourth verse of our key passage (verse 32). The apostle Paul, led by the Holy Spirit, wrote the way we avoid grieving the Holy Spirit is to completely change the way we think...
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Corrupt communication from a corrupt heart (Part 2)
This is the second message of a three-part series based on Ephesians 4:29-32 where Bro. Alan Simmons brings focus to the third verse of our key passage (verse 31). The apostle Paul wrote those things should be put away from you" and the word choice is very clear. It is to be a continual and...
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Corrupt communication from a corrupt heart (Part 1)
This is the first message of a three-part series based on Ephesians 4:29-32 where Bro. Alan Simmons shares the importance of watching what we say to others. In this introduction, he begins by focusing on how in the book of James, Hebrews, and Jeremiah, there are warnings about what we say and…
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Motherhood: a divine ordination
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons considers the current American culture's war on femininity and motherhood and reminds us that from the beginning, God ordained two important roles for men and women. From the beginning, God's intent were for men and women to be an inseparable team, each other's...
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The right thing for the wrong reason
In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons reminds us that one of the most dangerous things we can do as believers is to allow our questions to go unanswered. When we become confused or uncertain about our faith, about the trials we face, or about temptation, we often become embarrassed or ashamed to ask...
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The importance of godly judgment (Part 2)
Teaching out of the gospel of Matthew, Bro. Alan continues to examine the importance of measuring our life against the only tool we have - the Bible. When we measure ourselves against the scriptures, it shows us the need to repent of our sins. It also shows that even though we are now His…
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The importance of godly judgment (Part 1)
Teaching out of the gospel of Matthew, Bro. Alan explores how we are to examine our own lives before we begin to correct others. So often, as believers, we hear other Christians and even the lost tell us to "don't judge unless we want to be judge." But what they often mean is they do not want to...
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Leave your sins on the cross
Teaching out of Romans, Bro. Alan explores how we are encouraged by the teachings of Paul to examine ourselves and our attitudes towards the sin we keep in our lives. As Jesus hung on the cross, he bore the consequences of sin, not only the sin we committed in the past, but the sin we would…
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What if there were no resurrection Sunday?
This is not the typical Easter Sunday message but is meant to be one that is thought provoking. Bro. Alan asks the question, what if there were no resurrection Sunday? How important is it to the Christian faith? Just as in the immediate days after the days of Christ's resurrection, there are…
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Even when you feel alone, God is there
One of the most difficult things to deal with is loneliness. Loneliness affects everyone - those who believe in Jesus and those who don't. We all experience times when loneliness overwhelms us. Unfortunately, loneliness never travels alone but brings friends along - depression and despair.…
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Many parts but all one body
In this message, Bro. Alan teaches from 1 Corinthians 12:12-18 and discusses the attitude, as believers, we should have towards other members of our own local New Testament church and towards other denominations where the doctrinal differences are minor. He also discusses how we are to use our...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This page is the home for the weekly and other podcasts of Grace Bible Fellowship. We are a fellowship of believers that purpose to know God through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, to equip believers through discipleship. Showing God’s love, we strive to reach a hungry world with Jesus Christ through obedience to the Great Commission. We desire to become and encourage others to become fully devoted followers of Christ. We want to witness lives saved by the grace and truth of Jesus Christ and help believers grow as Christ’s disciples.We’d love to hear from you. You can reach us by emailing [email protected] or by writing us at Grace Bible Fellowship, P.O. Box 1848, Henderson, KY 42419-1848
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