Ben Simpson

Follower of Christ; husband of Christy; daddy of Zach, Eli, Elizabeth, Nat, & Sam; Lead Pastor of Collinsville FBC (MS)... God has blessed magnificently!

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

@bartbarber Same thing happened to the church I reported

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

The penalty for targeting in college football makes me furious!

I’m all for player safety, and I'm not against targeting being a penalty. But IMMEDIATE EJECTION for the first offense for a live-action, full-speed tackling mistake on a moving target is ABSURD.

Make it a 50-yard penalty if you want. But tossing a player the first time it happens in a game is a TRAVESTY. It's disproportionate and excessive.

These guys work too hard to be treated like this.

#ChangeThePenalty #LetThemPlay

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

Very true and insightful!

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!

“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

Adam, I appreciate the offer. As for the record, the record shows that you, as the former Chair of the ExCom’s Finance Committee, were actively involved in overseeing the decision and process of selling the SBC building in downtown Nashville, primarily to cover the significant legal costs from the abuse inquiry debacle that you cheer-led. That’s liquidation.

Have you written anything that communicates remorse for how you led through this? I would be interested in reading that.

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

Tom, these woke and woke-adjacent leaders couldn’t wait to prove how much they’re champions for the “victim” and so full of empathy. They didn’t need facts. They had emotions. And now they look foolish as the facts come to light and our denomination scrambles. The sad thing is, they won’t even blush.

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

@pastor_adam @PastorMikeStone Adam, we’ve actually met a couple times. I saw the announcement you were coming to LBA but had already read and heard enough. The foolish way the EC was led in your tenure troubles my church and me greatly.

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

Wonderful news for the SBC!

[Willy Rice @WillyRice]

A brief announcement about the SBC Presidency https://t.co/MCrdClTLS6 via @YouTube

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[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

@Protestia Fast food doesn’t nourish you.

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

@WakeUpPatriott A

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

If God has forgiven your sin, your guilt is gone too.
Psalm 103:12 says He’s removed your sin as far as the east is from the west.
So why are you still carrying what Christ already carried to the cross?
Lay it down. Walk free.

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

There are 4 buckets of guilt.
Only one is right:
🪣 I sinned and feel guilty
The others?
🪣 I didn’t sin but feel guilty
🪣 I was sinned against and feel guilty
🪣 I’ve been forgiven but still feel guilty
Know which one you’re carrying.

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

Guilt makes you want to hide.
Regret makes you want to rewind.
Shame makes you feel unworthy.
But God uses guilt not to condemn—but to call us back to grace.

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

Sins of omission: You didn’t do what you should.
Sins of commission: You did what you shouldn’t.
Either way, the result is guilt—an objective moral verdict before God. (James 4:17)

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

Guilt has two sides:
🧾 Objective — You broke God’s law.
💔 Subjective — You feel the weight of having broken God's law.
Psalm 32 shows us: guilt is both a verdict and a feeling.

[Ben Simpson @JBenSimpson]

#SBC25, I want to encourage you to bring your full slate of messengers to the annual meeting. Prioritize it, and put it in your budget. It’s one of the ways you steward your CP giving. The decisions made are too important to not bring your full slate. So thankful the sacrifice my church made to send us and our messengers made in going!

[Willy Rice @WillyRice]

Why make the motion to abolish the ERLC? Because that is how we save it. #SBC25