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Sandy Simpson (music/video producer)

Sandy Simpson (born in 1952) is a missionary musician, music/video producer and Christian apologist currently residing in Wadesboro, NC. Following you will find a detailed personal history as well as links to his discography, videography, bibliography, bands, web sites and other information. He has collaborated with many musicians including Jeff Johnson of Ark Records. His musical influences are varied from folk to hard rock and his music is a reflection of his wide variety of musical inspiration. Simpson is now active in the field of apologetics with a large web site featuring thousands of articles by the best Christian apologists of the day. Sandy Simpson Location: Wadesboro, NC Genres: Progressive rock, Christian Music influences: Everything from pop, to rock, to jazz, to experimental Years active: Composing since 1967, videographer since 1992 Labels: Ark Records, Outrigger Records, Meadowlark Records Associated with: Jeff Johnson and others great musicians Main Websites: Outrigger Productions (http://op.50megs.com/outrigger/) and Apologetics Coordination Team (http://www.apologeticscoordinationteam.org/)

Personal Biographical Information Sandy was born in 1952 in Indiana, USA. He was born again in 1958 in his father’s Congregational Christian Church in Indiana. He left with his family in 1962 for the mission field to Palau and quickly learned the Palauan language fluently along with his family, which he still speaks today. In 1964 he found an old guitar without strings in a shed in Ngaraard, Palau. He used fish line as strings and began to learn to play guitar. In 1965, at the age of 12, he was sent to Faith Academy in the Philippines, a Christian boarding school. In 1967 his father, John Simpson, went missing in a boating accident during a storm and his body was never recovered. This story is detailed in Juanita Simpson’s book “Walking the Waves”. He also began writing his first songs in 1967. Sandy was not able to return to Palau that year from the Philippines as he had every summer but met his mother and sister back to the US mainland and lived with his uncle in Texas while his mother went on deputation for one school year. In 1969 he and his sister returned to Faith Academy via Germany, Italy and India. He was chosen for an elite choir group and recorded one of his own songs with the choir, his first time in the studio. In 1970 Sandy graduated from Faith. He was a featured performer of that choir group from Faith as they toured the US West Coast where he sang some of his original compositions. He had applied to a number of colleges from the Philippines but had not received letters from them by the time he went on tour. The tour group passed through Oregon and Sandy was accepted at George Fox College (now GFU). He attended there two years studying Bible, music and drama and performing his music with a group he organized from that school. In 1972 he heard there was an ex-Broadway actor teaching drama at the University of Guam so decided to move there. During the next few years he acted in and directed many plays at UOG as well as performing his music with a popular group called Seadog. In 1974 he went to Palau and then back to Oregon. He began to record singles of his music with Howard Harkema at Spectrum Studios in Portland and it was there, in 1976, that he and Spectrum president Mike Carter, along with five other arrangers and writers, formed a jingle corporation in 1978. He began to work for that group called Alpha Seven Productions writing, producing and performing hundreds of jingles, industrial slide shows and video productions and even feature film scores through 1989. Around 1977 he formed a band called Perelandra named after a book by C.S. Lewis and they did concerts in high schools and colleges playing Christian hard rock music as well as dual acoustic guitar ballads. Around 1979 he began to work with Jeff Johnson on his albums. You will find a complete discography below and on that page you will see brief descriptions of the various albums. In the liner notes of “The Passing of the Dark”, “Back Over the Waves” and “Montage” you will find background information on the songs and Sandy’s inspiration for them. Around 1982 Jeff also joined Alpha Seven. They wrote many local, regional and national jingles for companies such as Windstream Trailers, Nike and Speedo. Sandy also sang lead vocals on commercials such as Dairy Queen, Lee Corporation and many others. Jeff and Sandy began to work on collaborative album projects and Jeff and Sandy co-produced and/or co-engineered a number of their album projects. Sandy recorded his first full solo album at Ark Records entitled “The Passing of the Dark” and released it under Outrigger Records in 1985. They were blessed to play with many up and coming artists from the Northwest such as David Freisen, Brian Willis, Roger Hadley, Mark Schulman, Michael Bard, Jon Newton, Thomas Raiders Johnson, Dallas McKennon, Greg Williams, Dave Hagelganz, Rob Thomas, and many, many others.

In 1989 Sandy received a call to go to Micronesia to serve as a missionary with Liebenzell Mission USA. He was the administrator for a mission guest house there which would give him the opportunity to do evangelistic concert tours in Guam, Yap, Palau, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, and the Marshall Islands. He performed concerts from 1989 to 1999, doing evangelism and giving his testimony as well as recording island choirs from which he produced two albums and a local show on Trans World Radio. In 1992 he produced an album called “Back over the Waves” Some of the songs are in the Palauan language. The album was geared toward islanders and his testimony is in the liner notes. He started a Bible study and established an apologetics web site in 1996. He began to write articles addressing issues of false teaching invading the island churches. Within a few years the Apologetics Coordination Team (ACT) web site began to be used by Christians all over the world and, as of the writing of this article, the ACT site receives between 1-2 million hits per month. He began to compile his articles and Bible lessons into books which bibliography follows. He also bought into the very first generation of computer video editing and did a lot of videography for the mission and produced his own video called “Island Meditations” during his time in Guam. In 1998 he took a trip to Oahu and saw that, due to worsening economic conditions in Micronesia, many were moving to Hawaii and the mainland. The Lord put a burden on his heart for the thousands of Micronesian islanders who were moving to Hawaii with no missionary there to help them. In 1999 the Simpsons packed up and moved to Oahu. They began teaching church leaders, mission school alumni and many other islanders Bible studies in their home. Anywhere from 15-50 attended that study from 1999 through 2014. The Bible studies they taught are also available online on the ACT site and in a book called “Bible Studies in Discernment” and a CD which adds a number of studies from his mother. While in Hawaii the ACT ministry also expanded and you can see a list of the materials Sandy produced below. He also began to upload his video messages to YouTube, Vimeo and two ROKU channels. Those links are below. In 2013 Sandy retired from LMUSA and joined Moriel Ministries USA which also has work all over the world.

In 2014 the cost of living in Hawaii was no longer manageable for the Simpsons so they moved to Wadesboro, NC where Sandy continues to write articles and do video work for Moriel Ministries as well as producing his own DVDs. He has continued to write music and hopes to produce another album of new material in the future.

You can access Sandy Simpson messages for free on the Sandy Simpson YouTube Channel, Sandy Simpson Vimeo Channel, Simply Agape YouTube Channel, Moriel Ministries YouTube Channel, and the MorielTV ROKU Channel.

Discography (1)

The Face Of The Deep by Jeff Johnson (co-engineered and mixed by Jeff Johnson & Sandy Simpson), 1980 Through The Door by Jeff Johnson & Sandy Simpson (co-produced by Jeff Johnson & Sandy Simpson), 1982 Shadow Play by Jeff Johnson (co-produced by Jeff Johnson & Sandy Simpson), 1983 Icons by Jeff Johnson (co-produced by Jeff Johnson & Sandy Simpson), 1984 The Passing of the Dark by Sandy Simpson (co-produced by Jeff Johnson & Sandy Simpson), 1985 Fallen Splendor by Jeff Johnson (co-produced by Jeff Johnson & Sandy Simpson), 1986 The Awakening by Jeff Johnson & Sandy Simpson (co-produced by Jeff Johnson & Sandy Simpson), 1987 Why Should The Heart Not Dance? by Jeff Johnson with Sandy Simpson and Kathy McClatchey, 1988 This Mystery I Pose by Jeff Johnson & Sandy Simpson, 1988 Pilgrimage by Jeff Johnson (co-produced by Jeff Johnson & Sandy Simpson), 1989 Back Over the Waves by Sandy Simpson, 1992 Choirs of the Pacific - Volume 1 & 2 (recorded on location in Micronesia and produced by Sandy Simpson at Outrigger Productions), 1992 Montage by Sandy Simpson, 1997 (also available on YouTube) (2) Seasons by Sandy Simpson, 2005

Videography (3)

Island Meditations by Sandy Simpson, 1995 (4) (Music and poetry written, shot and edited by Sandy Simpson)

Apologetics DVDs & CDs (5) (Produced by Sandy Simpson) Here is a partial list of those DVDs as of this writing:

Attack of the Enemy on the Churches by Sandy Simpson Marks of False Religion by Sandy Simpson Universalism in the World has permeated the Church by Sandy Simpson What We Need Is A Reverse Paradigm Shift! by Sandy Simpson False Teachers Revisited by Sandy Simpson Testing the Spirits by Sandy Simpson Questions for Those Who Claim the "Supreme Beings" Of the Nations Are the True God by Sandy Simpson How to Discern, Test & Judge Rightly by Sandy Simpson We need a firm foundation to weather the storm of false ideas by Sandy Simpson Karma (by any other name) by Sandy Simpson His Name, the Only Name by Sandy Simpson Replacement Theology On Steroids by Sandy Simpson Those Who Do Not Lead Christians to Maturity by Sandy Simpson "... and all liars" by Sandy Simpson Four Books That the Enemy Has Used To Corrupt Christianity by Sandy Simpson Night Marchers and UFOs on the Big Island by Sandy Simpson "They Will Believe the Lie" by Sandy Simpson The First Nations Movement Deceiving The Nations! 4-DVD Series by Sandy Simpson & Mike Oppenheimer "Christians" Who Try To Poke Holes In Sola Scriptura by Sandy Simpson The Question Of Dominion by Sandy Simpson Shepherd or Hireling? by Sandy Simpson Testing Music in the Church by Sandy Simpson Examine Yourselves & Hold On! by Sandy Simpson "Blasphemizing" The Bible by Sandy Simpson Resources for Pastors including "Good English Bible Translations" by Sandy Simpson A Tale Of Two Kingdoms - Kingdom Now or Kingdom Come? by Sandy Simpson Bibles Studies in Discernment Companion CD! by Sandy Simpson Signs of Apostasy In The Churches In The End Times by Sandy Simpson The Responsibilities of a Good Shepherd by Sandy Simpson What's Up With Christian Bookstores? by Sandy Simpson The ElijahList 2004-2007 by Sandy Simpson The ElijahList 2008 by Sandy Simpson The Extreme Prophetic by Sandy Simpson Emerging Church CD & Free DVD by Sandy Simpson From Church to Emerging Church DVD Series by Sandy Simpson The New Apostolic Reformation - What is it and where is it going? by Bill Randles, Arnold Fruchtenbaum, Jacob Prasch, Mike Oppenheimer, Orrel Steinkamp, Gary Gilley, Dave Hunt, Sandy Simpson and others. Discernment Toolkit DVD Study Series! by Sandy Simpson Spirit Of Truth Or Spirit Of Error? by Sandy Simpson, Mike Living Water 2003 Discernment Conference Featuring Bill Randles, Gary Gilley & Ray Yungen Discernment 2001 Conference Featuring Dave Hunt, Duane Magnani, Mike Oppenheimer, Jacob Prasch, Jewel Grewe & Bill Randles

Bibliography (6)

Micronesian Music - Reflections Of Change by Sandy Simpson (Video script), 1994 50 Ways to FAIL as a Cross-Cultural Missionary! by Sandy Simpson, 2003 Letters to the Church by Sandy Simpson, 2003 Discernment Toolkit by Sandy Simpson, 2004 The New Apostolic Reformation - What is it and where is it going? by Sandy Simpson, 2004 Finish The Race! by Sandy Simpson & Juanita Simpson, 2005 Idolatry in Their Hearts by Sandy Simpson & Mike Oppenheimer, 2007 Lessons in Forgiveness by Sandy Simpson, 2008 Bibles Studies in Discernment by Sandy Simpson, 2011

Bands

Seadog, Guam, 1973-74 Jasper & Alexander, Oregon, 1975-77 Perelandra, Oregon, 1977-79 The Tempest, Oregon, 1982-89

Web Sites

Apologetics Coordination Team (http://www.apologeticscoordinationteam.org) Outrigger Productions (http://op.50megs.com/outrigger/)

Sources

(1) http://op.50megs.com/outrigger/disc.html (2) https://www.youtube.com/user/ssimpson2719/videos (3) http://op.50megs.com/outrigger/video.html (4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjBuABjHeG8 (5) http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/products.html (6) http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/products.html