Pointless arguments by Christians

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Today I want to write about some things that divide followers of Christ that really shouldn’t. I want to write about things I have been hearing, or heard, in my life as a believer in Christ. Maybe some of these things will be familiar to you. This is not going to be a Bible study today. My life has been pretty chaotic lately taking care of my elderly chronically ill cat among my other duties. That doesn’t mean I am not continuing to study, but it does mean I haven’t had the time I would like to get my thoughts assembled and written into my next blog post. It will come.

First of all I want to make anyone reading this to be aware that whatever I say here will be my observations and my opinions and my criticism, if needed. I am not asking anyone to agree with me. My blog is not a place for arguments or judgement. My blog is a place for my thoughts, my opinions, and hopefully encouragement to others to be in a close relationship with Christ, every day of every week. I do short Bible studies here on things that have interested me that I want to share with others so that you may dig deeper yourself. If you find something different than I did, okay, that’s fine. My goal is for you to read the scripture, in it’s context to get the true meaning of what it is conveying.

There are some really tough deep dives that I would love to write about here, but I’m just not ready yet. As it is, things I might say in this post may not be easy for me to write about. However, I think it could be beneficial, maybe an encouragement or something that you’ve heard and didn’t feel like anyone else was on your same page. Maybe it’s something you need to hear because you’ve been guilty of getting into these types of arguments with fellow believers.

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Book Review: No More Boring Bible Study

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Today’s post is linking to you to my review of a book I recently read. Below you’ll see a screen shot of said blog post. The Write Planet is my first blog and where I choose to keep my review posts. I’ve recently revived the blog and attempted to keep it more focused than it used to be. I hope you will go check it out.

Link below.

https://thewriteplanet.blogspot.com/2026/04/coming-soon-book-review.html

Home Education Encouragement

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Just a little post today to encourage anyone on the fence about their ability to home educate their child or whether or not is doing so-called, “enough”. If you doubt your child will be successful, please do not. If you hear people tell you that your child won’t be able to get into college, please do not listen. If others tell you that you’re child will be too sheltered and not be able to make it in society, tune them out. The proof is in the pudding as they say.

A home educated child has just as much opportunity as a public or private schooled student. My now 21 year old who was educated at home by me, a mom who never went to college and graduated from a private Christian school in 1995, not only went to college but is nearly completed now with almost a 4.0 GPA. He is motivated and studies hard and also maintains a part time job. He does still live at home but his life may soon change.

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The Truth About The Christ

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Who is the person we call Jesus? Where did he come from? What was his purpose? Where is he now? What is his name and what is the significance? These and other questions will be answered in the best way that I can say it, with the help of scripture and the Holy Spirit. Let’s study the life, death, resurrection and purpose of the 2nd person of the trinity, God’s son. During this study I hope you will learn the truth, put aside your traditions and your presuppositions and just focus on the truth as the scripture tells it. Say a prayer and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you in your understanding and your thoughts so that you can know the real truth and worship the true the Son of God.

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Fear or revere God?

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First off, I apologize for no new post last week. My cat is ill and has been taking up a lot my time with caring for her. She’s nearing 16 and we may be looking at the end for her but in the meantime trying to keep her comfortable and medicate the symptoms the best we can. Just seeing if she can recover this time. If you ever had an aging or ill animal you know the stress and exhaustion (and expense) it can bring. Posts may be sporadic temporarily. Don’t give up on my blog. I appreciate anyone who visits here.

Now for the topic at hand, should you fear God, or should you revere God? Is there a difference? The short answer is, yes, there is a difference. I often hear people say you should “fear God” and by the way they describe this fear is they are fearing what God will do to them. They fear that God will strike them down with a fatal illness, or just end their life abruptly. Some fear that God will punish them if they don’t live up to some standard they created in their hand or when they make a mistake. There are people that fear they are not “saved” and God that will reject them. Finally, some people fear that they just aren’t doing enough for God, as in works.

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