Why Are There Different Types of Christians?

A person could go in an endless number of directions with a title such as this. What do I mean by 'types'? What is meant by 'different'? I'm referring to Christians who are more conservative in how they live versus "Christians" who live how they want. The former may seem restricted in their choices of what consists of entertainment, how they dress, and lifestyle choices. "Christians" on the other hand don't necessarily look that different from the world. They may say things that are different from the world, but they do many of the same things. What is the world? It is those who deny God in theory and practice. 

The defining issue of why some Christians live very different from other "Christians" is an issue of biblical authority. That is to say, what is the source of truth? If the Bible is true on all points of life and theology, then it ought to be followed as God's holy word. If the Bible is optional and we are free to pick and choose what to follow, then God isn't God, we are. If we are God, then we are not part of His elect--we are not His children--we will not spend eternity with Him. If the Bible is God's holy word, which God says it is, then "Christians" who ignore what it says aren't really submitting themselves to God. 

It has been said that either Jesus is Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all. That is the crux of the matter. Saying we believe in Jesus as God's only Son, and that He died and rose again to conquer sin does not put us in God's family. We must believe that Christ died for our sins and turn from them. If we continue in our sin, what is the point? We are not saved from eternal damnation by a whimsical "I believe" which then lets us be our own Gods! That is no where in Scripture. 

The one and true God of the Bible is the One with the authority to make the rules. He has clearly laid them out and just as Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and they life." God has said that  we are to have no other god before Him...yet we make ourselves gods all the time by doing what we feel is right, what we feel makes sense, what we think is ok--all the while ignoring what He has said is the right way for His followers to act, think and live. 

The issue of different types of Christians is this: either the Bible is all true and God-breathed, or it is not. If it is not, and we do life how we want, sprinkling in Bible words to sound like we have morals, then we will face eternity without Him. Being a Christian means turning in a new direction--leaving the path of self and getting on the path of God. It is nothing short of heartbreaking to see how many people are choosing the wide road that leads to destruction. Don't be among them. There are no do-overs.

Reading Your Own Blog

This blog is my newer one, here for around 10 years. For a time I removed all personal posts in order to run a grassroots effort for friends to get their child back from social services and foster care. I was reading through the comments on this blog and many were from that time. Even though I've moved the posts from that time to Draft status and have resumed this as a personal blog, the comments are still there to look at. 

What has struck me while doing that tonight is the passage of time. Working on that situation was an intense 3 years. It wasn't that long my site was devoted to the situation most likely...I can't even remember, but it was a while. I know my first email to the DSS was 3 years before the situation was resolved and it wasn't long after we moved into a new position with that situation. 

Something interesting is that the stats on this blog are forever messed up which is a frustrating result of running that little campaign. I can't make my Popular All Time posts show up now. Even if I revert those high-count Draft posts to being visible, clicking the All Time button makes that widget go blank. Contacting Blogger years ago over that resulted in nothing. It is a small thing, but I'd like to show different popular posts than 7 days, last month and last year. 

Anyway, time goes fast and when you are this old, which as we discussed tonight is OLD to people in their 20's and 30's....it goes so much faster. It is weird. It is also weird how young you feel on the inside. My dad has said that to me for ages. The only thing that changes is how you look on the outside. That is something worth remembering as we all interact with the elderly. Everyone was young and full of energy once. All of our time will come....

As far as older posts on this site...it is a bit sad my writings from all blogging years aren't here, but that probably helps with the material being more consistent on this blog! Hopefully there isn't anything here that is really out of character for me at this point. I try to go back and read old posts and love how they remind me of days that seem so recent but are not.

Parental Rights in Hernando County, Florida

I'll keep this short. It is absolutely shocking how liberal, agenda-driven public teachers in Florida want to pretend that the LGBTQ issue isn't an ideology issue which plenty of good parents have a problem with. Are these so-called educators  truly of such low IQ that they think parents are THAT dumb? This is not an issue over educating rightly, or using all of the wonderful resources to broaden their student's minds. Nope, anyone with half a brain sees right through the comments of these 'educators'. They can't find something more educationally rich or stimulating than a controversial PG movie (and yes, folks, it is a controversial movie!) to reinforce the Earth Science lesson? C'mon, son, how uneducated do these so-called intellectuals think people are? 

Parents, it is all over this blog: take responsibility for your children and their education and get them out of the government-run schools. Run, don't walk. 

Hundreds gather at Florida school board meeting over Disney movie controversy: 'Your policies are not protecting us from anything' (msn.com)