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More about me:
My name is Katie Hoffman. 🙂 I have been married to my husband Todd for seventeen years and we have four sweet kids, from age 15 though age 4.
This is my family:
I wanted to take a family picture so bad, but the sun was setting too fast. Thus, the picture was taken at night, in the dark, with my daughter’s hair still wet. I like to take a hundred pictures until we get the best one, with perfect lighting and everybody looking their best. My husband likes to take one or two pictures and get it over with. This is the compromise. 🙂
We live in Fort Worth, Texas, and have been here for almost ten years. Todd and I both grew up in Southern California and met at Calvary Chapel Saving Grace in Yorba Linda.
Before we met, I attended Calvary Chapel Bible College and graduated with a Biblical Studies degree.
I am now a full time homeschooling mom, and we also have an HVAC company that I try to help run.
This is my daughter Tyla and I:
We have been homeschooling since Austin, who is my oldest, started school, so a little over ten years. For most of those years I used www.amblesideonline.org, which I LOVE. Then around four years we joined a Classical Conversations homeschool “co-op” and we have been part of that amazing group every since. But I still go to and use the Ambleside Online website at least once a week!
And if your still reading, you are awesome! So here are some more random things about me.
I love chips and salsa, See’s Candies, and I eat air-popped popcorn almost every day. I’ve also been drinking green or white tea almost every morning for at least fifteen years. I think before that I drank black tea. I also LOVE coffee, but sadly my knees get extremely swollen if I drink too much coffee or eat onions. So I save coffee (specifically lattes, because I’m a wimp and I like my coffee sweet) for special treats. And yeah, I do have weird food sensitivities. I’m totally good with gluten, but onions, which should be healthy, wreck havoc on me.
I’m not a great exerciser, but when I do exercise, I like to do HIIT workouts. HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training. Basically, instead of doing a workout video, I’ll do three minutes of jumping jacks and two minutes of planking and call it a day. Or I’ll do a hundred crunches and 2.5 minutes of scissor kicks and be very proud of myself. But there is a whole lot of research on this high intensity type of workout so I feel okay about it. (http://www.simplyshredded.com/fit-with-hiit-science-is-dropping-the-hammer-on-endless-bouts-of-steady-state-cardio.html, http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/27/1-minute-of-all-out-exercise-may-equal-45-minutes-of-moderate-exertion/)
One of the cool things about Bible College is that we went through the entire Bible with Chuck Smith cassette tapes. I don’t know if my kids even know what cassette tapes are. Anyway, I found these same “Chuck Tapes” that I listened to at Bible College for free online. Here is the link: http://www.ffmp3.com/chucksmith.htm While I don’t agree with everything Chuck says, these teachings are AWESOME.
When my boys want to play Minecraft or something similar, they will listen to these teachings while they play. My oldest is probably 3/4 way through the entire Bible by just listening to Chuck. Which means, either I’m really proud of how much Bible he’s learned or really embarrassed at how much time he’s spent playing video games.
These are my boys:
Even more random, if you are looking for a Bible, I really like the one I have right now. I have always loved Cambridge Bibles. Right now I am using a NASB wide margin Cambridge Bible and it has held up pretty well. I’ve lost every other Bible I have to wear and tear. Basically, the pages of every other Bible I’ve owned have fallen out to the point where I can’t use the Bible. I think I remember reading that Cambridge and maybe so other Bible makers will replace the Bible for free if it falls apart, but if my Bible falls apart its because I’ve underlined and written so much in the Bible that I couldn’t bear to have it “replaced.” This current Bible was a gift from my very kind and amazing parents, and I am very thankful for them.
I’m super non-confrontational, which is good for getting along with people, but bad for debating. If you ever happen to be at one of my speaking events, and you disagree with something I’ve said and come up to tell me, I will probably smile and nod and just say, “Oh, okay, yeah that’s interesting.” I’ve tried to be bolder and more willing to engage with people who disagree with me, but now I just believe that God in His wisdom gave different strengths to each person.
So I will always defend the gospel and truth when it is necessary, but if we disagree on the Nephilim (random example from Genesis 6), I likely won’t say anything. So while I have super strong opinions, I’m totally cool with it if you have different opinions. The exceptions to this are absolute gospel truth: the Trinity, the resurrection, the holy character of God, etc., and then God’s sovereignty. Because I absolutely believe God is sovereign. I believe that Romans 9 is true and that it doesn’t need to be “explained” but rather can be believed exactly the way it is written. Stuff like that. 🙂
I rarely get on Facebook or social media. When I do, it’s because I am making myself be social. I am generally introverted, but I can also be very talkative and make weird facial expressions. I’m not a fan of my weird facial expressions. When I watch videos of myself after speaking events, I just cringe the whole time because I do such weird things with my face. I will be looking at one side of the audience while my face is literally pointed the other direction. It looks so creepy and I have no idea I’m doing it.
More Random Thoughts
Life has been much harder than I thought it would be. I don’t know yet if that is because God is simply teaching me obedience, just as Jesus learned obedience through the things that He suffered (Hebrews 5:8). Or if I have suffered because God disciplines those He loves (Hebrews 12:6). I’m thinking it’s some combination of the two. But I know that God is infinitely wise and holy and good.
Every day I try to thank Him for each thing that happens contrary to what I might have wanted to happen. I try to thank God for every part of my life that He allows. So if my husband does something I’m not fond of, like if I haven’t swept the house that day and my husband says, “Why is this floor dirty?” I will praise God and say to Him, “Thank you God that I didn’t get the floor swept. Thank You Lord for allowing Todd to be annoyed at the dirty floor. Thank You Lord that You allowed this.” I’m guessing this is probably a silly example to most women, but I am seriously way over-sensitive and have issues.
Maybe this is a bad comparison, but the way some husbands care about the way their wives look is the way my husband cares about how the house looks. Now, Todd could care less about what I weigh or what I look like, but he really cares about what the house looks like. However, I’m not great at keeping the house clean. I try. I mean, I REALLY try. But often I am just behind on laundry and dishes and the pile of papers on my desk and the extra towel on the bathroom floor and I could go on but I won’t.
And I’ve read the Fly Lady site and The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up and I’ve implemented lots of stuff, but I’m still not awesome at this part of life. Because of health issues I get tired very easily. And organization just does not come naturally to me. I have to think hard when I am cleaning and putting stuff away. I can’t talk on the phone and get stuff done. I’m horrible at multi-tasking.
Okay, if you are still reading this, I am seriously blessed. We are also like pretty close friends by now.
Here is another family picture:
So I know this was mostly very random stuff about me. And although I could have sounded much more professional and amazing, I don’t want to seem great and then have you meet me in person and be disappointed. So I kept it very real.
Well, I hope you have a good day! Please contact me with any questions, or comments, or anything else you would like to say.
With love in Jesus, Katie