The amateur blog of an aspiring Christian writer and entrepreneur.
Now at 35, ten years later, I find myself looking back with a deep gratitude of a man who has seen storms, felt failures, tasted joy, and watched promises unfold – not always quickly, not always painlessly, but always faithfully.
God uses suffering to teach his children to trust him. Period. No matter what we do to avoid it, dread it, or pray it away, in the school of Christ, suffering is not an interruption of the curriculum. It is the curriculum. It is not an elective that you can avoid as long as you store up enough credits on the remaining subjects.
Doug Wilson talks like a man who knows what time it is. And that alone offends the ones who are still waiting for permission to speak in public. So yes, I quote him. Because in an age where most preachers are waiting for the cultural tide to recede before they build anything meaningful, Wilson is already knee-deep in concrete with a blueprint in one hand and a trowel in the other.
It was late, dark, and quiet—the kind of quiet that made up every night before. Nothing out of the ordinary. Just a regular night. I had prayed, locked the doors, and turned off the lights. The room was sealed like a tomb (as it always was), and I lay down, ready for the sweet mercy of sleep. But what came that night was something else entirely.
Like many of you, I engage in an annual ritual on my birthday—a moment of reflection on the past year while also sending out hopes and prayers for the future that lies ahead.
When Jesus invites us to carry our cross every day and follow Him (Matthew 16:24), I initially envisioned that cross...
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Well, I blame, although not entirely, the hosting provider for the previous blog site, which I shall leave unnamed except...