1/ Names are powerful...
So we named our children with a pattern and a purpose.
Boys after Christian men in church history that influenced me, girls after important places in history of the church.
Here’s their names and why...
So we named our children with a pattern and a purpose.
Boys after Christian men in church history that influenced me, girls after important places in history of the church.
Here’s their names and why...
2/ Hudson Taylor is named for the missionary to China James Hudson Taylor.
I tell Huds to be a leader of men and lead them to take risks in spreading the gospel.
I tell Huds to be a leader of men and lead them to take risks in spreading the gospel.
3 Athanasius Clive is named for Athanasius of Alexandria and C.S. Lewis.
I tell Athan to stand for the truth and against the lies with wisdom and unrelenting strength.
I tell Athan to stand for the truth and against the lies with wisdom and unrelenting strength.
4/ Caedmon Knox is named for Cædmon the hymn writer and John Knox of Scotland.
I tell Caed to create things that give God the glory.
I tell Caed to create things that give God the glory.
5/ Nicaea Liane is named after the location of Council of Nicaea and my grandmother.
I would have told her to live for the “one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, begotten from the Father before all ages, God from God, Light from Light, etc"
And she does in heaven.
I would have told her to live for the “one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, begotten from the Father before all ages, God from God, Light from Light, etc"
And she does in heaven.
6/ Galilee Alleluia was named after the stormy Sea of Galilee that Jesus calmed.
She came as a praise-inducing (Alleluia) gift from God when we were still mourning the lost of Nicaea.
I tell Gal to bring the sweet comfort of the gospel to all but especially to those who mourn.
She came as a praise-inducing (Alleluia) gift from God when we were still mourning the lost of Nicaea.
I tell Gal to bring the sweet comfort of the gospel to all but especially to those who mourn.
7/ Cedar L’Abri was name after the cedars of Lebanon (1 Kings 5:6) and the ministry of Francis and Edith Schaeffer.
I’ll tell her to lead people to worship the Holy Trinity by being a pleasing aroma to God herself and a giver of hospitality.
I’ll tell her to lead people to worship the Holy Trinity by being a pleasing aroma to God herself and a giver of hospitality.
8/ Cyprian Ryle is named after Cyprian of Carthage and Bishop J.C. Ryle.
Cyp (nicknamed Sippy by his siblings) is still quite small.
I will tell him to love the visible church but hate dead and empty rituals.
Cyp (nicknamed Sippy by his siblings) is still quite small.
I will tell him to love the visible church but hate dead and empty rituals.
9/ And now we come to the omega.
Our final child, a daughter, Cyrene Aurelia.
She is named for city of Cyrene where Simon the cross-bearer came from and the latin surname Aurelia which means golden, like the temple’s lamp stand.
May she take up her cross and worship Christ.
Our final child, a daughter, Cyrene Aurelia.
She is named for city of Cyrene where Simon the cross-bearer came from and the latin surname Aurelia which means golden, like the temple’s lamp stand.
May she take up her cross and worship Christ.
10/ Names are powerful. Take them seriously. God works in and thru them.
My children increasingly take on the attributes of their namesake. It’s amazing and weird.
P.S. It's fine to simply name your child a name because you like it.
My children increasingly take on the attributes of their namesake. It’s amazing and weird.
P.S. It's fine to simply name your child a name because you like it.
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