Ann Ross Cousin was a wife and mother in the 19th century. Her husband was a pastor. She began to write hymn texts for their church services, and one in particular became very well known, "The Sands of Time Are Sinking." This is one of my favorite hymn texts about the subject of heaven, as it points our attention to the glory of the Lamb in Immanuel's Land. Mrs. Cousin also wrote other hymns, one of which was popular in Britain, where she and her husband ministered. It is ent

Rich hymnody includes some wonderful international hymn texts and tunes. One of those is a text written by a Welshman, named William Rees. Rees ministered in the 19th century in both Wales and England. He wrote the hymn text to "Here is Love," a simple, but rich hymn text telling of God's love and our response to that love. Though the hymn was written in the 19th century, it became known as "The Love Song of the Welsh Revival" which began in 1904. Rees is credited with the fi

Sometimes there are questions raised as to how a parent should correct his/her children. Is there any kind of biblical approach or principles to keep in mind in the process? Raising children is a daunting task, one that no Christian parent should enter into lightly. Children are a great blessing from God (Psalm 127:3). If you do not think that your children are gifts of God to you, then you have some serious soul-searching to do, confession of sin to make, and you need to hum

Choices lead to consequences. Good choices have positive consequences; sinful choices have negative consequences. Those statements are not surprising to us, yet we often forget them, or at least don't think much about them. We make choices every day, but we do not always see the consequences of those choices. Also, sometimes we don't believe that the negative consequences of our sinful choices will be "that bad" compared to the immediate pleasure we receive from indulging our