Ten years ago today on September 22nd, 2006 three men got together and decided to form a blog that would defend and proclaim the faith in addition to providing good Christian resources in the area of theology, apologetics, the Bible and Christian worldview.
A lot has happened in those ten years.
In terms of statistics we hit a milestone of over a million views this year. Somehow the last ten years we put out 2,744 Posts covering 1,939 Categories and 1,113 Tags. But the statistics doesn’t tell us the whole story of what I praise God for.
Through the blog I think I grew. I got to work on thinking more biblically, logically and clearly. Hopefully I learned to have less grammatical errors than when I first began although I confess this is my weakness.
I think I also grew in my apologetics in part through this blog. Especially in the first few years when it felt like it was a wild west shootout on here with debates and exchange of comments. I think it mellowed out the second half of our blogging. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
I appreciated the fellowship I had with all of you on here over the years. I appreciated the fellowship of my fellow blogging members of Veritas Domain. I appreciated the guest contributors’ posts. And I appreciated the interactions of all of you on the comment section and throughout WordPress! Then some of you I met in person! I appreciated growing in the truth and also being corrected when I was wrong.
I try not to post personal stuff online here (I think I’m still pseudo-semi-anonymous for the sake of ministry overseas) but there’s been a time not too long ago when my ministry reached its hardest moment and brothers and sisters prayed for me from learning about it through the blog. I am forever grateful.
I also look back at how God has worked in the last ten years outside of the blog. When we began the blog in 2006 I was still in the Marines. Of course in those 10 years I went to college, seminary then got married, entered the ministry and had kids. Blogging was just part of that 10 years. I am thankful for God’s faithfulness. I’m thankful to God for what God is doing through my fellow bloggers as well outside of the internet and social media some of which made them more busy in the Lord’s work and made them unavailable to blog as much.
I pray that God would have used this blog to encourage and edify believers. I pray that God would use this blog to reach the lost. I pray that the resources we post would reach those who need it.
Lord willing we have more years on here on WordPress!
Happy birthday!
Thank you Michael, thank you for the friendship and the interactions brother!
Reblogged this on Talmidimblogging and commented:
Happy Blog-iversary😎💃
Thank you Vincent for the reblog of our blog-iversary as you called it!
You’re very welcome Pastor Jim, so thankful I found the blog, very edifying 😊
Wow!!!! Excellent work!!!!
God is good Julie! Glad I found your blog recently.
I too am happy to have found you !
Congratulations!
Thanks for doing what you do, Jim. I really enjoy your posts. Lord bless you as you continue to serve Him.
Thank you Tom for that blessing. I’ve been blessed this year to have cross paths with each other’s blog!
That’s awesome brother Him. May God keep on blessing what you do here.
Congratulations on your anniversary and for the blessing you & your blog have become. May The Lord bless you for your faithfulness of the past & reward you with many more years of opportunity for the future!
Wow ten years!! Congratulations Brother in Christ Jesus-Yeshua Slim Jim!!
God Bless you ministry website and your family members and friends!!
Love ❤ Always and Shalom Everyone, YSIC \o/
Kristi Ann
Thank you for those kind words! I too hope the website would bless people…may the Lord bless you sister and thank you again for reading our blog and our interaction this past year!
Congratulations – I’m a grateful subscriber and so glad for your fellowship, Pastor Jim!
I appreciate reading your blog too Maria! Glad to have started reading your blog this past year! May the Lord bless you!
Thank you!
And you, brother!
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Happy anniversary!
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Praise God for faithful servants! Thanks brothers.