Pastor Dale Thornton spent 40 years of his life as a missionary in Taiwan. He has five children, 11 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren at the time of this message. As part of his legacy to them he wanted to make sure that they all had Chinese names. Some of the family members already had Chinese names given to them by people in Taiwan or China. But for the rest, he carefully chose names with meanings that corresponded roughly to their English names. It takes a few moments to explain this naming process and then explains how God has given us a new name as well |