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Sermon Illustrations: Names

A couple of American non-believers steered clear of Biblical names for their new baby daughter. George and Tina Rollason, of York, Pennsylvania, have named her Atheist Evolution. Sunday Mail Sept 1994

An executive was visiting a city and hired a temporary chauffeur. He asked the chauffeur his name and was told, "My name is Charles, sir." "Well," said the executive abruptly, "I always call my driver by his surname." "Yes, sir," replied the driver. "My surname is Darling, sir." "In that case, Charles," said the executive. "Drive on."

What do these people have in common - Abram, Sarai, Jacob, Saul? They all had a change of name, to reflect a change of direction.

Peaches Honeyblossom Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof (daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates) "has attacked the 'silly name game' that celebrity parents often play. … 'I hate ridiculous names' she says. … Her big sister is Fifi Trixibelle, while her two younger sisters are Pixie and Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lilly, the daughter from her mother's relationship with Michael Hutchence. Geldof is not the only angry star child. David Bowie called his son Zowie, but he had that changed to Duncan. And Keith Richards' daughter Dandelion tells everyone she's Angela." Sunday Mail 5-2-06 p 28

Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools have two daughters named Poppy Honey and Daisy Boo.

It took a lot of convincing, but Mai Xuan Can of Vietnam finally changed his son's name. The boy's new name, Mai Hoang Long, or Golden Dragon, is quite different from his old name of Mai Phat Sau Nghin Ruoi, or Fined Six Thousand and Five Hundred, the amount the father owed for ignoring the government's two-child policy, according to Associated Press. Readers Digest August 2007 p 121

The new scourge in Malaysia is ridiculous names - and the government is cracking down hard. Agence France-Presse reports that verboten names include Ah Gong, which means Unsound Mind; Sum Seng, Gangster; and Chow Tow, Smelly Head. Readers Digest August 2007 p 121

It seems it's not just belief in Jesus that's declining in the UK, but also a basic knowledge of anything about Him. A British newspaper reported one of the symptoms: "A Christian charity is sending a film about the Christmas story to every primary school in Britain after hearing of a young boy who asked his teacher why Mary and Joseph had named their baby after a swear word". Creation Magazine Vol 28 No. 3 p10