"In the name" - Sermon
Sermon - 4th Sunday in Advent Hope Lutheran Church, Port Coquitlam BC Text: Matthew 1:18-25 Theme: “In the name” ___________________________ Intr – Do you know who chose your name ? Maybe it was your parents, maybe a person in the family had a say. I've watched expectant parents having a hard time over this decision—pulling out baby name books, checking meanings, choosing from ancestors’ names. Modern life has added new concerns too. For example, the email-address problem. I once saw a man online complaining about his name, Steven Tink. His company used first initial plus last name for email addresses… well, you can imagine the issue. (And yes, I changed the name and details—because the original version definitely cannot be used in a sermon.) Choosing a name matters because it is something a person, in most cases, carries for the rest of their life and, humanly speaking, your name is your biggest asset. Now, names also carry meaning. Perhaps, eve...
