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Monday, August 21, 2006

Names



Bernie, an elder at my church, and his wife Katie have just given birth to a son, Noah. This is great news and a blessing from the Lord.

The Old Testament (or famous musicians) seems to be a popular source for names at Crossroads. If you're planning on having kids in the near future and wish to follow this trend, here are some names I don't reccomend you bestow upon your offspring:

Cain
Ishmael
Korah
Dathan
Abiram
Hophini or Phinehas
Saul
Baal
Samson
Absolam
Sheba (not as Queen, but the "worthless man" of 2 Samuel, chapter 20)
Ahab
Jezebel
Haman
Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar

Here's some that just don't sound too nice:

Tamar
Hagar
Abishag
Dorcas (from the NT. Good woman and all, but yeah)

And some from the New Testament:

Judas
Ananias
Sapphira
Demas
Hymenaeus
Philetus

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"Lucius" a kinsman of Paul, gets a fine mention at the end of Romans. It's a good name (and just because it was the name of Jaoquin Pheonix's character in The Village) and underused. This is adventageous, becuse I think I shall add it to my list (either I'm going to have to have lots of kids or give my offspring oldschool-gentry length names).

posted by The Borg at 4:19 PM

9 Comments:

  • ...because he did evil in the sight of the Lord?

    ;)

    By Blogger The Borg, At 5:10 PM  

  • Erm, "Jezebel"? Isn't that a bit of an insult? A decidedly 50's insult, but an insult nonetheless...

    Maybe that's changed because being a manipulative bitch is an acceptable way to be these days.

    By Blogger Swil, At 5:16 PM  

  • Yeah, Jezebel is an insult. That's why I don't reccomend it along with all the other names listed. :)

    It's a pity that being a "manipulatuve bitch" is acceptable these days. Let's pray that women in churches don't conform to the World in this way.

    By Blogger The Borg, At 5:29 PM  

  • What's wrong with "Samaon"?

    He is, of course, one of the heroes of the faith mentioned in Hebrews 11.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, At 5:56 PM  

  • He was a bit of (in the common parlance) a "dick", though John.

    By Blogger The Borg, At 6:04 PM  

  • (of course God can use people like Samson)

    By Blogger The Borg, At 6:07 PM  

  • Abishag always makes me laugh. Sounds like Austin Power's latest girlfriend.

    anything ending in ...phat

    "doesn't sound so good either

    Jehoshophat (d'you are so fat)

    etc...

    Lucius" a kinsman of Paul, gets a fine mention at the end of Romans. It's a good name (and just because it was the name of Jaoquin Pheonix's character in The Village) and underused."

    Unfortunately its also the name of Draco malfoy's evil dad in the Harry Potter books...spoiled...

    By Blogger The Librarian, At 6:26 PM  

  • ...and it's a little too close to Lucifer for my liking.

    Sapphira is a nice name, I reckon, even though it has probably become a cliched name for an evil-but-beautiful Eastern European villaness.

    By Blogger Angus, At 6:38 PM  

  • I've always loved the name 'Epaphras'. Really. But AB wasn't up for any of our boys being thus named. He seemed like such a great man in the NT...but it was not to be :-(

    By Blogger Ruth, At 10:10 PM  

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