There is nothing negative in your life that is not related directly or indirectly to the presence of sin.

Dr. Tony Evans says many people who think they have lots of problems really only have one,

and the Lord is ready to solve it.

Jesus Christ didn't come to fix symptoms.

He came to fix causes.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

The Bible ascribes several different names to Jesus, each of them telling us something

significant about who he is. Today, Dr. Evans explores the implications of one of the most familiar and important names we have for Jesus.

Let's listen in.

Names matter.

When we speak about the name of a person, we're giving their identity away.

If I would ask for Bill, then Ralph would not raise his hand.

Because if that's not his name, that's not his identity.

Because names are more than nomenclature. It has to do with identification. In the Bible,

they really mattered because names were given at the earliest possible time to define the hopes and dreams of a child. So the parents would give the child

a name to reflect what that child was destined to become because names mattered. There's some names that live in infamy.

You don't see parents naming their child Hitler

or Judas or Jezebel or Benedict Arnold.

We would probably say, what's wrong with them parents?

Today I want to start off with Jesus' personal name.

Jesus.

Now, the first thing I want you to observe is that Jesus' name was not given to him

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