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richly bless you as you seek to serve him. I have no doubt that Shakespeare, like many learned men of his day, knew the Scripture.

But when he asked the question, what's in a name?

He was not looking for a biblical answer.

He was really more anxious to affirm that a rose by any name is a rose.

Had he consulted the scripture, the answer would have been different.

The answer would come screaming at him and saying,

everything about the person is in his name.

And I was thinking about how now these days, in our culture, how young parents really think long

and hard about naming their children.

I've watched and how this almost traumatic experience.

And then they keep it a secret and they want it on, tell anybody until the baby's born, and then they keep it a secret, and they want to don't tell anybody

until the baby's born, and I think this generation just loves drama.

That's just an old man's bias.

Very few people really name their children with the thought in mind that this is the character,

this is the person we want

them to grow to be. And then I came across a massive study that was conducted by Tulane University

about the importance of a name here in our culture in the West. And it says that names, even in the West, impact a child's future.

They said that a name can impact a child's performance at school, that a child's name can impact

future relationships. So it impact their future period. When I read about how a name can really impact a child's academic and

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