Why Does God Have a Name? (And Why It Matters A LOT!)

Curiously Kaitlyn

Phil Vischer

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Let's dive into the surprising story behind God revealing Himself as Yahweh. Why does the Bible sometimes say God, sometimes LORD, and why do we almost never see "Yahweh" printed in English translations? Kaitlyn and Mike explore how this ancient name points to God's character, His promise of presence, and why the "philosophical God" and the "personal God" are actually the same God. They also unpack how knowing God's name shapes the way we read Scripture, pray, and understand Jesus.

And with Advent coming soon, Kaitlyn and Mike invite you to send in your kids' Christmas and Advent questions at holypost.com/curiously. The weirder the better.

0:00 - Theme Song

2:33 - Why Did God Name Himself God?

4:47 - How the Bible Introduces God

9:45 - God's Name and His People

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23:00 - Should We Say the Divine Name?

33:00 - God's Name

36:33 - End Credits

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Curiously, Caitlin, where we try to make theology make sense.
0:04.9	Each week, we will hear a kid question about God, theology, or the Bible, and find a scholar who can answer it.
0:12.6	I don't know.
0:16.1	That doesn't make any sense.
0:19.1	What?
0:20.5	Curiously, Kate, yeah.
0:25.9	Welcome back to Curiously, Caitlin.
0:28.2	I'm here again with producer Mike.
0:29.9	Mike, how are you?
0:30.7	I'm doing great.
0:31.5	Caitlin, how are you?
0:32.4	I'm good.
0:33.0	I'm good.
0:33.3	I'm really excited because you told me the other day that you had this great idea.
0:37.4	Yeah.
0:37.7	That we should start as we're getting closer and closer to Christmas and in Advent,
0:42.3	getting some kid questions about Christmas and Advent.
0:46.0	And we started thinking like what kinds of questions would kids have?
0:48.8	And already I'm just excited about the possibility of kids questions about Christmas and Advent.
0:53.1	I've thought of so many.
0:54.3	And I just think it will be helpful because some people in the audience or maybe sitting next to
0:59.1	you is a little confused about Advent and this whole thing. And I think we could get some really good
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