Have you heard? It seems that Slovakia may have a bridge named after the American martial artist-turned actor. It remains to be seen what Chuck Norris has to do with Slovakia. But the regional governor put the petition to name a pedestrian and cycling bridge on-line. Assuming younger voters tend to use the internet more frequently than older citizens, that may be the reason Norris is ahead in the poll rather than say, Maria Theresa, an Austro-Hungarian princess. The bridge would span the Morava River from just north of Bratislava to the Austrian town of Schlosshof. As of the time of writing, the poll will be open until sometime this month. Norris currently has 74% of the vote. The empress has 8%.
The same illogic holds for those who want to name themselves or the church of which they are members some off-beat name. To be honest, why call ourselves “Presbyterians”? Where is that in the Bible? Why call ourselves “Baptists”? That’s not biblical either. How about “Methodists”? What method? Whose method? Or “Pentecostals”? Was Peter a “Pentecostal”? What connection does any of these have with Jesus?
Jesus used certain names to designate His children: disciples, saints, Christians, beloved, sons, heirs, priests. He also chose certain designations for His body – flock, house, church of God, church of Christ.
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Let us humble ourselves and submit to Christ’s authority. What’s in a name? When it comes to Christianity, there is respect, reverence, honor and glory in the names Christ has already chosen.
–Paul Holland
