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Can You Really Become a New Person? What the Bible Says
Can You Really Become a New Person?
Names are more than labels in the Bible. They often communicate identity, family history, circumstances, and sometimes God's purpose.
In this episode of Relish, Alex Zimmerman and Don Patterson begin by drafting some of the most difficult—and perhaps least advisable—names to give a child from the Bible. From Ichabod and Judas to Dorcas and Mahar-shalal-hash-baz, the conversation starts with humor.
But then it moves to a much bigger question.
Why did names matter so much in Scripture?
Why did Jacob become Israel? What did Jesus mean when He called Simon…
The skinny
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