Dear children, Someday people will most likely make comments about your names. Those comments may occasionally be derogatory or confused ("Are you Amish?!"), but will typically be complimentary or benign. "Oh, what a nice name!" they'll say. You're welcome. Please don't think that this is unintentional. Your mother and I have made every effort to grant you names that attract attention, not because we want to be those hipsters who came up with the world's most original names, but because we want your names to mean something. You see, your names are more than just words used to beckon or identify you. They are opportunities to proclaim the Gospel to the world. They are occasions of worship. They are ideals we hope become realities in your life--not merely names, but epithets. This emphasis on the importance of names by no means originated with me. This idea pervades the Bible (as it did the cultures of the ancient world) and was...