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Friday,
July 28, 2023
A rather decrepit Nebraska
Barn
"Philologus"
Travel
Note:
Today we are
visiting with
friends and
family in
Kansas City,
MO planning on
returning to
Pennsylvania
tomorrow.
Message
summary:
May
we be counted
among those
who love the
Word of God
and meditate
on it all day
long and all
life long!
Due
to travel our
podcast is not
prepared for
this message.
"A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold" (Proverbs 22:1). "Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them" (Romans 16:15). "Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long" (Psalm 119:97).
Our names are very important to us. People like to be addressed by their name; they like to see it spelled correctly and hear it pronounced properly. Something we seek to do, though it's getting harder as we age, is to remember names. In our chaplaincy role we seek to learn names and address people by their proper name. It can be somewhat insulting to be addressed by Hey Pal, Buddy, or the endearing term "Hon" often used by a waitress or one you've never met who serves your table. Maybe one of the worst ways to be addressed is, "Hey you!"
Our names identify us. Some names immediately bring good memories to mind. The first daily text reinforces the value of having a good name. "A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold."
I am named after the Bible character, Stephen, as most would guess who read our messages. Stephen was not a family name when I was born but very purposefully the Bible character. Not surprisingly Stephen is one of my favorite Bible characters and his name means "crowned one."
Brooksyne's
(Brook
seen') name is
a name
originated by
her mom so
there's not a
special
meaning behind
it, except
that it is a
derivative of
her father's
name,
Brooklyn. She
assists people
with the
pronunciation
by saying,
think of the
"scene of a
brook" but
turn it around
and say,
"Brook scene"
with the
accent on the
second
syllable. One
advantage (or
for some a
disadvantage)
to such a name
is how easy it
is to find her
using a google
search! Very
few people can
be identified
through google
just by typing
their first
name.
The second daily text today is included in a long listing of Paul's friends and ministry associates we've examined this week from Romans 16. In fact this chapter lists 35 proper names! In this message let's look at one more, Philologus, the only time he is mentioned in the Scriptures. Very little is known about him and I'm simply presuming his is a male name. It's packed with meaning, a compound of two words; Philo meaning "love" and logos meaning "word." Perhaps he was known by the abbreviated name, Phil, such as those today who have the name Phillip!
We can't do more than conjecture but I wonder if this was a name with underlying meaning as was often the case in the Bible? If so Philologus means "lover of the word." Or in this case it might have been, like Barnabas, a descriptive nickname based upon what others had observed. Barnabas means "son of encouragement" due to his encouraging characteristics. After he had acquired the nickname he is not again referred to by his birth name of Joseph (Acts 4:36). Perhaps in the case of Philologus others had observed that he was a diligent student of God's Word and gave him this nickname!
Philologus will be an interesting person to meet in heaven and then we'll find the story behind the name for sure and the right way to pronounce it. Though very few, if any of our readers are named Philologus, each of us should have a lifelong love for God's Word. The Psalmist declared, "Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long" (Psalm 119:97).
We can also see the Apostle Paul's desire for the Word of God as evidenced in a request made to Timothy in his final letter: "When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments" (2 Timothy 4:13). This was likely a request for the Scriptures which is also evidence of his love for the Word right up to the time of his death.
May we be counted among those who love the Word of God and meditate on it all day long and all life long!
The second daily text today is included in a long listing of Paul's friends and ministry associates we've examined this week from Romans 16. In fact this chapter lists 35 proper names! In this message let's look at one more, Philologus, the only time he is mentioned in the Scriptures. Very little is known about him and I'm simply presuming his is a male name. It's packed with meaning, a compound of two words; Philo meaning "love" and logos meaning "word." Perhaps he was known by the abbreviated name, Phil, such as those today who have the name Phillip!
We can't do more than conjecture but I wonder if this was a name with underlying meaning as was often the case in the Bible? If so Philologus means "lover of the word." Or in this case it might have been, like Barnabas, a descriptive nickname based upon what others had observed. Barnabas means "son of encouragement" due to his encouraging characteristics. After he had acquired the nickname he is not again referred to by his birth name of Joseph (Acts 4:36). Perhaps in the case of Philologus others had observed that he was a diligent student of God's Word and gave him this nickname!
Philologus will be an interesting person to meet in heaven and then we'll find the story behind the name for sure and the right way to pronounce it. Though very few, if any of our readers are named Philologus, each of us should have a lifelong love for God's Word. The Psalmist declared, "Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long" (Psalm 119:97).
We can also see the Apostle Paul's desire for the Word of God as evidenced in a request made to Timothy in his final letter: "When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments" (2 Timothy 4:13). This was likely a request for the Scriptures which is also evidence of his love for the Word right up to the time of his death.
May we be counted among those who love the Word of God and meditate on it all day long and all life long!
Be
encouraged
today, (Hebrews
3:13)
Daily
prayer:
Father,
clinging to
Your Word is
like holding
tightly to a
brightly lit
lantern on a
darkened path.
I can't see
what's ahead
but the light
shines bright
enough for me
to proceed
step by step.
I am
enlightened,
strengthened,
encouraged,
convicted and
challenged by
the Holy Bible
as I
faithfully
read and
meditate upon
the inspired
words written
by believers
throughout the
generations
under the
inspiration of
the Holy
Spirit. Like
Philologus I
want to be a
lover of the
Word as I join
with the
Psalmist who
proclaims, "Oh
how I love
Your Law. I
meditate on it
all day long.
I have kept my
feet from
every evil
path so that I
might obey
Your Word."
Amen.Brooksyne's Note: Before we left the St. Marys, PA area where we pastored almost 16 years I read in our local paper, "Congratulations on your second birthday, Brooksyne". That was a bit shocking to my eyes since I had never read about another "Brooksyne" in print. Since it was spelled the same as mine I wondered if the child was named after me, but she lived in a town ten miles away and I didn't know how to find out. Years later I came across this name again and followed up since this young lady is on Facebook. I wrote her and asked about the origin of her name. She said her grandfather saw the name in a church bulletin, liked it, and recommended it to his daughter so she named her new baby Brooksyne, but pronounces it, "Brook sin". She was quite pleased by my contact through Facebook since she had always wanted to find out more about her name over the years. Her grandfather died while she was a child so she couldn't ask him which was her only lead up to that time.
List of proper names in Romans 16:
Phoebe, Priscilla, Aquila, Epenetus, Mary, Andronicus, Junias, Ampliatus, Urbanus, Stachys, Apelles, Aristobulus & household, Herodion (relative), Narcissus & household, Tryphena, Tryphosa, Persis, Rufus & his mother, Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas & brothers with him, Philologus, Julia, Neures and his sister, Olympas, Timothy, Lucius, Jason, Sosipater, Tertius, Gaius, Erastus, Quartus
Last
night we
visited with
Tim and Janet
Beebe in Lee
Summit, MO.
Janet is a
cousin from my
Stephen's
dad's side.
It's been
nearly ten
years since
our last visit
so it was good
to catch up
with them
again in their
lovely home
next to
Lakewood
Lakes.
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