First Presbyterian in Lafayette, Louisiana January 16, 2011 – A2 Isaiah 49:1-7 Psalm 40:1-8 (read responsively) 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 John 1:29-42 "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." And so goes the impassioned plea of Shakespeare's Juliet that is so watered down by time and over use that it seems trite and ridiculous to say. But lest we forget the import of such a quote, we might want to remember that she is asking Romeo to deny his very name. And he offers to be "new baptiz'd", named only by the bond of love that has called them together. From this point on there is but one unfortunate end for both Romeo and Juliet, and that is tragedy. For characters in a play there can be only one end, and that is the one the playwright has chosen. Some have chosen to interpret the Bible this way. I would suggest that such a reading offers not only a limited understanding of our potential, but also a limite...
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