{"id":38549,"date":"2019-09-29T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/parents-are-using-social-media-to-pick-babys-name\/"},"modified":"2019-09-29T17:47:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T17:47:00","slug":"parents-are-using-social-media-to-pick-babys-name","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/parents-are-using-social-media-to-pick-babys-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents Are Using Social Media to Pick a Baby\u2019s Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New parents are having a tough time naming their offspring. For starters, the baby&rsquo;s name has to be freely available on social media. Before the advent of social media, when it was time to name the baby, soon-to-be parents dug into their family history or cracked open a baby names book. Not anymore. Names are big business.<\/p>\n\n<p>When a child is born parents formerly purchase the name as a domain so they&rsquo;d always have it. That&rsquo;s not good enough. Parents are now relying on available Snapchat, X, and Instagram handles to name their kids. The reason: Many parents want their kids to have a social media presence before they&rsquo;re born. After birth, social media might help them in business.<\/p>\n\n<p>For example, according to an article on <em>Business Insider<\/em>, &ldquo;The highest-earning YouTube star in the world is an elementary-school kid who makes millions reviewing toys. Ryan, the 7-year-old &lsquo;host&rsquo; of Ryan Toys Review, a popular toy-review channel on YouTube, jumped from No. 8 to No. 1 on Forbes&#39; annual list of YouTube stars who are making the most money.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<p><em>Possible Preaching Angle: Choosing a child&rsquo;s name is also important in Scripture. At times God chose and announced the name of the baby before birth (Isaac &#8211; Gen. 17:19; Cyrus &ndash; Isa. 44:28; John the Baptist &ndash; Luke 1:13; Jesus &ndash; Matt. 1:21). 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