I have seen the words, "No Fear," on the back of cars driven by young men with their caps turned around backwards. I have seen "No Fear" emblazoned on T-shirts. I don't know about you, but the first time I saw those words, "No Fear," I immediately thought of 1 John 4:18:
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.
I thought, isn't it wonderful, these kids are so sophisticated in the Bible. Then somebody told me that that is not what "No Fear" refers to. Which caused me some trepidation, because some time ago I borrowed a word from the teen culture to use as a sermon title. I put it out there on the board. The younger members of the staff told me that I would probably want to change the title since the word I put out there for all the world to see had a meaning in the sub-c…