We want to begin with a little trivia contest. Can anyone tell me the name of the 33rd President of the United States? The 33rd President of our country was Harry S Truman. Question number two: what was Truman’s home state? That’s right, Missouri. Last question. We remember him as Harry S Truman. What did the “S” stand for? Trick question: the middle initial of Harry S Truman’s name did not stand for anything. Both his grandfathers had names beginning with S so he was given the bare initial S to avoid having to choose between them. (1)

Names are fascinating. Pastor Ray Stedman says he had a friend whose middle initial was “T.” Once at a party another friend announced that he had discovered what that “T” stood for: It stood for “Theophilus,” he said, because when he was born, the doctor sa…