What's in a Name?

What is in a name? A name has many different aspects to it. It is what someone is called and it carries a reputation among other qualities. The Third Commandment, to not take the name of the Lord our God in vain is not to be taken lightly, but it is broken so often in our society. In this message we will discuss the meaning of this commandment along with how we can better obey it.

Richard's family first learned of God's wonderful truth in the mid-1950s in rural Wisconsin. His family moved to central Florida in the late 1960s where Richard spent many of his teen years and attended the Orlando church. After high school, he attended and graduated from Ambassador College in Pasadena, California. Since then, he has spent most of his working career in the Information Technology industry.

He was ordained in 2012 while living in Cincinnati, Ohio. He began pastoring the Orlando and Jacksonville churches in 2022 after serving in the central office for over 40 years. He retired from being a pastor in December, 2025, and still attends those churches.