"Barnabas" Campolo

Dr. Tony Campolo

"...there was Joseph, the one the apostles nicknamed Barnabas (which means 'Son of Encouragement')... (Acts 4:36)

Caught in a financial storm and treading deep waters of uncertainty, twenty-seven years ago I wrote a letter to the well-known Dr. Tony Campolo at what was then Eastern College in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He wrote back words of encouragement. 

A couple of weeks ago, I sent Dr. Campolo at Eastern University a copy of A Chancellor Ferry Tale and thanked him for the kindness he extended in our time in need. Once again, this modern-day Barnabas wrote back words of encouragement. 

Beloved, if you were nicknamed according to your words, what would your friends call you? Let's encourage one another and build each other up (1 Thessalonians 5:11)!