Auto Draft on Blog Home Page Won't Go Away

Ok - I've read and re-read many forum posts on this topic. I did as Larry suggested and altered the functions.php file and also deleted all the bfa fields. Now that I've changed the function.php file, the bfa fields come back every time I delete them! I cannot get the article title to display on the blog home page. I've tried everything. Our site is now live and I really don't want Auto Draft as the title name. Can you provide a fix?? Thanks.