Emphasis Preaching Journal

He was a very wealthy man. He was a man who considered himself to be a good Christian. He was a slave owner in pre-Civil War days. He prayed. He tithed. He attended church regularly. He even forced his slaves to go to church every Sunday. During the week he would stand over his slaves in his fields and whip anyone who was not working. He refused to give food and water to any slave who did not produce to his standards. If a slave was ill he was still forced to work. He even forced the very young to work hard every day in the hot summer sun.