Emphasis Preaching Journal

I believe that George Laird Hunt, in the Presbyterian Outlook, told of this experience: "The lady of the house whom I visited recently introduced me to her husband with the words, 'He's an agnostic,' as if that automatically barred him from the conversation. She was somewhat taken back when I replied, 'Aren't we all?' " A member of a congregation that I served bemoaned, "I no longer believe in God. I've given up on God." And I said to her, "You may have given up on God; God hasn't given up on you. God hasn't lost belief in you.