Emphasis Preaching Journal

Many of the most powerful, influential documents in history have famous first lines. Take, for example, "Call me Ishmael." For many, these three words instantly conjure up images of sailing ships and obsessive captains chasing a white whale. Or how about "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"? Many people hearing this line would instantly think back to Charles Dickens' novel about the French Revolution. Almost every American would know the words "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union...."