Emphasis Preaching Journal

One Sunday, Allen asked if he could share his story during the worship service. He told how his parents took him and his younger sister to church and Sunday school every week while growing up. He also told how much he hated to go, which brought a smile to everyone's face as they could identify. There were times when Allen said he did not want to go so he faked being sick. He was tired of the same, dull, old thing week after week. He would argue with his parents, challenging them to give him one good reason why he should go. At other times, he begged them not to go.