Emphasis Preaching Journal

When Charles Lamb, the English poet and essayist, was a small child, his sister, Mary, took him for a walk in the graveyard. The precocious little boy read the laudatory epitaphs on the tombstones, commemorating the deceased as "virtuous," "charitable," and "beloved." As they left the churchyard, he asked, "Mary, where are all the naughty people buried?"

Jesus came to redeem naughty people, just like us.