Emphasis Preaching Journal

When witnesses are called to testify in a trial they are told to tell "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." Witnesses are not asked for their opinions or their feelings. The court wants to know what they have seen. One of the reasons that people heard the apostle Paul was because he told his own story of how the gospel had come to him and taken root in his heart. He told of his early embarrassing days when he persecuted Christians. He told of his education and how zealously he guarded the traditions of his elders.