Emphasis Preaching Journal
To be clean
Commentary
"Cleanliness is next to Godliness." We don't hear that old proverb much any more, but its meaning is still very much a part of our cultural environment. We value cleanliness and being clean. Lots of us struggle to keep our houses, cars, lawns, and all the rest of our possessions as clean as possible. Most of all, especially the affluent among us, we seem obsessed with the cleanliness of our bodies. Look at all the advertising that plays to our sense of cleanliness. Remember "squeaky clean," the slogan of a popular body soap?
