Emphasis Preaching Journal
Emma, by all standards, was...
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Emma, by all standards, was a good mother. She raised her children with love, provided
the basics plus some extras, and she raised her children, she thought, to be God-fearing.
That was pretty good for a single mother in the 1970s. But she cried when she talked to
her pastor, "Why have my children all gone astray?"
