Emphasis Preaching Journal

It is a tradition that we shake hands when we meet people. But why do we do that? Apparently that tradition started centuries ago as a way of checking to see if the other person was armed with a knife or gun. As long as one put out his hand to shake your hand, then it was safe to be with that person. But when we shake hands with one another today is that why we do so? It is a tradition to stand up for the seventh inning stretch at baseball games. It seems that that tradition began in the early part of this century when the President attended a ball game.