Emphasis Preaching Journal

Augustine in his Confessions tells of an incident in his boyhood when he decided to steal pears from a nearby orchard. One night he and "a group of young scoundrels" went into the orchard to shake the trees and rob the pears. They carried off a huge load of pears, not to eat for themselves, but to dump among the hogs. They committed the crime simply because it was forbidden. Augustine exclaimed: "It was foul, and I loved it."