Emphasis Preaching Journal

One Sunday a minister was delivering a sermon on temptation, when he suddenly felt that the message was not suitable for the congregation, and was compelled to speak extemporaneously to the group with these words: "Perhaps there is one among you who is so miserable as to think of throwing himself over the bridge nearby, saying it is too late for me; there is no hope. But I say to you, Stop! Stop! There is hope. Christ died for you. He will forgive.