Emphasis Preaching Journal

On the surface, Carlos seemed like a nice young man. His job involved long hours at a pay scale that made it hard to provide for his family. He lived a few houses away from a church that he never attended. To be honest, the people at the church looked down on him and were not always as nice as they should or could have been. When Carlos took his trash to the curb, there were usually a large number of beer cans and bottles that people from the church always managed to notice.

No one noticed when Carlos bought a new car or suddenly began making large