Emphasis Preaching Journal

In today's world, following James' advice of accepting all others can be risky. Certainly, we should not discriminate against another on any grounds, and yes all of us are equally loved by our gracious God, but a good dose of wariness and commonsense is in order.

In fact, this appears to be an innate quality of humans. When infants are but a few months old, they will begin to "make strange," or cry and be fussy when a stranger holds them. Children are routinely taught "street sense," a tenet of which is to be wary of people they