Emphasis Preaching Journal

Winston Churchill told the story of a man who dived into a river to save a drowning child, only to have the mother complain later, “You didn’t save his hat.” Could anybody, especially a mother whose child was snatched from death’s arms, really be that insensitive? Yet, Churchill’s story does capture humanity’s ability to be blind and ungracious. Jesus had just fed the 5,000, stilled the storm, and healed the multitudes, all signs of the kingdom.