Show Don't Tell: Genesis 2:18-25
Instead of saying "God created woman as a helper," let them feel Adam's aloneness first. Watch him name the animals—each one parading past, each one...
This is a show dont tell prompt on sermon preparation and illustration.
Instead of saying "God created woman as a helper," let them feel Adam's aloneness first. Watch him name the animals—each one parading past, each one paired. The elephants lumber by in twos. The eagles soar overhead, mates for life. And Adam names them all, but with each name, something tightens in his chest. Lion. Lioness. Deer. Doe. And him? Alone.…
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