Show Don't Tell: John 19:17-27
Vivid sensory description for preaching John 19:17-27
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus was crucified at Golgotha," watch the family form at the cross. Carrying his own cross, he goes out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). There they crucify him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. Pilate has a notice prepared and fastened to the cross: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.…
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