Show Don't Tell: John 5:16-30
Vivid sensory description for preaching John 5:16-30
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus defended his authority as God's Son," hear the claims escalate. So, because Jesus is doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders begin to persecute him. "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working." For this reason they try all the more to kill him; not only is he breaking the Sabbath, but he is even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.…
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