Show Don't Tell: Luke 1:39-56
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 1:39-56
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Mary visited Elizabeth and sang the Magnificat," feel the baby leap. Mary hurries to a town in the hill country of Judea. She enters Zechariah's home and greets Elizabeth. When Elizabeth hears Mary's greeting, the baby leaps in her womb. Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaims in a loud voice: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!…
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