Show Don't Tell: Luke 1:5-25

Instead of saying "An angel announced John's birth to Zechariah," smell the incense smoke. In the time of Herod king of Judea, there is a priest named Zechariah, married to Elizabeth—both righteous, both blameless, both childless and old. Zechariah's division is on duty; he's chosen by lot to burn incense in the temple. Once in a lifetime honor. The whole assembly is praying outside while incense rises within.…