Show Don't Tell: Luke 18:18-30
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 18:18-30
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus challenged the rich young ruler," watch the face fall. A certain ruler asks: "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" "Why do you call me good? No one is good—except God alone." Then the commandments: no adultery, no murder, no stealing, no false testimony, honor parents. "All these I have kept since I was a boy."…
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