Show Don't Tell: Luke 19:1-10
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 19:1-10
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus saved Zacchaeus," climb the tree with him. Jesus enters Jericho and is passing through. A man is there by the name of Zacchaeus; he is a chief tax collector and is wealthy. He wants to see who Jesus is, but because he is short, he cannot see over the crowd. So he runs ahead and climbs a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus is coming that way.…
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