Show Don't Tell: Luke 2:1-7
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 2:1-7
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus was born in Bethlehem," feel the crowded city. In those days Caesar Augustus issues a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. This is the first census that takes place while Quirinius is governor of Syria. Everyone goes to their own town to register. Joseph goes up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belongs to the house and line of David.…
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