Show Don't Tell: Luke 23:44-49
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 23:44-49
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus died on the cross," watch the sky go dark. It is now about noon, and darkness comes over the whole land until three in the afternoon—the sun stopped shining. Three hours of darkness at midday. And the curtain of the temple is torn in two. The barrier falls. Jesus calls out with a loud voice: "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit."…
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