Show Don't Tell: Luke 4:1-13
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 4:1-13
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus was tempted in the wilderness," feel the hunger and hear the lies. Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, leaves the Jordan and is led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he is tempted by the devil. He eats nothing during those days, and at the end of them he is hungry. The devil says: "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."…
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