Show Don't Tell: Luke 5:17-26
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 5:17-26
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus healed a paralytic and forgave his sins," watch the tiles come down. One day Jesus is teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law are sitting there—they have come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord is with Jesus to heal. Some men come carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.…
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