Show Don't Tell: Luke 5:33-39
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 5:33-39
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus taught about fasting and new wine," picture the wedding feast. They say to him: "John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking." Jesus answers: "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast."…
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