Show Don't Tell: Luke 6:1-11
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 6:1-11
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus defended Sabbath-breaking and healed on the Sabbath," watch the grain heads fall. One Sabbath Jesus is going through the grainfields, and his disciples begin to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat the kernels. Some Pharisees ask: "Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?" Jesus answers with David eating consecrated bread when hungry.…
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