Show Don't Tell: Luke 8:26-39
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 8:26-39
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus healed the Gerasene demoniac," meet the man from the tombs. They sail to the region of the Gerasenes, across from Galilee. When Jesus steps ashore, he is met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man has not worn clothes or lived in a house, but in the tombs. He lives naked among the dead.…
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