Show Don't Tell: Mark 11:20-26

Instead of saying "The fig tree had withered," see the parable completed. In the morning, as they go along, they see the fig tree withered from the roots—not just dried leaves but dead to the root. Peter remembers: "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!" Jesus responds with a lesson on faith: "Have faith in God. Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them."…