Show Don't Tell: Mark 13:14-23
Vivid sensory description for preaching Mark 13:14-23
This is a show dont tell prompt.
Instead of saying "Jesus described the tribulation," feel the urgency. "When you see 'the abomination that causes desolation' standing where it does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains." Mark inserts a parenthetical warning: understand this! Don't go back into your house for anything. Don't go back to get your cloak. "How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!"…
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