Show Don't Tell: Mark 14:1-11
Vivid sensory description for preaching Mark 14:1-11
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus was anointed while enemies plotted," smell the nard. Now the Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread are only two days away. The chief priests and teachers of the law are scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him—"but not during the festival, or the people may riot." Meanwhile, at Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper, Jesus is reclining at table.…
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