Show Don't Tell: Mark 14:53-65
Vivid sensory description for preaching Mark 14:53-65
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus was tried before the Sanhedrin," hear the false witnesses stumble. They take Jesus to the high priest, where all the chief priests, elders, and teachers of the law assemble. Peter follows at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest—warming himself at the fire. Inside, the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin are looking for evidence against Jesus to put him to death, but they don't find any.…
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