Show Don't Tell: Mark 16:9-20
Vivid sensory description for preaching Mark 16:9-20
This is a show dont tell prompt.
Instead of saying "Jesus appeared after his resurrection," count the appearances. When Jesus rises early on the first day of the week, he appears first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She goes and tells those who had been with him—they are mourning and weeping. When they hear that Jesus is alive and that she has seen him, they don't believe it.…
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