Show Don't Tell: Mark 4:1-9
Vivid sensory description for preaching Mark 4:1-9
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus told the parable of the sower," scatter the seed with him. Again Jesus begins to teach by the lake. The crowd is so large that he gets into a boat and sits in it on the water, while all the people are along the shore—a natural amphitheater, water carrying his voice. "Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed."…
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