Show Don't Tell: Mark 7:14-23
Vivid sensory description for preaching Mark 7:14-23
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus taught that sin comes from the heart," trace the pollution to its source. Jesus calls the crowd again: "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them." The disciples don't understand. Jesus explains: "Don't you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?…
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