Show Don't Tell: Mark 7:24-30
Vivid sensory description for preaching Mark 7:24-30
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "A Gentile woman's faith impressed Jesus," hear the shocking exchange. Jesus goes to the region of Tyre—Gentile territory—and enters a house, wanting no one to know. But he cannot be hidden. A Greek woman, born in Syrian Phoenicia, falls at his feet and begs him to drive the demon out of her daughter. Jesus says: "First let the children eat all they want, for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs."…
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