Show Don't Tell: Mark 9:2-13
Vivid sensory description for preaching Mark 9:2-13
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus was transfigured on the mountain," watch glory break through skin. After six days, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a high mountain by themselves. There he is transfigured before them—his clothes become dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. Not just clean but radiating. Then Elijah and Moses appear, talking with Jesus.…
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