Show Don't Tell: Matthew 27:45-56
Vivid sensory description for preaching Matthew 27:45-56
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus died on the cross," feel the darkness fall. From noon until three in the afternoon, darkness covers the whole land. Three hours of unnatural night. About three o'clock, Jesus cries out in a loud voice: "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" —"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Some standing there: "He's calling Elijah." One runs for a sponge, fills it with wine vinegar, puts it on a staff, offers it to Jesus.…
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