Show Don't Tell: Matthew 27:57-66
Vivid sensory description for preaching Matthew 27:57-66
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Jesus was buried in Joseph's tomb," watch the stone roll. Evening comes. A rich man from Arimathea—Joseph, who had become a disciple of Jesus—goes boldly to Pilate and asks for Jesus' body. Pilate orders it given. Joseph takes the body, wraps it in a clean linen cloth, places it in his own new tomb cut out of rock.…
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