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," watch the stone roll. As evening approaches, a rich man from Arimathea—Joseph, a disciple of Jesus—goes to Pilate and asks for the body. Pilate orders it given to him. Joseph takes the body, wraps it in clean linen cloth, places it in his own new tomb cut out of rock. He rolls a big stone in front of the entrance and goes away.…
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