Show Don't Tell: Psalm 11
Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 11
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Trust God when others counsel flight," see the arrows nocked. "In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: 'Flee like a bird to your mountain. For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.'" Well-meaning advice: run, escape, hide.…
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