Show Don't Tell: Psalm 130
Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 130
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "Cry to God from despair and find forgiveness," wait for morning. Song of Ascents. One of seven penitential psalms. "Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD; Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy." De profundis—from the depths. Not shallow trouble but bottomless pit. "If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?"…
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