Show Don't Tell: Psalm 139
Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 139
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "God knows everything about us," feel the womb forming. Of David. "You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar." Sitting, rising—mundane movements noticed. Thoughts perceived at distance. "You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.…
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