Show Don't Tell: Psalm 88
Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 88
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "The psalmist felt abandoned by God," sit in the darkness. A song of the Sons of Korah, a maskil of Heman the Ezrahite—the darkest psalm in the Psalter. "LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry." He still cries out—but: "I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.…
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