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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 10:34-39
Vivid sensory description for preaching Matthew 10:34-39
Show Don't Tell: Psalm 71
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Show Don't Tell: Luke 13:31-35
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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 82
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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 39
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Show Don't Tell: Luke 23:13-25
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 50:22-26
Instead of saying "Joseph died in Egypt," feel the hope embedded in his final words. Joseph lives to 110, sees great-great-grandchildren. But he knows this isn't the end. "I am about to die. But God w
Show Don't Tell: John 6:41-59
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 22:15-22
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 42:1-28
Instead of saying "Joseph's brothers came to Egypt for grain," watch the recognition scene. Ten brothers bow before the Egyptian governor—faces to the ground, just like the sheaves in the dream. Josep
Show Don't Tell: Luke 6:27-36
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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 119:9-16 (Beth)
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 11:1-6
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 21:12-17
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 20:1-16
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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 74
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 13:1-9
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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 141
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 9:9-13
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 18:1-15
Instead of saying "Three visitors told Abraham that Sarah would have a son," sit with him at the tent door. Heat of the day—the hour of rest—when Abraham looks up and sees three men standing nearby. W
Show Don't Tell: Genesis 2:18-25
Instead of saying "God created woman as a helper," let them feel Adam's aloneness first. Watch him name the animals—each one parading past, each one paired. The elephants lumber by in twos. The eagles
Show Don't Tell: Luke 20:9-19
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Show Don't Tell: Luke 9:18-27
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 4:18-22
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