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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 47
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Show Don't Tell: Luke 23:6-12
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Show Don't Tell: Luke 11:14-28
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 6:1-4
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 13:10-17
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 9:14-17
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Show Don't Tell: Luke 5:27-32
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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 12
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 1:1-5
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 1:14-19
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 2:8-14
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Show Don't Tell: Mark 2:23-28
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 1:9-13
Instead of saying "God created dry land and plants," let them watch it emerge. The waters below begin to move—not randomly but with purpose, gathering, pulling back like a tide that never returns. And
Show Don't Tell: Genesis 2:1-3
Instead of saying "God rested on the seventh day," let them feel the stillness. Six days of divine speech, of matter springing into existence, of light separating from darkness—and then: silence. Not
Show Don't Tell: Matthew 10:1-15
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Show Don't Tell: Mark 13:9-13
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Show Don't Tell: Mark 10:1-12
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Show Don't Tell: Mark 4:26-29
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 11:7-15
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 13:18-23
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 12:15-21
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Show Don't Tell: John 1:19-28
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Show Don't Tell: John 7:1-13
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Show Don't Tell: Luke 9:51-56
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