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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 116
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Show Don't Tell: Mark 1:9-13
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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 24
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 14:22-36
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Show Don't Tell: Luke 5:1-11
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 32:22-32
Instead of saying "Jacob wrestled with God," put them in the dark by the Jabbok. Middle of the night. Jacob has sent everyone across the river—family, servants, flocks. He is utterly alone. Then: hand
Show Don't Tell: John 3:1-15
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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 18:1-19
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 27:27-44
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Show Don't Tell: Mark 14:12-26
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 44:1-34
Instead of saying "Joseph tested his brothers with the silver cup," feel the trap spring. The brothers leave at dawn. Joseph's steward overtakes them: "Why have you stolen my master's cup?" The search
Show Don't Tell: Mark 8:27-33
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Show Don't Tell: John 19:1-16
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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 32
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Show Don't Tell: John 19:17-27
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Show Don't Tell: Mark 15:21-32
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Show Don't Tell: Mark 1:21-28
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 6:25-34
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 7:1-24
Instead of saying "The flood came and destroyed everything," make them feel the rain. The first drops hit the roof of the ark—a sound Noah has never heard. Then more. Then a roar. The fountains of the
Show Don't Tell: Matthew 5:1-12
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 26:47-56
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Show Don't Tell: Luke 15:1-7
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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 132
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 12:1-9
Instead of saying "God called Abram to leave his home," help them pack the bags. Feel the weight of leaving everything: the house his father built, the graves of ancestors, neighbors who've known him