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Show Don't Tell: John 6:22-40
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 15:21-28
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 9:18-26
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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 142
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Show Don't Tell: John 6:1-15
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Show Don't Tell: John 1:1-5
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Show Don't Tell: Mark 14:1-11
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 26:47-56
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 8:5-13
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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
Show Don't Tell: Luke 22:47-53
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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: Luke 12:22-34
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 4:1-8
Instead of saying "Cain killed Abel out of jealousy," trace the slow burn. Watch Eve hold her firstborn—"I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord"—hope and pain mingling. Two boys grow: Cain's ha
Show Don't Tell: John 18:28-40
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Show Don't Tell: Luke 17:11-19
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Show Don't Tell: Genesis 37:12-36
Instead of saying "Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery," see him coming from a distance. That coat—visible a mile away. "Here comes that dreamer!" The murder plot hatches in seconds. Only Reuben h
Show Don't Tell: Matthew 9:1-8
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 27:11-26
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 26:47-56
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Show Don't Tell: Matthew 21:1-11
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Show Don't Tell: Luke 19:28-44
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Show Don't Tell: John 1:43-51
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Show Don't Tell: Psalm 40
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