I hate garlic ice cream

Ah my little ray of sunshine.

She has a point though. If you use analogies you need some that explain the thesis of your sermon... not analogies that you have to explain so the audience will know how they explain what you mean.

If not that, then at least a few words at the start to show the audience where you're going with this. "Sin is like garlic ice cream" or something. Then they can actually follow along and see where you're going with this garlic ice cream analogy, instead of being totally lost until the very end.

There is an old saying. The devil finds work for idle hands that have nothing sensible to post.

When you have nothing important to say, its OK to be quiet. View attachment 219586

I know another, some people cant see the forest because of all the trees.

Maybe when they grow up.

I get it, by the way. Good post.

People like to come to something thinking they know, I get that.
But when we look at something in life as a child it makes us wonder and think.
We see ourselves in it perhaps or we see and think God what could this be?
Not knowing until later is how God often works in our lives.
Its more uncomfortable yes, but it can bring us through something rather then just to it with our opinions at the ready.

You shouldn't take every bit of advice, but it's a good idea to listen to all of it... instead of just dismissing it out of hand.

For example, I could suggest a few improvements on the analogy, to make it more relatable. But I won't bother, because every time somebody tries to give you advice you always blow it off with an "I know what I'm doing and you haven't the slightest clue how anything in the world works" attitude.