Illustrations About Peace

Protected by Peace

In the last few years, you may have noticed that at some restaurants the outdoor eating space during the colder months is filled with clear,

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Combatting My Fear

We don’t find many helpful responses in a Google search about how to use the Bible to combat existential fear and dread. Whether asking for

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Roman Peace

The Pax Romana (“Roman peace”) is a two-hundred-year period during Roman history known for peace and prosperity. Think in terms of this century or the

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Rooted

How should we envision this peace we have in God? Picture a large oak tree in a field. A storm comes up and the wind

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Redeemable

In the film Forrest Gump (directed by Robert Zemeckis, Paramount Pictures, 1994), Lieutenant Dan is a cold, callous US Army veteran whose legs were amputated in the war. Resentful that

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Keep Calm

In the days leading up to World War II, the British government ordered a series of three posters that would be hung throughout the country

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Generously Giving

Following the loss of their daughter, Josh and Jenn began giving to their church. However, they didn’t just tithe—they gave beyond the tithe and were

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Hiroshima-Japan

Love Overcomes

NPR interviewed Koko Kondo, a woman who was just eight months old when the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on her city, Hiroshima. She

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The Wish for Peace

In the film Miss Congeniality, less-than-graceful FBI agent Gracie Hart is sent undercover as a contestant in a beauty pageant to prevent a bomb threat

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A Quiet Place Sermon Illustration

A Quiet Place

The film A Quiet Place (directed by John Krasinski [Paramount Pictures, 2018]) pictures a dystopian future where to be safe, a family must be absolutely

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The Blind Side

This real-life story is the basis of the movie The Blind Side, in which a young troubled teen (Michael Oher) is adopted into a loving

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Inside Out

Sometimes good news comes from the most unlikely source. In the movie Inside Out, Riley decides to run away from home but is stopped by

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Serenity Now!

In a Seinfeld episode, Kramer adopts the mantra “Serenity now!” to calm himself down. Things come to a head when some children in the apartment

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