Illustrations About Reality

Perceived Calling

The TV series Outer Range (created by Brian Watkins, Amazon Studios, 2022) tells the story of a Wyoming rancher, Royal Abbott, who fights for his land and

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Trying to be God

In Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (directed by Ram Raimi, Was Disney Studios, 2022), the Scarlet Witch is consumed with grief. Instead of

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A Realistic View

The 2016 animated film Zootopia (directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Jared Bush [Walt Disney Pictures, 2016]) describes the adventures of Judy Hopps, an

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A Stage Behind The Stage Sermon Illustration

A Stage Behind The Stage

Artist and writer Makoto Fujimura, in a commencement address at Belhaven University, described the experience of seeing Our Town by Thornton Wilder in New York City. He

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Living In 3D Sermon Illustration

Living In 3D

Have you ever tried watching a 3D movie without a set of 3D glasses? The movie is flat and unimpressive; that is, until you put

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missing pieces sermon illustration

Missing Pieces

Puzzles are a great way to view worldviews, especially because they’re made up of many individual pieces. When all the pieces fit together, you’re able

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Filtered

Think of how different pictures look when we add different filters and or lenses to our iPhone or cameras.

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Hidden Realities

There’s an old magic trick that involves making a woman disappear after she’s entered a life-sized box. The audience is led to believe she has

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Shadows

In Plato’s famous Allegory of the Cave, the philosopher describes a world where people live in a cave

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