Illustrations About Sin

Messing Up

On his podcast The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, Mike Cosper interviewed Joshua Harris about Harris’s path from evangelical golden boy to leaving the

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Refused Forgiveness

In the film Les Misérables (directed by Tom Hooper [Universal Pictures, 2012]), Jean Valjean’s choice to let Javert live brings the police officer to an

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Christians Fail

Christians fail! The news is littered with the checkered track record. From the 1988 PTL (Praise the Lord) downfall of Jim Bakker to the recent

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Temptation

Temptation itself is not a sin, as we read in James 1. Rather, it’s our response to temptation that leads us into or away from

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It Comes From Within Sermon Illustration

It Comes From Within

M. Night Shyamalan’s 2004 movie, The Village, described the struggle to create a “perfect” community in a fallen world (The Village, directed by M. Night Shyamalan

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Getting Well Sermon Illustration

Getting Well

There are times when we are ill or injured and the cure or treatment is unpleasant or just plain awful. Kids have to take yucky-tasting

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Les Miserables

In this video clip from Les Miserables, Jean Valjean is shown incredible grace that not only frees him from the penalty of his sin but

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Pleasure Island

Pinocchio blindly follows Honest John to Pleasure Island, where the promise of endless fun awaits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjgf-HQKRcE. Only too late does he find out he has

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Washing Hands

Every restaurant in America has a sign in the bathroom that says, “Employees must wash hands before returning to work.” If someone is unclean, they

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