Recognition Illustrations
3 illustrations evoking recognition
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Mercy & Justice: Noah's Sin with the Vineyard
Illustration paralleling Noah's sin with the vineyard to Adam's sin with fruit—both crossed boundaries, both ended in shameful nakedness needing covering, but both were covered by righteousness through faith (Genesis 15:6).
Noah's sinAdam parallelfruit boundaryGenesis 9:20-23
adults
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Comfortable Misery: Pop Culture's Love Affair with Misery
Illustration contrasting hopeful TV shows of the past (Happy Days, Good Times) with modern shows reflecting cultural despair (Lost, Desperate Housewives, Sons of Anarchy), showing society's growing comfort with misery.
cultural declinemisery loves companypop cultureGenesis 3
adults
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His Heart was in the Right State: Spiritual Zombies
Illustration using the "spiritual zombie" analogy to explain total depravity—Cain's murder, lying to God, and attitude prove our inability to reform ourselves without divine intervention.
spiritual zombiesfirst murderinability to reformGenesis 4:8-9
adults