Illustrated Theology
Anchor Lines is about illustrating quotes, verses and poems to help explain the gospel in a clear and penetrating way that both touches the heart and informs the head. Click here to see the most recent post, and for links to previous illustrations.
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Some passages I read in Job 26 that stood out - I recalled reading them on my previous time through Job, and wanted to put some illustration around it. In the middle of Job's anguish, he recognises something of God's omnipotence - how we look at the tremendous power displayed in the natural world, all the natural forces that, thousands of years later we're still at the mercy of. He can look around and see powers that are orders of magnitude beyond our own - and then these wonderful lines - "these are but the outer fringe of his works;…
Here's an illustrated poem I put together during the summer last year. I've read lots of versions of the David and Goliath story written for children, and rarely seen much link made between David and Jesus as the king who fights on his people's behalf. The Jesus Storybook Bible is good on this, but I wanted to try and do something with a bit more illustration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a167rxASH0