599 illustrations referencing Isaiah
We live in an instant culture, but God operates on eternal time. Isaiah's promise that 'those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength' (Isaiah 40:31) comes to those who learn to wait. This isn'...
In Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina shelters over 1,200 Tutsi refugees in his hotel during the genocide. He bribes, bluffs, and bargains with killers to keep them alive. "Is not this the fast that I ch
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch defends a Black man accused of rape in 1930s Alabama. He knows he will lose; he defends Tom Robinson anyway. He does not grandstand—he simply does his job with
In Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson defends Walter McMillian, a Black man wrongly convicted of murder in Alabama. The system is rigged, the judge hostile, the town resistant. But Bryan persists. "Let justi
John Coffey, a giant of a man wrongly condemned to death, possesses the gift of healing. He draws sickness into himself, bearing others' pain at great personal cost. "I'm tired, boss," he says. "Tired
At the end of The Lord of the Rings, Frodo cannot stay in the Shire. His wounds are too deep; Middle-earth holds too much pain. So he sails to the Undying Lands—where suffering ends, where wounds heal
In Spotlight, Boston Globe journalists uncover the Catholic Church's systematic cover-up of child abuse. They share their roof with survivors, listen to painful stories, bring hidden wickedness into l
In Babette's Feast, two elderly Danish sisters take in Babette, a French refugee, as their cook. For fourteen years she serves them plain food. When she wins the lottery, she spends it all on one magn
Isaiah Isaiah was a Judean prophet during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He was the son of Amoz (Isa 1:1) and was possibly related to King Amaziah. He lived in Jerusalem, was well
Isaiah Isaiah was a Judean prophet during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He was the son of Amoz (Isa 1:1) and was possibly related to King Amaziah. He lived in Jerusalem, was well
In Unbroken, Louis Zamperini survives a plane crash, 47 days on a raft, and brutal POW camps. His tormentor, "The Bird," tries daily to break him. Louis endures through something beyond human grit—a p
In Saving Private Ryan, Captain Miller leads his squad through hell to find one paratrooper. Every soldier asks why risk eight lives for one. But deeper, Miller goes because he was sent. Isaiah heard
In Room, five-year-old Jack has spent his entire life in captivity—a small shed his mother calls "Room." When they escape into the real world, the world terrifies him. Everything is too big, too brigh
In Children of Men, humanity faces extinction—no child has been born in eighteen years. Theo Faron must protect Kee, the first pregnant woman in a generation. Amid war, chaos, and despair, Theo become
For three years, the members of Grace Community Church in Wichita, Kansas, ran a Saturday soup kitchen. They served meals, took photos for the church...
In 1873, a thirty-three-year-old Belgian priest named Damien De Veuster stepped off a cargo ship onto the shores of Molokai, Hawaii. He had volunteered for...
In 1901, William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, needed to send a message to rally his workers scattered across Britain. Telegrams charged by the...
In January 1736, the ship Simmonds pitched violently in the North Atlantic as a winter gale tore its mainsail to shreds. Seawater poured across the...
When Earl Thibodaux retired from thirty-two years of commercial construction in Baton Rouge, his wife expected him to finally sit still. Instead, Earl loaded his...
Every Sunday morning, Margaret Chen arrived early at Grace Community Church in Naperville, Illinois. She arranged the altar flowers just so, ironed the communion linens...
Scroll through your feed tonight and count how many faces you see. Hundreds, maybe thousands — each one bearing the *imago Dei*, the image of God. Now ask yourself: how many did you actually see? Isaiah 1:17 doesn't whisper —...
In 2016, the city of Detroit was still synonymous with collapse. Abandoned factories. Boarded windows. A population halved. Everyone who talked about Detroit talked about...
In June 1939, Dietrich Bonhoeffer sat in a New York apartment, safe from the gathering storm in Germany. Friends had arranged his escape — a...
Dr. Margaret Chen had performed over three thousand surgeries at Johns Hopkins. Her hands were steady, her reputation sterling. But in the spring of 2019,...