Integrated with Dr. John Crotts How Serious Can It Be? The Shocking Imagery Scripture Uses To Describe Our Sin
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Feb 23, 2026 Poetic pictures of sin are unpacked using vivid images like a twisted stop sign, a stubborn mule, and a missed archery target. Sin is also pictured as a sickness that harms body, emotions, and relationships. Biblical poetry and cleansing imagery point to the need for renewal and forgiveness through Christ.
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Transgression Is Crossing God's Boundary
- Sin is transgression that deliberately crosses God's legal boundary.
- John Crotts uses the 'keep off the grass' sign to show how forbidden limits provoke willful violation.
Sin Is Missing God's Mark
- Sin is missing God's mark or falling short of his standard.
- Crotts pictures an archery target with the arrow stuck in the ground to show moral failure as aim that never reaches God's bullseye.
Iniquity Is Twisting What Should Be Straight
- Iniquity is moral twisting that distorts God's straight standard.
- Crotts likens it to a mangled stop sign to emphasize how sin bends and corrupts what should be upright.