Decoding Reign of Fire: Dragons as an Allegory for Sin Men at the Movies Podcast

Coming up on the men at the movies podcast, we slay some dragons with Reign of Fire. If the dragons are symbols for sin, we see two flawed approaches. For Van Zandt, his life is obsessed with killing dragons and taking back territory in a legalistic manner. Quinn is always on defense and has a defeatist mentality. The problem with both perspectives is that they focus on the dragons, and not life. In the same way, we focus on sin when we should be focused on the Savior. It’s time to kick out the squatters, and take some territory back this week on the Men at the Movies podcast.

Questions


Which approach to sin have you taken in your life?
How have you seen one little decision snowball into “thousands” of regrets?
Where do you feel helpless from sin? What territory has it taken?
What would it look like to take territory back from the dragons in your life?
How have you identified by your sin instead of your salvation?
What do you think about the idea that all of your sins (past and future) are already forgiven?
Why are you squabbling in the mud and hiding in the castle? What does freedom look like?
Where are you focusing: your sin or your savior?

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