The only gospel routine that I use is using slush powder. (I learned this at a church children's Sunday school convention)
(I assume this isn't really exposure because it is obvious what slush powder does...)
You need:
2 clear plastic cups and 1 Styrofoam cup
Some slush powder
Some red and black food coloring
A pencil/pen
Prep:
a few drops of red food coloring in one clear cup -(they cant's see this from a few feet away)
slush powder in the Styrofoam cup
Water in the other clear cup
The show:
You present the cup of clear water as mankind, or us as individuals
You talk about how sin entered the world and marred the human soul/relationship with God. (as you do this you drop black food coloring into the waterYou can also talk about how it only takes 1 sin to be enough to mar us, but we haven't stopped at one etc.
You then introduce God's plan of sending his son to be the savior of the world and that He shed his blood to cover our sin. As you talk about Jesus you pour the murky water into the other clear cup - it all turns red!
You then explain about repentance and accepting this gift that is freely offered to us. You can then talk about how when we accept this gift and repent and believe, our sins are washed away and are gone! As you say this, you pour the red water into the Styrofoam cup. They assume you just mean that they cant see it, then you say - "totally gone!" and turn the cup over
You can at this point crumple the top of the cup, or as I prefer, stick a pencil through the cup and turn it upside down.
Although be careful and make sure you use a styrofoam cup. I did this once with one of those colored plastic cups and the water came out like a can of mushroom soup and landed on the table. Funny stuff. It made for a good laugh and I just talked about how God was so much better at getting rid of our sins for real. Heh heh.
Hope you enjoy it!
j
Thanks for that!!
I will have to keep that in mind.
Thanks again jt.
~jordan