The Bridge Gospel Illustration

A simple Gospel Illustration using the bridge analogy and Romans 6:23. Some say, Doug Sparks (1951), developed the original illustration while serving as a missionary in Taiwan, inspired by a bridge he had seen in Hong Kong. Then Roy Robertson later adapted the illustration into the familiar version depicting. This is close to the popular version of the Navigators used today. The illustration shows Jesus Christ as the bridge between humanity and God. In 1954, Billy Graham's evangelistic team developed Steps to Peace With God during his London Crusade Billy Graham Memorial, Later: The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association incorporated the bridge imagery into its evangelism materials, showing Jesus' cross connecting sinful humanity with a holy God. In Dave's book, Jesus Conversations, he attributes The Navigators.