The path marked Pride will lead you over a cliff.

I think you can tilt too far to the side of the story where the message is just simply entertainment. So I think your goal has to be to craft in one sentence what the truth is you are trying to convey. And then you find or create a story that you wrap around that truth.

Praise is the highest occupation of any being

To see sin without grace is despair. To see grace without sin is arrogance. To see them in tandem is conversion.

The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick.

Jesus will empty the tombs and melt the winter of death.

God uses every possible means to communicate with you.