The power of the cross...

Mercy Me's "Flawless" music video -lyrics and images- are great for starting a discussion about "what the cross does for us."  The words and images are particularly geared for those who don't feel worthy, those who feel "flawed" by sin or by a condition.

My approach to teaching with the video would also include having my kids "recreate" the video and record it ...recreating the visual "mud" to clean transformation, holding signs, etc. like the people seen in the video.

I'd have my kids come up with their own ideas of what people think of as their "flaws" that make them feel "less than" worthy.  (For example, a kid with a sign who feels guilty about not coming to church).

The image of the band in white clothes "stained" by mud, then paint, and increasingly "cleaner" as the music progresses is interesting and might be fun to recreated as well.

Perhaps the only theological quibble I have is with some minor "phrasing" in lyrics which suggest that grace is conditional on our acceptance (works). In fact, being the good Reformed character that I am, me and John Calvin teach that justification (acceptance by God) is unconditional and already given by the offering on the cross. It is Sanctification (the process by which we acknowledge and participate in God's Kingdom) that requires our acceptance and forward movement! Failure at sanctification then or now, however, is a forgone conclusion (though still we are called to keep trying). Only Jesus succeeded!