Communicating the good news of Jesus Christ through various visual aids.
"A Merry heart is good like a medicine" Proverbs 17:22

Visuals have been regarded as great teaching aids since the beginning of time. God used them (The Tree in the Garden, The Rainbow, The Burning Bush), Jesus used them (The Fig Tree, The Coin, The Loaves and Fishes), and every great communicator or teacher has used visuals down through the ages.

Traditionally we think of visuals used in church work as pictures, flannel graphs, maps and charts, props, puppets and more recently, video tapes. But sleight of hand tricks can also be effective visuals for use in teaching the principles of Christianity. Not only do sleight of hand tricks gain attention of audiences of all ages, but because of the mystery of not knowing how they are done, we tend to remember the trick longer. As a result this causes us to remember the lesson longer as well. We live in a visually oriented society. People remember 10% of what they hear, but they remember 50% of what they see.
The main reasons that some people may misunderstand the art of illusion include:

• Misrepresentation by Media
• Exaggeration of Facts
• Misuse of the Art by Magicians and
• A lack of understanding.

When people encounter things they do not understand, they  often draw their own conclusions to help them justify the unexplainable. Unexplainable, due only to their lack of knowledge of the subject. Many Christians credit  Satan with being in control of the things they don't understand.
I make it very clear in my programs that what I am doing is strictly sleight of hand, Object lessons to more clearly illustrate Christian principles.