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In The Skeleton Key, Caroline’s belief goes from complete skepticism to belief based on personal experience. Though salvation is initially prodded by an experience with the divine (the Holy Spirit), it’s not empirical evidence that leads a person into a relationship with Christ. Because scientific law cannot explain spiritual things, belief in the sacrificial nature of Christ’s death requires faith—the evidence of things unseen (Hebrews 11:1).

Sacrifice also plays a vital role in the film, subtly portrayed as an attempt for atonement. Though Caroline’s guilt for missing her father’s death makes her a more compassionate for the elderly, it also puts her in danger. Caroline stays in the eerie plantation house, despite the secrets she gradually uncovers, because she sees care for Ben as an opportunity to atone for her guilty conscience. Christians, like Caroline, can’t receive atonement by doing good things (Ephesians 2:8). In the film as well as in the Christian belief system, a sacrifice is necessary for atonement. In both, the combination of belief and sacrifice plays a vital role … Or does it? (Lightening flash) Okay, so it does. Belief and sacrifice definitely are vital in both Christianity and in The Skeleton Key, and that’s the spiritual link between the two.

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