Art and the Bible"The lordship of Christ should include an interest in the arts," writes Francis Schaeffer. "A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God." Many Christians, wary of creating graven images, have steered clear of artistic creativity. But the Bible offers a robust affirmation of the arts. The human impulse to create reflects our being created in the image of a creator God. Art and the Bible has been a foundational work for generations of Christians in the arts. In this book's classic essays, Francis Schaeffer first examines the scriptural record of the use of various art forms, and then establishes a Christian perspective on art. With clarity and vigor, Schaeffer explains why "the Christian is the one whose imagination should fly beyond the stars." |
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... Kings 7:29, we have an additional detail. It comes in the description of the panels on the ten bases of brass in the temple: “And on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim.” God is saying, “I'll even have ...
... king cast them [the various art works that were to be in the temple], in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah” (2 Chron 4:17). Just as Michelangelo chipped with his hands the marble from the great Italian quarries, so the Hebrew ...
... Kings 10 we learn something about the secular art of Solomon's day, for here Solomon's throne is described. “Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold. There were six steps to the throne, and ...
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