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Does God Care about Your Artwork?
Does God care about your artwork? He does. Everyone expresses themselves creatively. It can’t be helped. It’s one of the things we’re born to do. It’s part of what the Bible refers to when it says we’re made in God’s image. (Genesis 1:26.) An essential part of God’s nature is that, beyond all possible imagination of abundance and diversity, he’s creative (Genesis 1:1). We reflect that part of his nature in the abundance and diversity of our art, music, movies, etc. The difference is, God creates out of nothing. We, at best, “borrow” any material we can find and repurpose it. As Picasso said, “Good artists copy, great artists steal.”
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Created & Creating
Created & Creating, A Biblical Theology of Culture offers a road map for how every Christian can, and should, participate in creating culture. Written by William Edgar, a professor of apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Edgar often writes about music, particularly jazz. Not gonna lie. This book (properly) goes deep into theological reasons for engaging culture. As such, this is a take-your-time-and-think-about-it book. Here’s a passage… “For these reasons, though we do not yet see everything in subjection to our champion (Jesus), we understand by faith that he is leading the new humanity into a heavenly calling (Heb 3:1). The son is building a house far greater than…
