Pelsue vs Schaeffer Embrace Your Life as a Work of Art All humans are amazing. You are gifted with reason, creativity and imagination. At the same time, you are a work of art. First, you are an art piece crafted by God. Second, you are invited to curate your life with what God gives you. […]
Pelsue vs Schaeffer: Why One Work of Art is Not Enough One of the challenges with art, or any form of communication, is this. You can’t say everything with one piece of art. You can express something poetically, beautifully, and even paradoxically, but you can’t express everything. So we cannot judge an artist by one […]
Pelsue vs Schaeffer: Are Christians Free to Make Any Kind of Art Christians must move beyond the idea that they can only create religious art, sentimental art, or evangelistic art. The broader Christian community must also understand this. We have much more freedom in Christ, and we can see this freedom from Genesis all the […]
Pelsue vs Schaeffer Great Art Requires a Great Worldview Great art requires a robust understanding of the world alongside great craftsmanship. We cannot have a simple understanding of life and expect to speak into the lives of fans, patrons and audience members with profound ideas. Here Schaeffer breaks down a few aspects to a robust […]
Pelsue vs Schaeffer Engaging the Heart and the Mind We need more than a worldview. Worldviews are essential, but not sufficient for judging or creating great art. We also need to consider our passions and desires to honor God and to live for Christ. Just as disciples and missionaries followed the call of Christ, “for […]
Pelsue vs Schaeffer What Art Should Christians Make? Christians around the world want to honor God with their art. Check out our viral video on how to honor God with your art and see the comments: https://youtu.be/nl9ihVBdfOo But, how does Scheaffer address this? Join us and see in this 20th installment of our series in […]
Pelsue vs Schaeffer Who’s Afraid of the New Art? Almost everything changes except the Gospel. Art, like languages and culture, will always change. We cannot hide from those changes by idolizing tradition or high art. We cannot embrace nostalgia or kitsch! Why? Join us to see why. Copyright © 2025 Joel & Michelle Pelsue. All […]
Pelsue vs Schaeffer: Don’t Judge Art by the Artist Are you aware that non-christians sometimes make great art that fits a biblical worldview? This shouldn’t be surprising. God uses creation to bring honor to himself, why can’t he do it through a nonbeliever? But how does that impact the way we view art and artists? […]
Pelsue vs Schaeffer: How Do You Judge a Work of Art Here, Schaeffer gives us four standards of judgment, or four aspects to consider when judging if a work of art is good or not. You may think of Aristotle who wrote about unity, form, order and proportion. or – Aquinas who wrote of specific […]
Pelsue vs Schaeffer: Excellent Art vs Redemptive Art Though Schaeffer was quite down on abstract art, I offer a corrective which is needed in order to have a better working definition of art, and to accommodate the value of abstract art. Schaeffer looks at abstract art as well as the difference between excellent craftsmanship and […]