Your Creativity is Dangerous Without This One Thing Artists and storytellers wield tremendous power and influence as their creative works permeate the broader culture. But are you impacting your audience the way you want to, or the way God calls you to influence the culture? What you need to understand is the importance of your […]
Yes the Bible is Rated R Let’s look at the bible. Is it full of nice stories where God comforts the downtrodden, cares for the poor and calls his people to care for the orphans and widows? Well, yes! But there is so much more than what kids hear about in Sunday School. There’s murder, […]
Is Everyone an Artist? Every now and then I hear this phrase, “Everyone is an artist.” But something just isn’t right about this. And I get they want to encourage people to be creative. We should also encourage people to spend some time doing something creative. That’s wonderful. But should we really call everyone an […]
Four Reasons Your Church Does Not Understand Art or Creativity Do you ever wonder why your church doesn’t understand art, or appreciate you calling as a creative? Maybe they want to be encouraging, but they just can’t understand why a Christian should be in film, tv, manga, fine art, popular music or even video games? […]
The Complete Francis Schaeffer Art and The Bible Commentary This is the complete guide to Art in the Bible, by Francis Schaeffer. And it is a three hour long complete video. We’ve provided it to you in the format for artists, creatives, pastors and academics that would like to listen through it like a podcast […]
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 […]