Redeeming Creation Through Art

It Was Very Good And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Genesis 1:31 When God  created the earth He said it was “very good.”  Creation was perfect and beautiful. Humanity was created and tasked with overseeing God’s creation but we failed in our task.  When humanity fell we […]

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Celebrate!

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart! Psalm 32:11 As children of God and people saved in Christ we have much to celebrate.  Our worship and our art should reflect this joy. We can celebrate God’s amazing creation.  We can rejoice in our undeserved […]

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The Image of God

So God created man in his own image,     in the image of God he created him;     male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 We are made God’s Image.  There are many implications of this simple statement but I want to focus in on what it means to us as creative artists.  Here are a […]

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Four More Ways to Imitate God’s Creativity

This is the third post on creativity.  In the first post I argued that God, as the Creator, desires His children to imitate Him by being creative also.  In the second post I talked about four ways we can imitate God’s creativity.  To be like God our creative actions should be: Orderly, Truthful, Honorable, and […]

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Being Fearless in a Fear-Filled World

We live in a fear-filled world. If we gauged the emotional state of our nation based on the leading news stories we would determine that Americans are afraid. We are afraid of Ebola. We are afraid of ISIS terrorists. We are afraid that there will be another school shooting. On one hand, fear is healthy. […]

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Living For The Now Because There Is A Later

“Live for the now, because there is a later!” Wait! We usually tell others not to live for the moment. Why? Well, our current culture seeks immediate gratification, selfishness, and the pursuit of feel good experiences as the end all. Also be reminded, it is not just the world guilty of such, but many in […]

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