The arts for God’s glory and the spread of his fame

All artworks have a worldview or belief that the artist believes, is exploring or challanging and often the value of an artwork is derived from how well this message or voice is communicated. We prize certain artworks because they say something to us, and if that moves us personally we prize the artwork even more because of what it has communicated to us. This is where subjectivity comes into play. Some artworks speak with great motion and clarity to some people, while remaining silent to others. Regardless, the artworks still offer communication to us, and it is this communication that opens doors of dialogue in the art world.

As Christians we can take advantage of this by encouraging our brethren artists and creatives to continue developing their God-given gifts bringing themes of depravity, grace, redemption, glory into the discourse of the art world as well as sharing the toil and joy of the Christian experience. We can’t keep letting the world have the best art and dominating the ears of our culture with the voice of this age. The art world is a realm where philosophy and humanity are freely discussed. We need a Christian voice to inform this realm and engage the culture that is of beauty and truth.