Marcus R. Pittman

“Art has tremendous power to shape culture and touch the human heart. Its artifacts embody the ideas and desires of the coming generation. This means that what is happening in the arts today is prophetic of what will happen in our culture tomorrow. It also means that when Christians abandon the artistic community, we lose a significant opportunity to coniniu- nicate Christ to our culture.”
― Philip Graham Ryken, Art for God's Sake: A Call to Recover the Arts

“Art is always tempted to glory in itself, and nearly every form of art has been used to communicate values that are contrary to Scripture. Art is as fallen as any other aspect of human existence. This fallenness perverts the arts against fulfilling their original purpose and prevents us from embracing them uncritically.”
― Philip Graham Ryken, Art for God's Sake: A Call to Recover the Arts

“Reformers must remember always that religion shapes culture, and culture trumps politics.”
― Douglas Wilson, Rules for Reformers