Status Updates From Art and the Bible

So far so good

page 94 - both of them

page 93 - all three

11. An individual art work and the body of an artist's work

^Every artist has the problem of making an individual work of art and, as well, building up a total body of work.^

page 92 - the first one

^Man has a value because he is made in the image of God and thus man as man is an important subject for Christian art. Man as man—with his emotions, his feelings, his body, his life—this is an important subject matter for poetry and novels.^

page 89 - the first one

10. The subject matter of Christian art

^Christian art is by no means always religious art, that is, art which deals with religious themes.^

page 86 - both progress updates

^The major theme is the opposite of the minor; it is the meaningfulness and purposefulness of life.^

^First, the minor theme is the abnormality of the revolting world. This falls into two parts: (1) Men who have revolted from God and not come back to Christ are eternally lost; they see their meaninglessness in the present and they are right from their own standpoint. [...] (2) There is a defeated and sinful side to the Christian's life.^

9. The Christian world view

^The Christian world view can be divided into what I call a major and a minor theme.^

^In one way styles are completely neutral. But in another way they must not be used in an unthinking, naive way.^

8. Modern art forms and the Christian message

^Let me say firmly that there is no such thing as a godly style or an ungodly style.^

^Third, the body of a Christian artist's work should reflect the Christian world view.^

^Second, Christian art should differ from country to country.^

^First, Christian art today should be twentieth-century art. Art changes. Language changes.^