How to Improve Christian Movies Without Bigger Budgets
Have you ever wondered why most Christian movies fall so flat? The vast majority of the Christian films produced in the last few decades rank among the worst movies ever made. In fact, at least one of...
View ArticleTradition and Originality: Finding Your Own Creative Voice
Some musicians have an unmistakable sound. It only takes a few seconds to audibly recognize Billie Holiday in her penetrating rendition of “Love for Sale,” Glenn Gould and his emotive interpretation...
View ArticleWhy the Church Needs More “Ugly” Art
My friend Jimmy used to play guitar for the musical worship team at his church. One Sunday, after the service was over, a man approached Jimmy and said, “I don’t think you should put distortion on...
View ArticleWhy Today’s Best Artists are All Amateur
These days, calling someone amateur is an insult. If you’re an amateur, you don’t have the “skillz to pay the billz.” By amateur, we generally mean an inept know-nothing with no expertise—a hack. But...
View ArticleAre Sermons Enough to Preach the Whole Counsel of God? (Part 1 of 2)
“Why should I give money to support the arts? Why not give money to preachers or missionaries instead? After all, the most important Gospel work is preaching, isn’t it? As Paul says in Romans 10:14,...
View ArticleAre Sermons Enough to Preach the Whole Counsel of God? (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1 of this two-parter (you can read it here), I talked about how the overwhelming majority of the pages in the Bible are devoted to showing the truth through narrative and poetry, over against...
View ArticleWhy I Gave Up Politics for the Arts
When I was eleven, I wrote a daily devotional I imaginatively titled “Daily Devotions.” I started at Proverbs 11, because of my age (of course). I made it as far as Proverbs 11:7—a whopping week long....
View ArticleIf You Don’t Get Poetry, You Don’t Get the Bible
If you are like most Christians, you have probably been led to believe two things about yourself when it comes to poetry: You don’t get it. You don’t like it. In all likelihood, neither of these...
View ArticleWe Sin Because We Have Bad Taste
According to one study, 64% of Christian men and 15% of Christian women look at porn at least once a month. Those numbers aren’t all that different from the statistics of non-Christians. Is it at all...
View ArticleChristmas Music for a More Sober Joy
I used to love Christmas music. I used to love it so much, in fact, that I convinced the rest of my family that it is acceptable to listen to Christmas music on November 1st (the previous acceptable...
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