Posts with the tag: art

Can Christians Listen to Music other than Praise & Worship?

There’s the position that, since God inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3 KJV), believers should only listen to Praise & Worship music. This argument is rooted in the idea that music is sound and sound creates an atmosphere, which naturally affects the listener, whether positively, negatively or anything in between. Hence, we should […]

Q&A on Solomon’s SONG OF SONGS

  This article mines the Song of Songs and related resources for insights by addressing myriad key questions concerning this unique book of the Bible. Whenever the answer is uncertain, the best possible ones are supplied. What is the Song of Songs? The Song of Songs is a poetic book of the Hebraic Scriptures — […]

Beauty, Objectification and Lust

  The Bible plainly acknowledges the beauty or handsomeness of certain people on several occasions. For instance, the following verses reveal that Sarai (aka Sarah), Rebekah, Rachel and Esther were women of exceptional beauty: When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. Genesis 12:14 Before he had finished […]

FORMS OF ART IN THE BIBLE, Including Music, Visual and Performance Art

God’s imaginative creation of the Universe & Earth and all living things (chronicled in Genesis 1-2) can be described as art; after all, a lot of our art appreciation involves marveling at awesome displays of nature, amazing animals or attractive, charismatic people. This shows that art began with the LORD, the creator of the heavens […]

Can a Certain Style of ART Be Evil?

To answer this question, let’s first define art: Art is creative expression to entertain or share a message. Forms of art include paintings, illustration, sculpture, music, movies, poetry, crafts, photography and storytelling.

R-Rated Movies — Yes or No?

Is it okay for believers to watch R-rated movies? What about PG-13 or PG? Should they watch movies at all? What’s the Bible say?