There Would Have Been No Bach Had

A Christian Should Use These Arts To The Glory Of God, Not Just As Tracts, Mind You, But As Things Of Beauty To The Praise Of God. An Art Work Can Be A Doxology In Itself.

We Are Not Being True To The Artist As A Man If We Consider His Art Work Junk Simply Because We Differ With His Outlook On Life. Christian Schools, Christian Parents, And Christian Pastors Often Have Turned Off Young People At Just This Point. Because The Schools, The Pastors, And The Parents Did Not Make A Distinction Between Technical Excellence And Content, The Whole Of Much Great Art Has Been Rejected With Scorn And Ridicule. Instead, If The Artist's Technical Excellence Is High, He Is To Be Praised For This, Even If We Differ With His World View. Man Must Be Treated Fairly As Man.

Each Generation Of The Church In Each Setting Has The Responsibility Of Communicating The Gospel In Understandable Terms, Considering The Language And Thought-forms Of That Setting.

There Is A Sad Myth Going Around Today - The Myth Of Neutrality. According To This Myth, The Secular World Gives Every Point Of View An Equal Chance To Be Heard. And It Works Fairly Well - Unless You Are A Christian.

No Work Of Art Is More Important Than The Christian's Life, And Every Christian Is Called To Be An Artist In This Sense... The Christian's Life Is To Be A Thing Of Truth And Also A Thing Of Beauty In The Midst Of A Lost And Despairing World.