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21

Oct
2013

In Stories

By Brandon Adams

The Defining Element in Christian Art

On 21, Oct 2013 | In Stories | By Brandon Adams

Gene Veith (God at Work, Reading Between the Lines, Honky-Tonk Gospel, ReViewing the Movies):

 All distinctly Christian art must be, in some sense, about the agonizing struggle between sin and grace.

Mere moral lessons, while perhaps commendable, are  not enough to be distinctly Christian, since Mormons, Muslims, and ethical humanists could agree with them.  And mere optimistic positive messages are not enough and may even be harmful, since they can create the illusion that we can achieve righteousness by our own efforts.  Works of meaning and beauty have their own value.  But to be explicitly “Christian,” a work needs to be, directly or indirectly, about sin and grace and what Christ has to do with them.