There Would Have Been No Bach Had

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.

If Men Act Upon The Teaching Of The Word Of God, And As Proportionately Men Live According To The Teaching And Commands Of The Bible, So They Have In Practice A Sufficient Psychological Base. I Will Find You A Man Dealing With Psychological Problems On The Basis Of The Teaching Of The Word Of God, Even If He Never Heard The Word Psychology, Or Does Not Know What It Means.

Christian Art Is The Expression Of The Whole Life Of The Whole Person As A Christian. What A Christian Portrays In His Art Is The Totality Of Life. Art Is Not To Be Solely A Vehicle For Some Sort Of Self-conscious Evangelism.

Reality Is Not Meant To Be Only Creedal, Though The Creeds Are Important. Reality Is To Be Experienced, And Experienced On The Basis Of A Restored Relationship With God Through That Finished Work Of The Lord Jesus Christ On The Cross.

The Overall Way Of Thinking In The United States Has Shifted Away From Basic Biblical Values, And The Media Share In The Responsibility For This Change.