The Church Is Something Beautiful

There Is Nothing More Ugly Than An Orthodoxy Without Understanding Or Compassion.

As Christians, We Must See That Just Because An Artist-even A Great Artist-portrays A Worldview In Writing Or On Canvas, It Does Not Mean That We Should Automatically Accept That Worldview. Good Art Heightens The Impact Of That Worldview, But It Does Not Make It True.

God Has Ordained The State As A Delegated Authority; It Is Not Autonomous. The State Is To Be An Agent Of Justice, To Restrain Evil By Punishing The Wrongdoer, And To Protect The Good In Society. When It Does The Reverse, It Has No Proper Authority. It Is Then A Usurped Authority And As Such It Becomes Lawless And Is Tyranny.

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.

If You Want A Significant Man, With Absolutes, Morality, And Meaning, Then You Must Have What The Bible Insists Upon - That God Will Judge Men Justly, And They Will Not Be Able To Raise Their Voices Because Of The Base Upon Which He Judges Them.