By Gman4326
*Dr. Francis Schaeffer in his 1974 book ‘art and the bible’
page thirteenth brings up a good point is performing in the fine arts, being a dramatists,
or to produce such things to worldly? Does God and the father, son, holy spirit forbids such mundane
lifestyle? Are not being too spiritual cause problems as well? Will you not
starve if you don’t have a job! Man needs an occupation to live. Human
flourishing (genesis 10) is not just getting married and procreating, or going to
church on Sunday’s those things are just part of life. Worldliness to me means
adopting natural philosophy Special revelation supports biblical philosophy alone. The problem in a
modern society is that we have adopted too much of the former rather than the
latter. IT makes many of us 1. δίψυχος and therefore makes men 2. ἀκατάστατος
from James 1:8. With recent SCOTUS decision it is apparent being neutral is no
longer an option though it never was to begin with.
Footnotes---
*: What is the place of art in the Christian life? Is
art----especially the fine arts of painting and music ---- simply a way to
bring in worldliness through the back door? We know that poetry may be used to
praise God in, say, the psalms and even in modern hymns. But what about
sculpture or drama? Do these have any place in the Christian life? Shouldn’t a
Christian focus his gaze steadily on “religious things” alone and forget about
art and culture?
1. dipsychos: double or dual minded; a person is uncertain or doubt (see Thayer Greek New testament dictionary page 153)
2. akatastatos: unstable
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