Christianity and the Arts, shai linne

Here's a talk that shai linne did at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in D.C.

Listen to talk here

I particularly liked the wall/window analogy. Our fallen world takes the artist and his/her artwork as the end to our enjoyment and praise, like a wall. Redeemed artists, like a window, are able to give the world and the church a glimpse (beyond the artist via the art) of God.

shai explains it better, of course...

"There's nothing wrong with participating in the arts, and even listening to certain artists. But the problem comes when we stop there; when the created thing, or the art, becomes a wall ... and we don't move beyond that to God, to give God the glory that He deserves. ... So now what we're able to do as artists who have been redeemed by Jesus Christ is that we're now empowered to allow the creation to no longer be just a wall where we stop, but the creation becomes a window through which we are able to behold the splendor, the majesty, the artistic genius of God." 

(and he gives a little preview of the upcoming album on the attributes of God) :)

Double Back - "one man down, two men down..."

Here's a song that's talking about how we as the Body should be lifting our brothers and sisters up when they fall into sin. We should be fighting for each other in prayer, accountability, encouragement, rebuke, and sacrifice because of what our Savior did for us. 


Galatians 6:1-2: "Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."

John 13:35: "By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

"All of us are sinners / None of us deserve grace / but praise God for the slain Lamb / crucified in our place / brutalized in our place / So I must go repair / If my brother ridin' on a flat / let me be the spare" - Flame

Double Back - Flame

By: Flame and This'l on Flame's new album Captured