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Footings for Children is a curriculum for those who teach children in after-school clubs, Sunday schools, camps, and even home devotionals. It is designed to be adapted and applied in any cultural context, including settings where teaching aids and tools are limited.
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CREATOR and CREATION: How Did God Make It Happen? part 2
Here’s the conclusion to part 1 of CREATOR and CREATION: How Did God Make It Happen? published on Monday. There was soon light enough for them to see one another’s faces. The Cabby and the two children had open mouths and … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Language, Music, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged beauty, creation, God, universe
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CREATOR and CREATION: How Did God Make It Happen?
Over the years, as I have taught on the significance of worldview for our lives and for the creation of godly culture, I have always touched briefly on how God created. In fact Genesis 1 reveals that God created the universe … Continue reading
What I Learned About BEAUTY from Edith Schaeffer
Our good friend Nancy Pearcey wrote a brief eulogy for Edith Schaeffer, who died March 30 in Switzerland. Edith taught us both about the apologetics of beauty. Nancy’s post by that title tells it much better than I can. What most impressed … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Cultural Mandate, Culture
Tagged art, beauty, Christianity, Edit Schaeffer
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The Unlikely Power of Beauty
Beauty is one of God’s gifts to the world. We’ve written about beauty lots of times. A couple of recent posts were How to Disciple a Nation with a Paintbrush and Art for the Community’s Sake: Christians Using Art to Shape the … Continue reading
WANTED: God’s Fashion Designers
“Can a Christian be a fashion designer?” That question was put to me recently after I taught a session on worldview and life work to a group of young Christians in Chile. The young inquirer told me she loved to design … Continue reading
WHO AM I to Judge Pole Dancing Classes for Children?
Is beauty really “in the eye of the beholder”? We are repeatedly assured that there is no objective standard by which to judge art. Art is a “level playing field,” they tell us. Value, like taste, is culturally and individually … Continue reading
What Steve Jobs Taught Us About Beauty
My friends know that, for good or ill, I am neither technically oriented nor have much appreciation of pop music. Yet I was very interested when a friend recently showed me a tribute to Steve Jobs from Bono. I do know … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Current events, Music, Worldview
Tagged beauty, Bono, Macintosh computers, Steve Jobs
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Calling Christian Artists to Reach a World Desperate for Beauty
“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 Christian artists today have a terrible conflict understanding the purpose of their gift. If their work does not talk about Jesus directly, does it still have value? Can they work on … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Cultural Mandate, Ideas Shapers, Imago Dei, Music
Tagged beauty, Christian art, Christian artists, Music, spiritual gifts, worship
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The Gospel of Beauty, the Beauty of the Gospel
The folks over at The Gospel Coalition recently blogged about an individual whose legacy has had a big impact in Discipling Nations Alliance: Francis Schaeffer. Darrow Miller spent time at L’Abri and cites Schaeffer’s mentoring as one of the primary influences … Continue reading
Posted in History, Morality, Theology
Tagged beauty, Dan Ortlund, doctrine, Francis Schaeffer, Gospel, gospel coalition, L'Abri, True Spirituality
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