#christianity

All the tales of miracles, with which the Old and New Testament are filled, are fit only for impostors to preach and fools to believe. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#religion #science #skepticism #the-bible #age

Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#saint #sanctification #sin #attitude

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. ↗

— Francis A. Schaeffer

#christianity #art

What a comfort to know that God is a poet. ↗

— Rachel Held Evans

#christianity #god #poetry #art

The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#christianity #integrity #literature #writers #art

The ancients were afraid that if they went to the end of the earth they would fall off and be consumed by dragons. But once we understand that Christianity is true to what is there, true to the ultimate environment - the infinite, personal God who is really there - then our minds are freed. We can pursue any question and can be sure that we will not fall off the end of the earth. ↗

— Francis A. Schaeffer

#doubt #god #questions #spirituality #art

How should an artist begin to do his work as an artist? I would insist that he begin his work as an artist by setting out to make a work of art. ↗

— Francis A. Schaeffer

#christianity #art

Christian art today should be twentieth-century art. ↗

— Francis A. Schaeffer

#christianity #art

The definition of Christian art is to be found in its subject and its spirit. Everything, sacred and profane, belongs to it. God does not ask for “religious” art or “Catholic” art. The art he wants for himself is Art, with all its teeth. ↗

— Jacques Maritain

#christianity #art

Happiness is an art mastered by the very few. Genuinely happy people are as rare as Christians who believe in God. ↗

— Albert Vigoleis Thelen

#god #happiness #the-island-of-second-sight #art