As a follower of King Jesus, I hold that He created all things "good," pleasing to Him. Though man, though sin and rebellion, have corrupted creation, he has not completely removed the beauty and wonder of such. Thus being said, I for many years was uninterested in the Arts and did not embrace its "goodness" in creation; however, the Arts are a wonderful part of God's good creation whereby man can exhibit his creative nature. Music, Painting, Cinema, Poetry, and Literature, to list a few, are a wonderful part of culture that God has given man the privilege of partaking in creatively. Due to such, I now argue that Christians should be love and appreciate the Arts using such for the glory of God. However, such needs redemptive direction and godly discernment. Francis Schaeffer in his book Art and the Bible provides wonderful insight as to the how the Arts exist in God's creation by His design and how the Christian can judge Art effectively and fruitfully. His insightful book can be found here. Read and enjoy.
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