Posts Tagged ‘Arts’
Podcast – Interview 22: The Story of Beauty in Church History – David de Bruyn
Our latest edition of FrontLine is called, “The God of Beauty.” We introduced this edition with Interview 20, where coordinating editor Mark Herbster laid out his objectives in assembling writers to address this topic. You can catch that interview here. Last week we talked to David de Bruyn on The Meaning of Beauty. This week,…
Read MoreValues and Music: A Theological Perspective (Part 5)
Gerald Priest, Ph.D. This is the fifth part of five.. Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 points out that the first and most important criteria in making musical choices is theological: does my music please God? Part 2 argues that music is moral since it originated in God…
Read MoreValues and Music: A Theological Perspective (Part 4)
Gerald Priest, Ph.D. This is the fourth part of five. Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 Part 1 points out that the first and most important criteria in making musical choices is theological: does my music please God? Part 2 argues that music is moral since it originated in God and thus its…
Read MoreValues and Music: A Theological Perspective (Part 3)
Gerald Priest, Ph.D. This is the third part of five. Part 1 • Part 2 In Part 1, Dr. Priest points out that the first and most important criteria in making musical choices is theological: does my music please God? In Part 2, Dr. Priest argues that music is moral since it originated in God…
Read MoreValues and Music: A Theological Perspective (Part 2)
Gerald Priest, Ph.D. This is the second part of five. Part 1 can be found here. In Part 1, Dr. Priest points out that the first and most important criteria in making musical choices is theological: does my music please God? To begin, music is not amoral; apart from any lyrics, music conveys a message.…
Read MoreValues and Music: A Theological Perspective (Part 1)
Gerald Priest, Ph.D. This article is part of a larger article by Dr. Priest, divided into five parts. I want to express briefly my own theology of music and the values related to it. I am not a musician, but then most Christians are not. But we are musical, and therefore should have a Christian…
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