(I realize I’m probably preaching to the choir here, but hey, who doesn’t love a good rant?)

I think everyone here at Moving Truth agrees that as Christians we have the great privilege and responsibility to mimic our Creator by being creative and sharing that creativity with the world. What I have been recently struck with is the thought that it is also our responsibility to improve our efforts in our art. God never wants anything to stagnate. If we are to be growing in our knowledge and love for Him doesn’t it follow that we are to grow in our creativity, too? I’m not saying that we should all join a class or buy a stack of instructional books and attempt to reach impossible standards , but rather that we should…

“What is the point of life,” you might ask.
Here’s the answer plain and simple: Glorify God.

“Okay, where did you pull that one from?”

Matter of fact I pulled that one right out of the Bible:

1 Corinthians 6:20

“For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

Matthew 5:16

“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

“What does God do to deserve all the glory?”

He did everything! He created you and had a plan for you from the…

As photographers, we often compliment others or receive compliments which refer to a photo or shot as being beautiful. But is this correct? Is there “so called” beauty in the colors and composition that make up a image? The Bible is not silent on the topic of beauty and since we have a film short in the critique forum presenting an argument against one of the many beauty lies of our culture, perhaps it’s a fitting subject to talk about.

Consider… 1 Chronicles 16:29b “… come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness”

In this passage God commands his people to worship him in holiness, but modifies this holiness by describing it as…