When I say I stole, I actually mean I borrowed this from someone elses blog. Thanks Chris, and you can pass that on to Trey, who can pass it on to Tony.

I do have to ask this question of all my readers out there, “Where are the Artists!!”

7 Reasons Why the Church Needs Artists

1//Only through art can we know God more fully. A person encounters God as an artist before he encounters him as a theologian. We have reduced God’s primary interests to truth and goodness. We must remember that beauty is a primary of interest of his.

2//We must see God’s world more truthfully. Only seeing one theme is insufficient. Artists must help people see both the brokenness and the promise of renewal.

3//We must embrace God’s salvation more completely. Art as morality dictates that we should create more than just “religious” art. Everything is to be redeemed. Everything is worthy of artistic representation.

4//We must worship God more humanly. Because of the image of God, humans make art. Humans create. No other organism on earth does.

5//We must believe God’s promises more confidently. We are blinded to the glory that is here now. With art, you encourage and enlarge hearts to believe the impossible.

6//We must proclaim God’s kingdom more powerfully. Truth has bigger muscles in art.

7//We need to meet God. The primary place where we experience God is in our imagination–the intersection of our mind, emotions and will.