tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20087898.post115151457957895386..comments2023-05-21T07:50:57.461-07:00Comments on [SUBVERSIVE UNDERGROUND] Newsletter: [subversive underground] PROPHETIC ARTKeith Gileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00328300571647154699noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20087898.post-20726566611296947942013-08-08T09:01:03.153-07:002013-08-08T09:01:03.153-07:00Mate, this is rich stuff. I've had very simila...Mate, this is rich stuff. I've had very similar thoughts for a while about the need for Christian art as something at first ambiguous due to it's depth of meaning, art as a dialogue, art as something that unsettles us to draw us out of ourselves, art that forces us to ask questions rather than seeks to spoon feed all the answers. Truly creative rather than dogmatic. "Jesus was comfortable with loose ends." I agree wholeheartedly.<br /><br />I wrote a blog post about this late last year which you may be interested in reading- <a href="http://morethanbrothers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/our-art-isnt-confusing-enough.html#.UgOv0G14kZA" rel="nofollow">Our Art Isn't Confusing Enough</a>.<br /><br />I do, however, take issue with your statement that "It shouldn’t take faith to believe that Jesus has the power to set us free." What, then, is salvation by faith alone? If faith is defined as "a blind leap of logic" then I agree with you- non-believers should be able to see the evidence of God's change in our lives in our dealings with others rather than be expected to trust something we're not demonstrating. If, however, faith is defined as "trust based on what (or who) we know" then our example should create faith in people that Jesus has the power to set them free too. I'm sure that one's merely a matter of definition really!<br />Aidanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645311170110688150noreply@blogger.com