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Many of us learn about Biblical stories, themes, and concepts through art, such as
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Because art is nonverbal it can convey a message even to people who can not read, including young children. For those of us who have grown up in the church or who visited homes with religious art as a child, art may have been one of the first ways we learned about the Bible.
At different times and in different places, art has been a primary way of teaching stories about the Bible to entire communities.
See also: Art on Other Web Sites
We invite you to reflect on art as a part of your study of The Bible: the Book that Bridges the Millennia. Visit the art on the web and look at art in your home and church. Does your Bible have illustrations? What are these like? Do they aid in your understanding of the Bible?
Christian art varies in style and quality and message. It may or may not accurately reflect biblical material.
The Bible Today: Our Journey: We hear the Bible; we read the Bible; we sing the Bible; we pray the Bible; we preach the Bible; we study the Bible; and all of this shapes our understanding.
Read Hillary Rodham Clinton's address to the United Methodist General Conference of 1996 in which she mentions how the painting of Jesus as the Good Shepherd and the song "Jesus Loves the Little Children" affected her life. An article about this.
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