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Crown of Thorns – Visual Arts Worship

31. December 2011

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Crown of Thorns – Visual Arts Worship

PHASE ONE A group of artists came together to participate in a very unusual art project. Phase one, the artists were tasked with creating their best “Crown of Thorns” piece. Phase two, which was kept secret, became a very unusual, powerful experience for all those involved. The paintings themselves were done on a 2′x2′ piece of [...]

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Beyond the Natural

1. June 2011

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When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become [...]

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Creativity, The Christian & The Commission

15. January 2011

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Creativity, The Christian & The Commission

Evoke Ministries and Resound Mission Base (www.Resound247.com) are partnering together again. Scott Howe, Director of Evoke, will be teaching the first semester of 2011 at the missions base. The class is entitled Creativity, The Christian & The Commission. If you are a creative person that has a flare to design, dance, sing, draw, write poetry, [...]

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God Appoints Artists

17. August 2009

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Bezalel and Oholiab Exodus 31 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts- 4 to make artistic designs for [...]

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Censorship is God’s idea

15. July 2009

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In the creative arena, ‘censorship’ is a serious curse word. People want to be free to ‘be themselves’ and have total liberty of expression, thinking somehow that this is the truest form of pure creativity and personal expression. I’m all for creative expression, actually, I encourage it! I think the body of Christ is quite [...]

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Message not Method

19. June 2009

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Message not Method Although we are constantly plotting ways to creatively convey the truths of the Gospel we understand that it is the message that holds the power not the method. 1 Corinthians 1:17 tells us, ” preach the gospel, not with cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void” . [...]

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Commitment before Craft

19. June 2009

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Commitment before Craft It’s time for creatives to get serious about Godly character as they are about their art form. Many creatives put much more thought into the technical aspects of their craft than into their personal commitment to God. Many have a vision as to how they want their music to sound, art to look, [...]

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No Restoration without Purification

14. November 2008

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No Restoration without Purification Leen La Riviére – Chairmman, Intl Assoc. of Christian Artists . The books of Ezra and Nehemiah make fascinating reading. They contain many great lessons for us today. We can read how the Lord appointed both of these prophets to lead his people back from captivity into their own land. This process [...]

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