The Arts are not simply a human invention but a gift from our Creator God. When God made the world, He didn't merely make it functional. He made it breathtaking: blazing sunsets, blossoming fields, and the boundless blue of the open sea. This world is crammed full of beauty that is not strictly necessary, but worship inducing. And God made us in His image, which means we too are makers, creators who reflect the creativity of our Creator.

Since the Fall, art has had the ability to both proclaim and pervert. It can beautify as well as betray. And so every artist is faced with a choice: What do we do with our creativity? Do we use it for idolatry like the golden calf? Or do we use it to convey truth, beauty and goodness like in the building of the tabernacle?

In some ways the incarnation of Jesus Christ is God’s greatest act of art. In taking on flesh, God communicated Himself through a human life, a human body, and a particular voice and story. And this story results in breathtaking beauty. In the new creation the nations bring their cultures, their creativity and their glory into the holy city. What was broken is redeemed. What was made for God's glory finally, arrives, fully. In the meantime, every artist gets to convey the pain, brokenness and complexity of life in a fallen world, but also point towards the truth, beauty and goodness of God in the midst of it.

In May, we will be hosting a dinner for those who want to join in a conversation about how the Gospel speaks to the Arts. We want to encourage artists and begin to explore what a greater appreciation for the Arts could look like at RHC. If you’d like to join, please sign up with the QR code below. Space is limited and will be on a first come first serve basis.

Date: Wed, 13 May
Time: 7.00pm-9.00pm
Venue: Murphys’