You shall not make for yourself a carved image…
“When I first started to become convicted of what the second commandment entails, I was not thinking about it as an act of love by God, rather, I thought of the commandment as an obstacle in my life. How would I remove images of God? I love and studied art history, and now there was a lot of art I could no longer view in good conscience. How would I teach young children about God? Could I never see another nativity play in my life? It seemed almost impossible to live in Christian culture without being confronted with images of God or Jesus in some way. Nonetheless, I realized that my concerns were focused entirely inward. What was God trying to teach me about himself through making this commandment?”
Sarah Perkins, Arguments Against Images Of Christ: An Artist’s Perspective
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