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This category is called Art Critic. I put up an image with a Christian theme and/or by a Christian artist, and you decide what you think about it. Let’s keep the discussion civil and on point, that is, what you specifically like or don’t like about it, not unsupported gushing approval or vitriolic disdain. This is NOT a You Supply the Caption.

This is a piece called No Appointment Necessary by Stephen Shelby Sawyer








What do you think of this picture? What is your intitial rection? Is it theologically correct?








Coat Hanger (Jesus Welcomes You) is from Designer / Artist Oscar Perez

“This coat hanger can hang two items, a coat or jacket from the fingers and a hat or a light jacket from the nine inch nail. “









Not sure this actually qualifies as an Art Critic piece, but I wondered what your reactions to it might be.








This category is called Art Critic. I put up an image with a Christian theme and/or by a Christian artist, and you decide what you think about it. Let’s keep the discussion civil and on point, that is, what you specifically like or don’t like about it, not unsupported gushing approval or vitriolic disdain. This is NOT a You Supply the Caption.

The Patience of Job by ArtistXero


Larger version here.







This category is called Art Critic. I put up an image with a Christian theme and/or by a Christian artist, and you decide what you think about it. Let’s keep the discussion civil and on point, that is, what you specifically like or don’t like about it, not unsupported gushing approval or vitriolic disdain. This is NOT a You Supply the Caption.



les dix paroles, deuxième parole: Aucune idole gravure (80×60)
the ten words, second word: No idols engraving (80×60).
from a series les dix paroles by Francis Méan © 2005″

More to be found here

and with English comments here

Thanks to Rosemary for the suggestion, links and translation

UPDATE from Rosemary: “I elicited some thoughts from Francis this
morning on it, but just broad sweeps -

The yellow border represents the surrounding desert.
The middle, all blue, is as if they’re heading into
the infinite. The Israelites had to leave behind them
the idols of Egypt and have nothing more to do with
them - hence the pyramids under the mountain of Sinai.
And yes, there’s the hint of the cross… “







This category is called Art Critic. I put up an image with a Christian theme and/or by a Christian artist, and you decide what you think about it. Let’s keep the discussion civil and on point, that is, what you specifically like or don’t like about it, not unsupported gushing approval or vitriolic disdain. This is NOT a You Supply the Caption.

This is a digital piece called Bread (No one coming to me will ever be hungry again) by Jennifer Phillips









Jesus Wept by Erik Hollander



P.S. I’m thinking of airbrushing this on the side of my Chevy Suburban…







The Scourging by Christopher Santer









This is the fifth in a new category called Art Critic. I put up an image with a Christian theme and/or by by a Christian artist, and you decide what you think about it. Let’s keep the discussion civil and on point, that is, what you specifically like or don’t like about it, not unsupported gushing approval or vitriolic disdain. This is NOT a You Supply the Caption.

Sombra de una Mariposa by Brent Jeffrey Thomas



From the website:

This original oil painting is meant to convey our living Savior, after the Resurrection. The long prophesied death of death has begun. The nail-scarred hands of Jesus are casting a shadow in the sunlight again. A swallowtail butterfly , a species which does live in Israel, hovers nearby. It is Spring! It is a day like no other before it, a day that shall be celebrated. People thinking of this day, of the wounded but living hands, along with Saint Thomas shall say, “My Lord and my God!”







This is the fourth in a new category called Art Critic. I put up a pic and you decide what you think about it. Let’s keep the discussion civil and on point, that is, what you specifically like or don’t like about it, not unsupported gushing approval or vitriolic disdain. This is NOT a You Supply the Caption.

Spiritual Warfare by Cornelis Monsma









This is the third in a new category called Art Critic. I put up a pic and you decide what you think about it. Let’s keep the discussion civil and on point, that is, what you specifically like or don’t like about it, not unsupported gushing approval or vitriolic disdain. This is NOT a You Supply the Caption.

Spiritual Warfare by Ron DiCianni









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Klingon Verse of the Day
    Psalm 27:1-2

    joH'a' ghaH wIj wov je wIj toDtaHghach. 'Iv DIchDaq jIH taHvIp? joH'a' ghaH the HoS vo' wIj yIn. vo' 'Iv DIchDaq jIH taH vIp? ghorgh ghoSta' Daq jIH Daq Sop Dung wIj ghab, 'ach wIj jaghpu' je wIj foes, chaH stumbled je pumta'.



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