Article August 17, 1974 Issue

Signs of the Times

Hugh Cook

Christianity Today

Hugh Cook in Christianity Today
Washington, District of Columbia
[© 1973 by Christianity Today, Reprinted by permission.]

No phrase has yet been coined ... for the undeniable gap that exists today between artist and audience. The absence of such a phrase is perhaps an indication of the insignificant place art occupies in our culture, including the evangelical Christian community. ...

The rift that has developed between the artist and the public should be deeply distressing to the evangelical Christian, for he ought to recognize that art is not merely a decorative ruffle on the garment of society but is expressive of its very warp and woof, and that art is one of God's choicest gifts to man. ...

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