We went to see "Daniel & The Lion's Den" at the Sights & Sounds Theater. It was spectacular! They have a fantastic theater unlike any other I've seen. Sights & Sounds Theater
World class theater with the gospel message at the end of every production.
We can't compete with the budget and talent of Sights & Sounds, but that doesn't leave us out of the arts. I was driving through an urban neighborhood a few weeks ago and to my surprise, the old movie theater was still there and hanging on! It gave me a thought, wouldn't it be cool if a local church or a group of churches could take an old theater, and use it for a artsy coffee shop, small stage for theater that honors God, and the movie screen for movies that can reach into our culture today?
What would it take? A small run down theater, a modest start up budget, some dedicated passionate individuals and God flexing His muscles (click here for more about God flexing His muscles). There is a way to show God's love and mercy through the arts, there is a way to show His compassion and sacrifice through the arts, there is a way to reach many for the kingdom through the arts.
Christians often complain about the arts, and about movie and theater and television. Yet they have no alternative. We need to be involved in the arts, to change the current direction, to redeem the arts for God's purposes.
"Let them have cake and eat it too." I say let us have arts and evangelize too.
Wherefore art thou on the arts, Romeo?
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