Education (Part two)

There has been a great amount of work done in the past actually trying to utilize Visual learning. The Apostles tried this by giving people examples of how to live your life. They became themselves visual examples, for others to model. The early church took this one step further, picking up on the activities in other cultures and even in the old Testament as they made statues and other works of Art.

But it was really not until the Church started to design large cathedrals that they developed more art forms. These were in the form of mosaics and stained glass and statues. Even the various paintings were all made to teach us different things about God. They would either teach us about the understanding of the Holy Trinity and God's continued work with his creation. Some were done to teach us about Old Testament or New Testament figures and their struggles with faith. Yet others just simply repeated the story in the form of art.

We continue this process, as we decorate our church with paintings, banners, and other works of art to remind us about the teaching of the church. We use these works of Art to teach us different things. Because sometimes even after reading a story or hearing it, we may find something new when we are able to see the picture. But pictures are not perfect, even though they can speak a thousand words.

Similarly, in our modern context we have another thing called, moving pictures, or the movies. There are all kinds of different films that have hit the big screen that allow us to see various accounts in scripture in a new light. But just like any other form of art or visual aids, they can also teach us false things and mislead us.


Again, God's truth is found in the scriptures themselves. But we can use various pictures and people's interpretation of the Bible in Art to help us teach and learn more about the Story in which God has placed us. We can see the pictures and learn how Christ has made us his people, and likewise how we are supposed to act in this world.

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