Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste

This is a Vital Worship feature story from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. A new story in this series is posted every two weeks at www.calvin.edu/worship.

SUMMARY

Talking about worship aesthetics need not polarize people. Frank Burch Brown tells how to be more inclusive in arts and worship … yet also more discerning.

INTRODUCTION

Here's a where-angels-fear-to-tread topic for your next family reunion. Just ask people what they think about Thomas Kinkade. Also known as "the painter of light," Kinkade has sold more work than any other painter in history.

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