Christians are often baffled by the statements in Bible like "be not of the world" or more accurately "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind (Romans 12:2 ESV) ". Now, I think there are many ways we can look at any sentence, but the Bible is not meant to read in the form of individual sentences or verses. The Bible is made up of letters and reading one line from any letter will give anyone the intend of the whole letter. So, to make sense of this sentence, I would have to read the whole letter, or at the least the entire passage. The passage is a build up from Romans 1 till 11, where Paul talks to the new believers that they have to live good lives that are counter to their previous life they lived before they knew the gospel. This is the pattern of life a Christian should live, and God expects Christians to do so and will support then in doing so.
This could be my first ever critique of art that I have ever written and that is because it is only recently art has captured my interest as much as this work. This write up is made both in English and German as I want to practice my German. 'The Nativity' by Gari Melchers. I am not an art expert and my critique is from a layman's point of view, but bear with me. I have tried reading some information about the art and the culture behind it and I have my two favourite blog posts about the same work and yes, I have shamelessly copied some of their thoughts. Woebegone but Hopeful and other is by Lisa VO . Julius Garibaldi Melchers (August 11, 1860 – November 30, 1932) was an American artist. He was one of the leading American proponents of naturalism. He won a 1932 Gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[1] - Wikipedia The Nativity is painted during the peak of realism movement - in a gritty and less idealised ma...
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