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The Joy Of Salvation: On Bob Ross As Evangelist

Evangelism isn’t about pamphlets and theories and door-to-door sales pitches. Instead, it’s living life from a place of profound joy and letting that joy be definitive and overflowing. For us Christians, that joy is given to us by the grace of our Savior Jesus Christ. To share it, we don’t need pamphlets and marketing strategies. We simply need the joy that comes with the story and living our lives defined by that joy.

Degrees of Beauty

Visible and audible beauty is not a gratuitous irradiation of a prior and more central value, but rather adheres directly to the material objects because of their form and color.

Miriam: Always More to be Sought Out

Miriam sings with joy and delight, and we are caught up in this painting. Her song has been sung at the Easter Vigil through the centuries and throughout the world.

Ugly babies and the ordinary Incarnation

In many paintings on Ugly Renaissance Babies, Jesus looks like a miniature adult, complete with an adult’s head and six-pack abs, no doubt acquired during his many hours of baby Pilates.