What appeals to us more—God’s artistry or God-inspired artistry?
What is beauty? Why does one thing appeal to one person but not to another? What factors determine if an object is ugly or beautiful?
God as Potter
1. Are you satisfied with your body or would you like to undergo plastic surgery to improve your looks?
2. What is the difference in accepting the way we are, and yet carefully grooming ourselves to improve our looks?
3. Would you rather be good looking or would you rather have beauties of character?
God as Architect
1. If it were safe and the climate friendly, would you rather live outdoors?
2. Why do humans spend so much money to make their worship places beautiful? Does God expect it?
3. What, if any, are the dangers of us worshiping that which we have created to aid us in worship?
God as Musician
1. Does it make any difference to God with what style of music we praise Him? Why does it make a difference to humans? Why does the same piece of music evoke different responses in different people?
2. Is our music beautiful to God or does He accept it is an expression of love? In what ways can music enhance worship?
3. Do drums reveal an aspect of God that strings and brass cannot?
God as Author
1. Does God still inspire writings or is He done with that?
2. Why didn’t God dictate the words of the Bible and make it even more beautiful?
3. How important is it to understand the form and literary style of the Bible? What am I missing if I don’t?
God as Sculptor
1. In what ways do we interfere with what God wants to make of us?
2. We sing “Mold me and make me:” How do I know whether I am letting God do it? What can I do to help God shape me?
