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The Bible Artist

I believe the Arts can give us fresh eyes to see the significance of the Bible and the beauty of the Gospel.

I also believe the Bible can provide the arts with complex characters and stories with profound insight into the human condition.

Join me as I explore biblical adaptations like The Chosen and seek to cultivate greater appreciation for creativity, the arts, and adaptation within the Christian community.

With Challenges Reaching to the Heavens (Adapting Genesis 10-11)

Kevin Keating

Nov 4, 20192 min

With Challenges Reaching to the Heavens (Adapting Genesis 10-11)

Ancient Israelites didn't need Genesis to telegraph that the Babylonian pursuit of religious and military power was built on the backs of op

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Drunk Noah & Peeping Ham (Adapting Genesis 5-10)

Kevin Keating

Oct 21, 20196 min

Drunk Noah & Peeping Ham (Adapting Genesis 5-10)

In more recent years, it's become more common among evangelical preachers to relativize the righteousness attributed to Noah in Genesis 6:9.

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Kevin Keating

Oct 14, 20195 min

Genesis Too (Adapting Genesis 5-10)

Just like The Boys, the story of the Sons of God calls into question whether we should be quite so rosy-eyed toward beings with powers above

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Happy Giraffes or Rampaging Rhinos? (Adapting Genesis 5-10)

Kevin Keating

Oct 7, 20194 min

Happy Giraffes or Rampaging Rhinos? (Adapting Genesis 5-10)

In the past, it was easier for a Bible movie to function as a blockbuster, generating mass appeal. With the decline of biblical literacy...

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Innocence is Strange, Unless You Have a Dog (Adapting Genesis 1-4)

Kevin Keating

Sep 30, 20196 min

Innocence is Strange, Unless You Have a Dog (Adapting Genesis 1-4)

We need to believe that Adam and Eve are truly virtuous and pure up until they give in to the Serpent's temptation, otherwise the significan

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Fig Leaves & Fur Coats (Adapting Genesis 1-4)

Kevin Keating

Sep 23, 20196 min

Fig Leaves & Fur Coats (Adapting Genesis 1-4)

The plot of Genesis 1-4 may be relatively simple and straightforward, but a whole lot of meaning is built (or at least read) into it. And so

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Naked Adam & the Talking Snake (Adapting Genesis 1-4)

Kevin Keating

Sep 16, 20196 min

Naked Adam & the Talking Snake (Adapting Genesis 1-4)

The events within Genesis 1-4 stand far outside the realm of normal human experience, and the biblical account emphasizes this by design.

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6 Reasons Why the Arts are Crucial for Outreach to Gen Z

Kevin Keating

Sep 2, 20195 min

6 Reasons Why the Arts are Crucial for Outreach to Gen Z

Even more than Millennials, Gen Z has a strong preference for experiences that feel authentic and personal...

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Kevin Keating

Jul 29, 20195 min

Read Like An Artist: Setting & Context

Many readers approach the biblical context as a kind of decoder key that will enable them to unlock unique and innovative interpretations...

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Kevin Keating

Jul 22, 20199 min

Read Like An Artist: Emotion & Drama

As there are different ways to move through an environment - walking, running, skipping, crawling - and each of creates a unique experience

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Kevin Keating

Jul 13, 20195 min

Read Like an Artist: Time Dilation

The Bible is able to fluidly shift between high altitude overview and close up storytelling, but such shifts can be much more clunky in visu

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Read Like an Artist: Identification & Points of Contact

Kevin Keating

Jul 8, 20197 min

Read Like an Artist: Identification & Points of Contact

We aren’t supposed to identify with Aragorn and what it would be like to become King of Gondor; we’re supposed to put ourselves in the shoes

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Read Like An Artist: Adapting Biblical Characters

Kevin Keating

Jun 10, 20198 min

Read Like An Artist: Adapting Biblical Characters

those who read biblical stories with an intent to create Bible Art should have an eye out for the ways characters resist a simple dichotomy

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Read Like An Artist: The "Why" of Reading Matters