Quotes about Creativity
The need to explain Jesus as both surprise ending and deeply connected to Israel's story drove the Gospel writers to do some creative reading. Sticking to what the Bible says wasn't their goal. Talking about Jesus was.
— Peter Enns
reimagining
— Peter Enns
If we think of the gospel as simply rolling right off the Old Testament tongue, we will be wrong. And we will fail to appreciate how creative the New Testament writers were in working out the day-to-day real-time implications of all of this.
— Peter Enns
And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
— Genesis 4:21
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
— Genesis 11:3
to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,
— Exodus 31:4
to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every craft.
— Exodus 31:5
Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.
— Exodus 35:25
And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
— Exodus 35:31
to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,
— Exodus 35:32
to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.
— Exodus 35:33
He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.
— Exodus 35:35