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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.
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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
Kevin Keating
Nov 4, 20192 min read
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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.
Kevin Keating
Oct 21, 20196 min read
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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
Kevin Keating
Oct 14, 20195 min read
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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...
Kevin Keating
Oct 7, 20194 min read
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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
Kevin Keating
Sep 30, 20196 min read
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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
Kevin Keating
Sep 23, 20196 min read
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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.
Kevin Keating
Sep 16, 20196 min read
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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...
Kevin Keating
Sep 2, 20195 min read
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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...
Kevin Keating
Jul 29, 20195 min read
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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
Kevin Keating
Jul 22, 20199 min read
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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
Kevin Keating
Jul 13, 20195 min read
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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
Kevin Keating
Jul 8, 20197 min read
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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
Kevin Keating
Jun 10, 20198 min read
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Read Like An Artist: The "Why" of Reading Matters
Bible Artists have a unique perspective when they approach a biblical story, because creating something out of that story forces them to
Kevin Keating
Jun 3, 20193 min read
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6 Ways to Infuse Creativity & the Arts into Youth Ministry
Many churches have artists, professional or amateur, who would like to find more ways to share their gifts but don’t know how.
Kevin Keating
May 27, 20196 min read
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Adapting Jonah: Questions for Bible Artists
Without careful thought, we tend to produce Bible Art that is fairly derivative of whatever adaptive traditions we've inherited.
Kevin Keating
May 20, 20195 min read
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17 Surprising Influences on Bible Art & Adaptations (Part 2)
Bible Art doesn’t need to be subversive in order for it to have a different purpose than its source. The Jesus Storybook Bible differs from
Kevin Keating
Mar 18, 20196 min read
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17 Surprising Influences on Bible Art and Adaptations (Part 1)
Depictions of certain biblical scenes or characters is often so prevalent and so uniform that the creators of Bible Art don't even realize..
Kevin Keating
Mar 11, 20194 min read
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