I love Mark Batterson's recent post on the importance of painting pictures. A picture, he says, is word ten million words.
He notes: Nothing is more powerful than a picture. It can move in ways that words cannot. It bypasses defense mechanisms. It gets past the mind and invades the soul. A well-painted picture changes minds in ways that words cannot. That's one reason why the parables are so powerful. Jesus painted pictures.
Batterson, whose church meets in movie theaters sees the movie theater screens as postmodern stained glass.
The modern church was very wordy. And there is nothing wrong with words. But we also need pictures! And if the gospel is going to capture the imagination of our generation I think it'll be worth words AND pictures!
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