Top 6 Quotes by Jeremy Begbie

Art reminds us that in fact the world always exceeds our grasp and perception.

Art reminds us that in fact the world always exceeds our grasp and perception.

Art, Perception, World

Jeremy Begbie (2007). “Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music”, p.51, Baker Academic

One of the primary services the arts can render to theology is their integrative power, their ability to interrelate the intellect with the other facets of our human makeup.

Jeremy Begbie

Art, Makeup, Ability

Only with great care. For thousands, carols will be their only link with a church. At the same time, sentimentality is perhaps the single most dangerous feature of our Church and culture-and the sentimental air is never thicker than at Christmas. The Incarnation is messy, dirty, and resonates with the crucifixion. We need a new wave of carol writing that can gradually swill out the nonsense and catch the piercing, joy-through-pain refrains of the New Testament.

Jeremy Begbie

Pain, Dirty, Writing