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Christian Artists Are Not Priests

How the romantic view of the priesthood of artists is dangerous

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O. Alan Noble
Mar 28, 2025
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The following might get me into trouble with some readers, but I think it’s worth saying because it’s true: Christian artists are not priests. They don’t belong to some special class of holy people set apart by God (as we see under the Old Covenant) from other believers to proclaim spiritual truths. They aren’t a higher form o…

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