Building the Bible
January 29th, 2008
Keeping with the theme of great ways to illustrate the bible, check out The Brick Testament. The Brick Testament is the largest, most comprehensive illustrated Bible in the world with over 3,600 illustrations that retell more than 300 stories from The Bible.
I friend of ours used this to tell the Exodus story for his youth group, and it had to be one of the coolest things I have seen. Go to the site and look how many stories they have done and all the detail that has been put into this. Innovative, Relevant and Radical!
Genesis 7:7,10
Exodus 34:4
Acts 14:8, 19
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Hi, I have to say that I really like the Brick Testament as well, but have a look at the stories that are covered, and then how they are covered. I did a blog on the BT as well and then I realized that a majority of the bible stories covered were the crazy levitical laws, or paul’s cautions on women in the church, and a relative underrepresentation of the more foundational parts of the bible. It just seemed to me that the creator of this website set out to create a really interesting critique of the bible’s wierder elements and better known bible stories like Noah’s ark.
Yeah, I see what you are saying. I think it can still be used for great things. And I do have to say some of them are just plain funny.
From the Plow,
Hi to all who are reading this. For one, thanks for checking out the blog. I wanted to be clear that the Word of God is more important than any photo to describe it. But like any children’s Bible, this art can help to break down some barriers. A youth pastor friend of ours used this art to help illustrate the story of Exodus. Hard biblical truths mixed with images that people can relate to. Let us know what you think, good or bad.
Ok….
So I’m dumb. Tell me how this dovetails in with the God of the universe who is a consuming fire? A just Judge who will judge the world in rightesness? Who’s so holy that believers tremble at His very words?
A God who was so revered by the scribes of the OT that they would change their clothes, wash ceremonially, before even writing the tetragrammatron…the letters representing His holy name…not his actual name even…
How does this lego representation line up with that God?
I myself do not think they are in contradiction with the God of the OT at all. I think the God of the OT loved His people to tell the stories of His miracles. I think the God of the OT wanted His people to think of Him. I think the same God who will pour out his wrath on this wicked world also loves for His word to be spread.
What is being shown in these images is nothing more than objects being used to tell of our amazing God. Now I told you how this was used, the preach of God’s attributes through the story of Exodus to 12 and 13 year olds using legos to illustrate the story, so that there is context to talk about this great God. But it was scripture that was driving it, not images.
If this art makes people think about God and brings them to His Word, do you find that a sin?
It boggles my mind that someone would create an image of Yaweh, the invisible immortal God as a one-inch piece of plastic with a bubble over His head as He speaks to Moses. White hair and a robe? This is my God who dwells in inapproachable light? We aren’t to make images of God. We cannot make images of an invisible God. It is blasphemous and horrifying and idolatrous.
Jen,
I stay far away from making images of God the father for the same reason. This is why we didn’t use the pictures of the Father to illustrate any of the Bible’s stories.
I say this with the most love and care—please work on correcting in love. If you really care about people not sinning against God, you must tell them the truth in love. Have you considered that someone reading this may not even known what the term ‘blasphemous’ or ‘idolatrous’ are?
You can proclaim with GREAT AUTHORITY on the Word of God. But unless you show people who God is and why they shouldn’t perform a certain action, you’re just throwing stones.