In a word, ‘No!’
Here are a few more words though – I get 700 these days, so I don’t want to disappoint with just the one. Why would getting to know our creator in all his power, beauty, splendour and grace stifle creativity? Surely getting to know Jesus in the Bible must be the foundation to building a creativity that honours God and serves his creation.
How to get creative
This may sound strange, but I’ve found very few evangelical writers who actually believe that studying the Bible is the best way to learn how to be a creative person. Most books written by Christians on the subject of the arts tell us that creativity is good, because we are made in the image of God who creates (from Genesis 1 and 2). Readers are then encouraged to be creative, in order to reflect God’s image, but they are rarely encouraged to keep reading their Bibles.
