C. S. Lewis once said, "[An] author should never conceive of himself as bringing into existence beauty or wisdom that did not exist before, but simply and solely as trying to embody in terms of his own art some reflection of eternal Beauty and Wisdom."

Jerram Barrs has also said, "Our work in any field of the arts will be imitative. We will be thinking God’s thoughts after Him — painting with His colors; speaking with His gift of language; exploring and expressing His sounds and harmonies; working with His creation in all its glory, diversity, and in-built inventiveness. In addition, we will find ourselves longing to make known the beauty of life as it once was in Paradise, the tragedy of its present marring, and the hope of our final redemption. All great art will contain this element of being an echo of Eden: Eden in its original glory, Eden that is lost to us, and Eden restored."

There was a time within Western culture that the vast majority of the visual arts were done by those within the church. Even those that did not claim to be Christian were often commissioned by the church and used overtly religious content. With the Reformation came a desire to live holy lives and with this renewed fear of idolatry came a renewed fear of the visual arts. Also, the visual arts were a way of teaching Scripture to those who could not read. A major component of Protestantism was teaching people to read the Bible for themselves. As such, Protestantism especially has removed a major form of emotional expression of the Gospel in favor of pragmatism and sometimes legalism.

From the standpoint of convenience, art may very well not appear to be a time-productive, but a lack of literally seeing the beauty and emotional outpouring of the Gospel message very often creates feelings of irrelevance and emotional barrenness towards Christianity. While producing visual arts may very well keep one isolated for lengthy periods of time, the visual arts can also be an expression of thought and emotion that cannot be carried out in words alone. Just as the Divine Creator develops awe-inspiring beauty within his creation, humanity too has been given creative tendencies which can be used to produce awe towards the Divine Creator himself. To refute these tendencies would be to nullify gifts that He has given His people.

As far as art form a moral standpoint, there very well can be a danger to it and it brings up many questions. Scripture states that the followers of God must not contain the invisible God within an image. Does this include Jesus as well? Scripture never gives an explicit, answer but the church has found a basis for visually depicting Jesus within His incarnation. Jesus is the image of the invisible God and thus this image is shown in reality and can be shown in art. So long as this artwork is not worshiped by either the artist or the viewer then it is not to be considered idolatry. An idol is thus something that takes the place of God, not a statue or painting. Art should also never be used in such a way that it detracts from the written and spoken word.

As a whole, the visual arts can very well be beneficial to expressing the Christian faith, but it does come with certain dangers, as does everything else. Every good thing can be twisted in such a way that it either hinders the message of the Gospel or it becomes corrupt in its nature. This corruption is especially seen within the current art culture. There is far less religious works and admiration for God's creation and an increase in corrupt depictions of what is unholy. Rather than having a painting that expresses one's desperate call toward God, a typical work of art shows one's desperate need for sanctification due to a wealth of lustful passions, vulgarity, and violence within the content of the works. Visually, the modern art world has some great works of art but from a moral standpoint, much of it has become corrupted.

Being that Christians are to be a repentant and sanctified people, those who consider themselves artists should seek to redeem this art world. Very rarely is there any great works of art being displayed that teach Christian truth outside of the "Christian culture." Right now there is much talk within Christian life about needing to become missional, that is, entering into the world with the intention of sharing the Gospel and redeeming that world as opposed to simply waiting for unbelievers to come to the church. This same missional stance should also be taken by Christian artists. Enter into the secular art culture and display the glory of God through the visual arts!