Scribbling in the Sand: Christ and Creativity

Card, Michael

ISBN 10: 0851119859 / ISBN 13: 9780851119854

Published by Inter Varsity Pr, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scribbling in the Sand: Christ and Creativity
• Publisher: Inter Varsity Pr
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851119859
• ISBN 13: 9780851119854
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1782809434.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 18415539
• Signed: 6/30/2026 8:50:34 AM
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Synopsis

Michael Card posits that scholars have long debated the wrong question regarding Jesus' sandwriting. Instead of focusing on what He inscribed, we should explore why He did so. This leads us to a profound understanding of our innate creative drive, our yearning for beauty, and its integral role in our Christian lives.

From the Inside Flap

"Every song I've heard Michael sing makes me think about Jesus. Every moment I've spent with Michael makes me think about Jesus. Who better, then, to make us all think more highly of Christ than Michael Card. May God use this book to do exactly that in your life." Max Lucado, author

"When Michael Card speaks on Christian creativity, the world listens. I think they listen first because he is a Christian whose faith is his reason to be. I think they listen next because he is creative. In every sentence he writes, his appetite for beauty devours his soul and leaves the rest of us hungry to acquire his taste. I think I personally admire him because he lives in that Promethean torture chamber where mediocrity is offensive and excellence exceeds the grasp. Yet it is his reaching toward aesthetic wonders that refreshes us with a widening vision of Christ. Then having caught the greater view of things, he generously passes the vision forward to us all." Calvin Miller, author of The Singer Trilogy

"This book reached my heart as few others. Every artist (which means every Christian) needs to meditate on Michael Card's message, not just read, but ponder, reflect, pray. The result will be a thrilling release of the Spirit from depths you hadn't before realized were there. At least, that's what happened in me." Larry Crabb, author of Inside Out

"Countless books circulate on what it means to be 'creative,' on what 'art' is; relatively few are written from a distinctively Christian perspective. There cannot be many more qualified than Michael Card to fill this glaring gap. Here we learn, powerfully, that creativity, rightly conceived, is a response to God: it is worship. To his own evocative reflections Michael Card appends the musing of several other Christian artists and critics. This is a book to be cherished and savored." D. A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School