Artists prize difference and differentiation. We prize uniformity. Artists prize freedom of expression. The Church prizes not that for freedom Christ has set you free it is for fear Christ has caused you to live. We are so bound and restricted and afraid.
Artists take risks all the time.
The Church is the ultimate safety first, risk free zone. Mark Driscoll Everyone is spiritual and atheists are the last of the fundamentalists. People know they are sinful, but without the Gospel they fall into depression and run to shrinks and drug companies to cope. People are longing to connect in community as whole people while the church remains a goofy collection of individual minds with very bad pop music. What this means is that each person is free to create one s own value system as long as it does not judge or infringe on the value system of another.