Keyword: art
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 85. “ANANIAS AND HIS WIFE LIED AND DIED. CAN YOU SPELL HER NAME?” And no, “Mrs. Ananias” won’t do. 86. “WHEN PHILIP ARRIVED AT THE ETHIOPIAN’S CHARIOT, WHAT WERE THE ETHIOPIAN’S TWO MALADIES, AND WHICH OF THE TWO DID PHILIP ADDRESS?” 87. “ON WHICH ROAD WAS SAUL TRAVELING WHEN JESUS VIOLENTLY CONFRONTED HIM?” 88. “WHEN PAUL WAS SHIPWRECKED ON MALTA, WHY DID THE PEOPLE OF MALTA DECIDE PAUL WAS A GOD?” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART Q#85: “ANANIAS AND HIS...
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 81. “AFTER JUDAS HANGED HIMSELF, WHAT ELSE OCCURRED TO HIS BODY?” 82. “ALTHOUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT PREDICTS MANY DETAILS OF JESUS’ CRUCIFIXION (PS.22, IS.53, ETC.), IT IS SILENT ON THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WERE PRESENT, WITH NO SPECIFIC REFERENCES TO THE TWO CRUCIFIED THIEVES, THE CENTURION, SPECIFIC ONLOOKERS, MARY AND JOHN AND THE OTHER WOMEN, AND JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA AND NICODEMUS. ONLY ONE GROUP IS MENTIONED—WHICH IS IT?” 83. “ON RESURRECTION SUNDAY, THE RISEN JESUS MET MARY MAGDALENE AT THE TOMB...
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 77. “WHAT WAS THE NAME OF MARY’S AND MARTHA’S BROTHER?” 78. “NEAR THE END OF THE LAST SUPPER, JESUS DID SOMETHING TO HIS DISCIPLES THAT UPSET ONE OF THEM. WHAT DID JESUS DO, AND WHO WAS UPSET BY IT?” 79. “WHICH APOSTLES DID JESUS ASK TO WATCH AND PRAY WITH HIM DURING HIS AGONY IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE?” 80. “IN THE DARKNESS, WHAT SIGNAL DID JUDAS USE TO IDENTIFY JESUS FOR THE ARRESTING SOLDIERS?” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART...
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 73. “HOW MANY TAX-COLLECTORS DID JESUS RESCUE?” 74. “WHO WERE THE FIVE PEOPLE WHO WERE PRESENT WITH JESUS WHEN HE WAS TRANSFIGURED ON THE MOUNTAIN?” 75. “IN JESUS’ PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN, WHO WERE THE TWO JEWS WHO IGNORED AND PASSED BY THE INJURED MAN?” 76. “WHEN JESUS VISITED MARY AND MARTHA, ONE SAT AT JESUS’ FEET AND LEFT ALL THE WORK FOR THE OTHER, WHO THEN COMPLAINED TO JESUS. WHICH WAS WHICH?” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART Q#73:...
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 69. “IN SAMARIA, FAMOUSLY, JESUS MET WITH THE WOMAN AT THE WELL. WHO DUG THAT WELL?” 70. “WHAT PROMPTED PETER TO EXCLAIM, ‘GO AWAY, LORD, I AM A SINFUL MAN!’” 71. “WHO DEMANDED THAT HEROD BEHEAD JOHN THE BAPTIST?” 72. “WHEN JESUS PREACHED TO HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN HIS HOMETOWN SYNAGOGUE, HOW DID HIS FELLOW NAZARENES REACT? ” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART Q#69: “IN SAMARIA, FAMOUSLY, JESUS MET WITH THE WOMAN AT THE WELL. WHO DUG THAT WELL?”...
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 65. “HOW MANY OF THE FOURTEEN APOSTLES CAN YOU NAME?” AFTER JESUS’ FORTY DAYS’ IN THE WILDERNESS BEING TEMPTED, SATAN HAD THREE FINAL TEMPTATIONS FOR JESUS. WHAT WERE THEY? (IN ANY ORDER) 66. “One temptation” 67. “Another temptation” 68. “And another temptation” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART Q#65: “HOW MANY OF THE FOURTEEN APOSTLES CAN YOU NAME?” A: ANDREW, BARTHOLOMEW (NATHANIEL), JAMES LESSER, JAMES GREATER, JOHN, JUDAS ISCARIOT, JUDAS (THADDEUS), MATTHEW, MATTHIAS, PAUL, PHILIP, SIMON PETER, SIMON ZEALOT, THOMAS LUKE...
-
Hamas released on Sunday four-year-old hostage Abigail Mor Edan, whose great aunt is a reported buyer of Hunter Biden’s artwork and a big donor to Democrats. The release of Abigail suggests that her connections to the White House may have motivated the Biden administration to lobby Hamas to prioritize her release over other American hostages. Abigail was among 17 hostages freed on the third day of the ceasefire, and Hamas still holds nine Americans hostage, the White House said Monday.
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 61. “WHO ARE THE TWO PROSTITUTES SPECIFICALLY LISTED IN JESUS’ ANCESTRY?” 62. “AFTER JESUS’ BIRTH, BUT BEFORE HIS PARENTS COULD PRESENT HIM IN THE TEMPLE, WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN FIRST?” 63. “THE BIBLE DOES NOT ACTUALLY STATE HOW MANY MAGI VISITED YOUNG JESUS. WHY IS IT SO OFTEN ASSUMED THAT THERE WERE THREE MAGI?” 64. “WHO WAS JOHN THE BAPTIST’S MOST FAMOUS BAPTISEE?” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART Q#61: “WHO ARE THE TWO PROSTITUTES SPECIFICALLY LISTED IN JESUS’ ANCESTRY?” A:...
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 57. “WHAT ANIMAL DID JESUS RIDE INTO JERUSALEM ON PALM SUNDAY?” 58. “WHAT COLORS ARE THE HORSES RIDDEN BY THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE?” 59. “WHAT TWO ANIMALS IS JESUS CALLED?” 60. “WHAT ANIMAL WILL JESUS RIDE AT HIS SECOND COMING?” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART Q#57: “WHAT ANIMAL DID JESUS RIDE INTO JERUSALEM ON PALM SUNDAY?” A: A DONKEY MATTHEW 21 1 GIOTTO "Entry into Jerusalem" 2 CLIVE UPTTON "Palm Sunday" 3 MICHAEL PACHER "The Entry of Christ...
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 53. “WHAT ANIMAL TALKED TO BALAAM?” 54. “WHAT ANIMALS DID GOD USE TO FEED ELIJAH?” 55. “WHAT ANIMALS ATE JEZEBEL’S BODY AFTER SHE DIED? ” 56. “WHAT ANIMAL HAULED JONAH AROUND FOR THREE DAYS?” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART Q#53: “WHAT ANIMAL TALKED TO BALAAM?” A: HIS DONKEY NUMBERS 22 1 2 3 PIETER LASTMAN "Balaam and the Ass" 4 PIETER LASTMAN "Balaam and the Ass" 5 PHILLIP RATNER Source 6 Source 7 GUSTAV JAEGER "Balaam Sees the Angel" 8...
-
FIRST ON FOX: A fledgling dark money climate group poured millions of dollars last year into disruptive activist protests that blocked busy highways and destroyed famous artwork in cities across the world, according to tax filings obtained by Fox News Digital. The Beverly Hills, California-based, Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) - which has been funded in large part by Hollywood actors and producers since it was founded in 2019 - raised $6.1 million in 2022, a 165% increase from the $2.3 million it raised in 2021, the tax filings showed. The sharp increase in funding led to CEF sending $5 million...
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 49. “WHAT ANIMAL-PAIR WAS LATE GETTING TO NOAH’S ARK AND MISSED THE BOAT?” 50. “WHAT ANIMAL HARBORED A HONEYCOMB FOR SAMSON?” 51. “WHAT ANIMALS DID SAMSON USE TO BURN THE PHILISTINES’ FIELDS?” 52. “WHAT ANIMAL’S JAWBONE DID SAMSON USE TO KILL 1,000 PHILISTINES?” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART Q#49: “WHAT ANIMAL-PAIR WAS LATE GETTING TO NOAH’S ARK AND MISSED THE BOAT?” A: UNICORNS GENESIS 7 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4 Source 5 Source 6 Source 7 Source Q#50:...
-
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙄𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 >>> 𝐁𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐙 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 ✝️ MISSED THE BOAT, SAMSON’S HONEY, SAMSON’S HELPERS, SAMSON’S WEAPON ✝️ apologetics, general, history, theology Bible; paintings; art TEST-PREVIEW ONLY. IF POSTED ACCIDENTALLY, WILL BE DELETED. ************************ The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 49. “WHAT ANIMAL-PAIR WAS LATE GETTING TO NOAH’S ARK AND MISSED THE BOAT?” 50. “WHAT ANIMAL HARBORED A HONEYCOMB FOR SAMSON?” 51. “WHAT ANIMALS DID SAMSON USE TO BURN THE PHILISTINES’ FIELDS?” 52. “WHAT ANIMAL’S JAWBONE DID SAMSON USE TO KILL 1,000 PHILISTINES?” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH...
-
A lost BBC interview with Banksy – one of the earliest known radio interviews with him - has been unearthed. And with it, possibly the secretive artist’s identity. Celebrated Bristol-based graffiti artist Banksy seemingly revealed his real name in a newly unearthed interview from 2003. The interview – which was never released until now – is being shared for the first time as part of a special episode being broadcast for BBC Radio 4’s The Banksy Story. The famous artist – who has for decades remained anonymous – spoke to former BBC arts correspondent Nigel Wrench to mark the opening...
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 45. “WHEN JOB WAS GRIEVOUSLY AFFLICTED WITH BOILS, WHAT DID HIS WIFE TELL HIM TO DO?” 46. “HOW MANY MEN SAT WITH JOB AND COUNSELLED HIM?” 47. “WHEN EZEKIEL SAW THE VALLEY FULL OF DRY BONES, WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? ” 48. “True or False: WHEN DANIEL’S THREE FRIENDS WERE THROWN INTO THE BLAZING FURNACE, THE FOURTH MAN IN THE FIRE WITH THEM WAS DANIEL HIMSELF.” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART Q#45: “WHEN JOB WAS GRIEVOUSLY AFFLICTED WITH BOILS, WHAT...
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 41. “ABSALOM HAD WHAT UNUSUAL PHYSICAL FEATURE?” 42. “WHERE WAS THE QUEEN OF SHEBA FROM?” 43. “WHICH PROPHET WATCHED ELIJAH RIDE HIS FIERY CHARIOT TO HEAVEN?” 44. “HOW MANY TIMES IS GOD NAMED, MENTIONED OR REFERRED TO IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER?” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART Q#41: “ABSALOM HAD WHAT UNUSUAL PHYSICAL FEATURE?” A: VERY LONG HAIR 2nd SAMUEL 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 JAMES TISSOT "Death of Absalom" 7 "Death of Absalom" 8 "Muerte de Absalón"...
-
A former New York City dog walker thought he was going to get a $10 million payday when a painting he’d come to own by a famous artist — whose works sell for millions of dollars — went to auction this week. The retiree, who is living off Social Security, was devastated when the painting sold for a meager $40,000. Mark Herman, 68, of Manhattan, said he had a vision while on psychedelic mushrooms that the painting by the late abstract artist Chuck Close would be worth $10 million. But that drug-induced dream crumbled as he watched the work sell...
-
A retired dog walker was bequeathed a painting by an artist whose works sell for millions - but got a nasty shock when he auctioned it for what he hoped would be $10 million. Mark Herman, 68, was given the abstract work by Chuck Close by his friend and former customer, Isidore Silver, a retired lawyer. Silver, 87, had represented Close in a high profile First Amendment case against the University of Massachusetts in the 1960s, after the institution tried to ban him from displaying nude content as part of an exhibition of his work A retired dog walker was...
-
Consensus at meeting: Remove Stephen Foster statue Among the more two dozen people who spoke Wednesday evening before the city’s Art Commission Wednesday, most wanted the Stephen Foster statue along the Oakland stretch of Forbes Avenue to be taken down or moved somewhere less visible. But few speakers were as hostile as Billy Hileman. “You should melt the metal part down and recoup a little bit of [money],” said the educator and veteran activist during the hour-long hearing. “And then maybe make gravel out of the pedestal.” That drew laughter from a crowd of more than 60, but Mr. Hileman...
-
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 37. “ISRAEL’S FIRST KING, SAUL, HAD WHAT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC WHICH MADE HIM STAND OUT?” 38. “KING SAUL HIRED YOUNG DAVID TO SOOTHE HIS NERVES. HOW DID DAVID DO THAT?” 39. “WHEN KING SAUL WAS HUNTING DAVID IN ORDER TO KILL HIM, DAVID SPARED KING SAUL’S LIFE TWICE. WHERE WAS SAUL ON THOSE OCCASIONS, AND WHAT WAS HE DOING?” 40. “DAVID LOUNGED AROUND ON THE ROOF OF HIS PALACE, WATCHING BATHSHEBA BATHE. WHERE DOES THE BIBLE IMPLY DAVID SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTEAD?”...
|
|
|