Beauty Will Save the World - Brian Zahnd 

How beautiful are the feet of those who share the gospel. Jesus is the good news and more!

The Orthodox Church has always emphasised beauty and the sacramental nature of its devotional art. Icons are not just images of a restored creation and divinised humanity, they are windows into or fragments of a reality already transfigured and redeemed by Christ's Resurrection.

This was simply beautiful! I have your book, I hope to read it God willing soon! Thanks!

The Taj Mahal, the Buddhist temples in Kyoto, the Hindu caves in Ajanta, the Winged statue of the goddess Victory, the temple to Athena on the Acropolis... such beauty will indeed save the world.

Now I have two books to read. The Idiot and Beauty Will Save the World.

Can you believe, last night my wife and I had a meeting with a high ranking Professor of Criminology. During our conversation I mentioned your book and barely a few hours later this is appearing on this channel. I forwarded it to Dr.Graham.

Beauty needs not be *pretty*. What it needs to be is sincere.

Nice work Brian! I need to read more of his books.

To anybody interested in this topic I would recommend the documentary 'Why Beauty Matters' by philosopher Roger Scruton.

This whole complex of BEAUTY / UGLINESS of the crucified God in Christ is containing the REAL TRUTH of the gospel - by covering beauty with ugliness there happens a mirroring of what is means to be in Christ, Col 3:3 - our lives are hidden with Christ in God, ἀπεθάνετε γάρ, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν κέκρυπται σὺν τῷ Χριστῷ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ· This also illustrates flaws of two mental conclusions: AESTETICIZATION as exclusively focussing on BEAUTY appears to be a lie in covering up the ugly truth of reality. But the opposite alone - adoring UGLINESS - appears wrong too! Gospel - according to Paul identical with Christ, Rom 1:16 & 1 Cor 1:24 (Christ = dynamis theou = euangelion theou) - does not mean BEAUTY or UGLINESS alone, but both & more! God means the ultimate reality, or in Pauline terms, has to do with ALL! 2 Cor 5:18 tells of all being from God, τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ. And Rom 11:39 has a "trinity of ALL" - all comes from God, all is processed by God & all comes back to God, ὅτι ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ δι’ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν τὰ πάντα· Christ is boss over all forces in creation, beautiful & ugly, good & evil, Col 2:10 - ὅς (= Christ) ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας. Now we know only in part (ἐκ μέρους), 1 Cor 13:9. But God views us completed in Christ, Col 2:10 using a perfect participle - καὶ ἐστὲ ἐν αὐτῷ πεπληρωμένοι. Otherwise said, we are considered whole, completed & finished in Christ here & now! Even in all miseries, contradictions, imperfections & sufferings we experience! Paul goes that far as he picks up an old term from Ecclesiastes 1:2 haval havalim = הֲבֵ֤ל הֲבָלִים֙ = vanity of vanities in Rom 8:20 from the LXX, the term ματαιότης = vanity, senselessness & declares this in negative psychology style as ordained from God "normal lifestyle"- it is no wonder that Rom 8:20 ends with ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι = in hope - τῇ γὰρ ματαιότητι ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη, οὐχ ἑκοῦσα, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν ὑποτάξαντα, ἐφ’ ἑλπίδι! Yes, brother Brian Zahnd, Dostojevsky is the kicker! Thank you sooo much for having brought that up! When I after three strokes found myself totally frustrated & devastated in a wheelchair and got visited from Christ - I don´t know if I would still live today! I immediately perceived the completeness of God surpassing all my human imagination, and since then my eyes are always watering whenever I remember Christ! And I have the impression that I have become more peaceful in my mind! I simply know that I am loved by God! And that God encompasses all that exists & happens. Beauty & ugliness. Good & evil. I can live with more unanswered questions than answers. Kindest regards from Germany! Thank you again for your thoughts, Brian Zahnd & Love Unrelenting!

I have been looking for something like this! A person my be “right”, but is it (their attitude or space created) beautiful?! Really solid

Jesus Christ is the beauty you need

The thumbnail looked like Robin WIlliams

Al Pacino?

It won't.

Even fools have the gift of gab, a fool hath said in is OWN heart there is no God, Satan loves your kind

By saying the world you mean even satan?

not believing that god or christ exists as described is not a deal-breaker. transcendence can rise above 'actualities'. beauty is what make truth important. beauty is what makes good important. religion is a huge amalgamation of many easily ignored details. but many things of importance jump out at atheists like me. beauty transcends details.

An Apologia for idolatry. There is nothing beautiful about what happened to Jesus. All Christian Universalists need to put away all this ugly iconography, Mr. Zahnd. And while we're at it, stop celebrating Roman Calendar pagan festivals. ~Steven of Montreal