The VCS is a free, online resource that provides material for teaching, preaching, researching, and reflecting on the Bible, Art, and Theology.

King's College London
Joined February 2018
The Visual Commentary on Scripture retweeted
Today's Bible and Art Daily episode from @TheVCS in the Series 'Trees of Life' is a commentary I have written. Episode 7 of 14: The Ground of Rebirth has artwork by Arthur Boyd - thevcs.org/back-brink?utm_so… Sign up to the series here - thevcs.org/bible-and-art-dai…
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Advent is coming! Make sure to sign up to the @TheVCS advent calendar to receiving reflections on passages of scripture through works of art each day in your inbox.
Exhibition of the Week subscribers will receive weekly VCS #Advent emails starting on Monday the 1st of December. Each of the four weeks will have a different theme, starting with Hope, then Peace, followed by Joy, and ending with Love in the week of #Christmas.⁣
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Free, thought-provoking artworks and commentaries straight to your inbox. 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 presents an opportunity to pause and reflect on art, theology, and scripture. Click on the link to find out more: thevcs.org/bible-and-art-dai…
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The 5th exhibition I have curated for @TheVCS is now live on their website. Reflecting on 1 Thess 2:17–4:12 & called 'Establishing the Heart', it includes art by Antoine Camilleri, John Reilly & Stanley Spencer. thevcs.org/establishing-hear…
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The Visual Commentary on Scripture @TheVCS is now offering Bible and Art Daily youtube.com/shorts/Mpy9wKc-O… with the luminous @BenQuash !
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This is a great resource for pastors, teachers and small group leaders: "Bible & Art Daily." Sign up to receive a link to an artwork and expert-written commentary every day, exploring topics as varied as The Parables of Jesus and The Life of Paul. @TheVCS thevcs.org/bible-and-art-dai…
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New from @TheVCS - Bible and Art Daily will take you on a series of journeys through the world of Scripture and the history of art. Watch the exclusive preview by @BenQuash here: youtube.com/shorts/Mpy9wKc-O…
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Our exhibition of the week on Psalm 27 features three medieval psalters. Psalters made in the Mosan region of the Netherlands expanded their response to the words of the #psalm with a typological image of Christ healing the blind man. Find out more: thevcs.org/lord-my-light#beh…
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This illumination in the so-called Crusader Bible is one of very few works to depict not only the encounter between David and Abigail, but also the subsequent events involving Nabal. Find out more in this week's exhibition, Abigail, Wife of Nabal: thevcs.org/abigail-wife-naba…
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The installation PN1 Penetrável by Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica is composed of narrow doors, echoing Matthew 7:13–14 and Luke 13:22–30. Click here to read about the third artwork in our exhibition of the week: thevcs.org/narrow-gate#choos…
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In our third work of art this week, #Rembrandt’s treatment of Balaam has elements of sheer comic hyperbole. He has exploited the motif of sight to the full: the professional seer does not see the angel, yet the female animal does. Find out more here: thevcs.org/balaam-and-ass#ba…
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The 4th exhibition I have curated for @TheVCS is now live. 'Before the Deluge' is a series of commentaries on Genesis 6 looking at 'The Flood' by Norman Adams, 'Noah in the Ark and a Church' by Albert Herbert, & 'Noah's Ark' by Sadao Watanabe. thevcs.org/deluge @BenQuash
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Frans Floris employs a highly-unusual iconography. Many sources have been connected with this painting, including a sermon by #Luther urging to seek protection ‘under the wings and shoulders of Christ’. Read about it in this week's exhibition: thevcs.org/lament-hen#wings-…
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Replying to @TheVCS
@fugitiveink This is what I have been trying to share with you without success. Do have a look. It is a weekly offering and something I always find interesting and engaging. It was the Hen theme that prompted the share.
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Our Exhibition of the Week is called Nineveh Relents and is on #Jonah 3. It features an Eritrean painting by an Ethiopian priest, a medieval Italian relief, and Behnam Keryo’s calligraphy. Click here to read the comparative commentary: thevcs.org/nineveh-relents#j…
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In this Eritrean painting from the 1940s, by an Ethiopian priest whose name is not known, Jonah slides out of the mouth of the fish. Find out more in our exhibition on Jonah 3, Nineveh Relents: thevcs.org/nineveh-relents#f…
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An apocryphal tradition recounts Mary being given the ‘bitter waters’ of #Numbers 5 after her pregnancy becomes apparent. A rare depiction can be found in this manuscript made by the Ethiopian Amhara peoples in the late 14th to early 15th centuries: thevcs.org/trial-water#it-to…
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"And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal." (#Joshua 3–4:20) This week's exhibition is called Crossing the Jordan, and we first look at an extraordinary set of stones that were erected around 2900 BCE on the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
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Zohar Gotesman's No Relief is a mock Assyrian relief, resting on a pallet jack. It’s a quotation of a 7th-century BCE relief from the ancient Mesopotamian city of Lachish, Nineveh. Read about this highly-original work in our exhibition on #Genesis 15: thevcs.org/seeing-dark#sine-…
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