Renewing Your Mind Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder?
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Sep 18, 2025 
R.C. Sproul, a renowned theologian and founder of Ligonier Ministries, dives deep into the nature of beauty. He explores the age-old question: Is beauty truly in the eye of the beholder? Sproul debates whether beauty relies solely on personal preference or if it’s grounded in objective principles. He argues that aesthetic standards may reflect God's character, contrasting order with chaos and examining classical norms of proportion and harmony. This thought-provoking conversation challenges listeners to reconsider their views on art and aesthetics.
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Objective Beauty Versus Cultural Subjectivism
- Contemporary culture often denies objectivity across truth, goodness, and beauty, treating them as merely subjective.
- R.C. Sproul argues this creates confusion about whether beauty can have objective standards grounded in God.
Subjective Taste Doesn’t End The Debate
- Personal taste always participates in aesthetic judgment, but it doesn't exhaust the question of beauty.
- Sproul asks whether external norms exist beyond subjective preference that make some art objectively beautiful.
Learn Norms To Refine Taste
- Seek art that corresponds to norms rooted in God's character and study those norms actively.
- Move beyond private taste by learning elements that align your aesthetic judgment with those standards.
