Graphic Design Influence On Christian Education

Growing up with a Baptist minister as a father, it was not hard for my life to be affected by the Gospel of Jesus Christ at an early age. I personally came to know Christ when I was seven years old. Since then, I have been coming to understand just how much my faith should influence all areas in my life, including, of course, education. I believe the view that “all truth is God’s truth" (Holmes 7) which Arthur Holmes casts in The Idea of a Christian College, embodies how faith can, and should, practically affect a Christian education. When I was searching for a college to attend, one of my top priorities was finding a school that integrates faith with learning. One that “retains a unifying Christian worldview and brings it to bear in understanding

I am called to the field of graphic design. The wonderful thing about a Christian liberal arts college is that I can pursue graphic design as well as take a few science courses, while seeing how the Word of God affects both of those areas of education. Not only that, but I get to see how each area affects the other, since they are both united under Christ. In graphic design I find that the fundamentals of design were first used in the very beginning when God created the Earth, everything on the Earth, and all the atoms that make up everything on the Earth. My faith is the lens by which I see all areas of learning. It is that same lens which allows me to make connections between all things. Indeed, Holmes makes a profound and enlightening declaration when he says, “all truth is God’s truth, wherever it may be found” but he also makes this intriguing statement: “all beauty is from God, no where matter it is found” (Holmes 48). Holmes’s statement here resounds so well with me because it emphasizes Christ’s Lordship over all areas of education: the truth and the beauty. The artistic field of graphic design, the creative field of music, the critical field of philosophy, the logical field of mathematics, and the diverse field of science all fall under the unity of truth found in the Word of God. Whether you are creating something beautiful or sorting out the truth, it is all from God and for