Branon Dempsey

Branon Dempsey is the Managing Editor for PraiseCharts Live as well as the Director and Founder of Worship Team Training: a ministry for local church worship ministries. He has studied and been trained by members of Maranatha! Music and Integrity Music for worship ministry and composition. Branon lives in Cypress, Texas where he is also a Worship Leader/Songwriter and has been in ministry for over 16 years. You can read more articles and blogs by Branon on PraiseCharts Live or visit him at www.worshipteamtraining.com.

Published on March 7, 2008

On the subject of beauty, the Bible is by no means silent. Jesus himself came out with that great line, “See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these” (Matthew 6:28, NIV). In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus makes it clear that the highest form of beauty is the simple and the natural, the plain and the unadorned. The belabored and the fussy and the artificial can hardly hold a candle to the fresh and spontaneous beauty of flowers.

There are several passages of Scripture which suggest that this might be a biblical approach to beauty. The Psalmist had made it clear centuries ago: “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour fourth speech; night after night they pour forth knowledge” (Psalm 19:1-2). Who can doubt that David witnessed the beauty of many sunrises and stood speechless under countless starry nights? The Bible has a sense of beauty. The Beauty of the Lord, God as the Ultimate Creative Artist by Hughes Oliphant, Worshipleader Online Jul./Aug. 2002 Edition.