Tag: Gustave Dore

Looking for Wisdom Behind Beauty’s Mask

We all love to see beautiful things. What would our lives be without beauty? Yet there’s always the chance that beauty adorns and accompanies harmful things. How do we discern when something is truly beautiful or when beauty merely masks the detrimental?  In this penultimate part of this series, we continue to extract wisdom from…


Abdiel and Lucifer on the Question of Freedom

What is freedom? Is freedom the ability to do whatever we want whenever we want? Or is freedom directly connected to our ability to control ourselves? Does freedom occur when we can guarantee equal outcomes for all? Or does freedom have more to do with recognizing the supremacy of God’s righteousness? As we continue our…


Satan, Sin, and Death: Transcending the Monsters

In this series, we’ve focused on Gustav Doré’s illustrations for John Milton’s 17th-century epic poem “Paradise Lost.” So far, we’ve covered Satan and the rebel angels being expelled from heaven for waging war against God. We also covered Satan rallying his troops and becoming the king of hell. In this article, we ask: Why does…


Satan Rallies His Troops: What Happens When We Neglect to Root Out Sin

After Satan is cast out from heaven for competing with God, Satan and his army of rebel angels find themselves suffering in Hell. It’s not long, however, before Satan—despite the inevitability of losing to God—attempts to rally his troops to continue their battle against God and the heavenly angels. “Forthwith upright he rears from off…