Andrew Peterson was recently on Al Mohler’s radio show (which was guest hosted by Russel Moore). That’s quite a combo. And Dr. Moore’s interview with AP was very good.

Give it a listen.

And while we’re talking about interviews with Andrew, Son of Peter, here’s a four-part series of Q&A AP did over at one of my favorite blogs: Between Two Worlds. That interview was conducted by Mister Robert Sagers.

It included, but was not limited, to this exchange:

RES: In Art for God’s Sake, Philip Graham Ryken recalls traveling to New York City to view the paintings of Makoto Fujimura. So moved by what he saw, Ryken writes the following: “At its best, art is able to do what Fujimura’s paintings do: satisfy our deep longing for beauty and communicate profound spiritual, intellectual, and emotional truth about the world that God has made for his glory.” What is art, and what do you think is its purpose?

AP: Wow. I don’t know how I’d say it better than Ryken—although I have one tiny issue with his quote. Art can’t satisfy a longing for beauty. Art can pique it. It can remind us that we were made for ultimate beauty, but it’s only a window. When I’m confronted by a profoundly beautiful work of art, I feel a profound ache, like a kid peeking through the gate at Disney World. I’m comforted to remember that such a world exists, but I’m not yet allowed entrance. An artist hangs windows all over the shadowy world, lets the light in, reminds people to draw near and peek through.

If AP gets interviewed by anyone else, like perhaps the AP, then I’ll let you know.

Don’t forget his new book, North! Or, Be Eaten, releases August 18, 2009. I have read it and it is grand. (More on that later.)