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Stained glass shares important messages. By looking at the painted scenes in the glass, people could learn about the stories of the Bible and religious teachings. Today, stained glass continues to work in a similar manner as its imagery reminds worshipers of important values and lessons.

In Gothic churches, the windows were filled with extensive narrative scenes in stained glass – like huge and colourful picture storybooks – in which worshippers could 'read' the stories of Christ and the saints and learn what was required for their religious salvation.

Insofar as stained glass may be considered an art of painting, it must be considered an art of painting with light. Whatever techniques or materials it may employ, its own most unique and indispensable effects are always the product of colouring, refracting, obscuring, and fragmenting light.

Stained glass is a craft that is hard and unusual. It's one part art and one part science. It requires several steps and it's expensive. Even with patience and skill you will at some point start over.

Though the Bible does mention glass in some of its oldest books (Job 28:17), and we are told that there is glass in heaven (Revelation 4:6), there is no biblical mandate requiring stained glass windows in churches, if that's what you mean.

The oldest surviving glass windows still in situ are thought to be the Prophet Windows in Augsburg Cathedral, of c. 1065.

Since most of the people couldn't read and write, stained glass windows were put into the “new” church buildings to help tell Bible stories to the laity. These windows served as theological teachers, showing highlights of scripture, from the books of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation.