Stuff Christian Culture Likes

In a Bible study or fellowship group there comes a time (usually near the end) that you go around the circle and make prayer requests. This is an excellent time to air the dirt on absent friends under the guise of being lovingly concerned about their spiritual state.

Hi! I started this blog (stuffchristianculturelikes.com) in August 2008. I know this isn’t a new concept and I’m not a pioneer in angst about evangelicalism – lots of people have done this before and have done it better than me. But I’ve been helped a lot by the community surrounding this blog and people coming…

Dear darling reader, Beliefnet asked if they could host this blog and I said sure. So next week it will move over there, but this link will still route to it. So, that’s kind of exciting. Yips! Blessings,stephy

From these all-Christian platforms people can do what they did on Twitter and Facebook (tweet Bible verses, express dismay over political affronts to morality, and proclaim excitement for date night with their hot wives), but here their audience presents no opposing viewpoints which could rankle them and raise their blood pressure.

Christian culture isn't able to reconcile violence and beauty very well when it comes to stories and allegories outside of the Bible. But judging from the use of symbols and sacraments in the Bible it would seem that God loves symbolism.

American evangelicals conventionally eschew the smoking of anything but an exception is somehow made when a seminary student takes up the inevitable pipe. It makes him feel Inklings-esque.

If you went to church during the ’80s then you’ve probably heard this tender treat. This is often sung by the congregation during the altar call. The rest of the time it’s performed as a solo by your friend’s mom who chokes up in the middle of it and then struggles to compose herself while…

Christian culture is rather unhappy about the proposals for healthcare reform. They'd threaten to move to Canada like they did when Obama won, but Canada has socialized medicine, so they're up a creek on this one.

Christian culture's idea of "rockin'" is as questionable as their definition of the word "best." Rather than violate your soul with secular music, violate your senses with this! Is God glorified by the Christian-ifying of video games? Christian culture seems to think so.

Christian culture is not having it. They think it's nice that Catholics believe in God, but that praying to Mary is a big problem.

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