{"id":196,"date":"2010-08-11T14:36:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T14:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2010\/08\/179-abusing-awesome.html"},"modified":"2010-08-11T14:36:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T14:36:41","slug":"179-abusing-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2010\/08\/179-abusing-awesome.html","title":{"rendered":"#179 Abusing &#8220;awesome&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"289\" alt=\"francischan1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/awesome\/francischan1.jpg\" width=\"432\" \/><\/span><br \/>&#8220;Awesome&#8221; is Christian culture&#8217;s favorite adjective for God. It is their default descriptor for him. <\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"329\" alt=\"awesome5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/awesome\/awesome5.jpg\" width=\"215\" \/><\/span><br \/>It is also their favorite adjective for their particular church, a challenge that their pastor gave, any assorted ministry, last night&#8217;s time of fellowship, the upcoming leadership conference, the annual men&#8217;s retreat, their new Hebrew tattoo (they&#8217;re working on a sleeve), the iPhone 4, and their spouse.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"294\" alt=\"awesome4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/awesome\/awesome4.jpg\" width=\"390\" \/><\/span><br \/>In contrast, this word is not thrown around by Catholics, Anglicans, or Protestants of the liturgical stripe. It&#8217;s one of the cultural divides. If it&#8217;s a &#8220;blessing&#8221; or somehow poignant, then Christian culture deems it <em>awesome<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"322\" alt=\"awesomecamp.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/awesome\/awesomecamp.jpg\" width=\"454\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAwesome\u201d is Christian culture\u2019s favorite adjective for God. 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