I suspect there will be plenty of posts responding to the latest Buzzfeed project from Christians who are challenging other Christians to step up their game. "I'm Christian But I'm Not…" certainly sparked a lot of conversation; "Questions Christians Have For Other Christians" looks to do the same. I'd hate to see these questions be reduced to rhetorical status, so... let's do this!
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“Do you really think
[Jesus is] freaking out because his name isn’t on a cup that you get to hold
for ten minutes while you drink a pumpkin spice latte?”
Nope. If I had to guess (and I don’t have to, but I want to),
maybe 10% of Christians initially thought this mattered, and 5% of them got talked out of
it by the 90% of Christians who rolled their eyes when they saw the story cross
their news feed. If this incident hadn't fit neatly into an increasingly popular cultural narrative wherein all Christians look crazy like Josh Feuerstein, this would have been a non-story.
For the same reason so much non-Christian music does – it sells.
And though there is definitely a lot of derivative and uninspiring music put out by Christians, there’s also needtobreathe, Switchfoot, Andy Mineo, NF, Steve Taylor,
Josh Garrells, Fireflight, Flyleaf, Rend Collective, All Sons and Daughters, For King and Country, Kirk Franklin, Lecrae, August Burns Red,The Devil Wears Prada, TFK, Jonny Lang...
“Do devotions
actually happen if you didn’t post about it on Instagram?”
Of course, but point taken.
