Christian Ghetto

This is the first in what I expect to be an ongoing series over time called Christian Ghetto.  I've seen two things this week that have just got on my nerves.  As a former employee at Lifeway Christian bookstore I had the privilege of seeing both the great products and the ridiculous products being sold.  The reason I'm calling this Christian Ghetto is because over the last fifteen years there is a sub-group of the American Christian Church that has been slowly pulling out of the world.  They've been creating systems, organizations, products and services to replace the "worldly" things in life.  I'll try to keep this brief and just vent on the two items I've most recently seen.  The Bible says we're to be "in the world and not of."  What happens when we stop being "in" the world?

The poplular game Guitar Hero now has competition from more than just Rock Band.  Watch out for the quck rise of Guitar Praise.  Yes, you too can play the four chords that every Christian song in the world repeats.  Soon you'll be an ace at chords G, C, D & Em and you'll be posting high scores on your Wii or Xbox.  Your parents, Pastor, Youth Minister and Sunday School teachers will be so proud.

Speaking of Sunday School, now those Wildcats won't be the only ones dancing their way to success and long term friendship.  Coming soon to a clearence shelf near you is Sunday School Musical.  Now you can stop pretending to be "All in this together" and be "All in THIS building together or you're not a real Christian" as you were meant to be.  In no time you'll be winning sword drills and winning wooden car track races.  It's fun for the whole family too.  Next time you sit down for your Sadar meal you can pop this fine peice of cinema in the VCR (because you're still not sure about the eternal implications of DVD) and enjoy a movie night with the whole family. 

Comments

[Kelly McNamara]

This make me uncool for the rest of eternity, but after looking through the list of songs for the game, I think I might have some fun playing it. I mean.. they have kutless, relient k, and family force 5.
It would be sort of, kind of, not really but we can pretend...cool.

[Christina]

I think the bigger issue is: Why are Christians trying to copy all the stuff the world puts out? Do we think we'll trick someone into not noticing that they're not watching what everyone else is watching while we try to evangelize them? If we're going to hold ourselves to a higher standard, couldn't we copy something a little more quality than High School Musical?