to take over every form of the media industry. But then again, just because the media has been “Christianized” doesn’t mean that the culture of the populace will follow suit. I really liked the quote, “Christ planned to attract people to himself through the transformed lives of his people.” I do agree with how people should be transformed before the media should be transformed. It’s so easy to use media as an alternative for internal transformation. I have discovered an immense amount of transforming and healing power through media devices such as music and movies. But Christ planned to attract people to himself through the transformed lives of his people, not through music or movies or even the book of the Bible itself. That may seem a bit radical, but how often have we degraded our Christian role as restorers to the point of telling someone that reading this or watching this or listening to this will solve these …show more content…
Even two households of Caucasian Nebraskans living across the street from each other can hold to two different sets of cultures. Thirdly, this article has questioned my stance on how Christians should interact with culture. Should the goal of Christianity be to create a new culture, a counter-culture, an anti-culture, or an adjusted and assimilated culture in cooperation with the existing culture? We are certainly not called to isolate ourselves and ignore a culture that isn’t completely compatible with our own. If I only familiarized myself with what is strictly “Christian,” then I wouldn’t be able to relate as well with my youth group students who are so caught up in the secular