Christian Brand Name
It disturbs me that there is a segment of American Christianity that treats “Christian” as some kind of brand name. We have Christian music, Christian novels, Christian ties and t-shirts, Christian videos, and just the other day I was asked if there were any Christian video games. I thought the goal, point, and purpose of Christianity was to cultivate a relationship with God, as revealed in the Bible. To that end how can clothing, fiction, and games be Christian? Obviously we can find some that would violate the moral code contained within Christianity, so those would be non-Christian or possibly even anti-Christian. But the opposite would not hold true.
If Christians want to avoid participating in anti-Christian behavior, then I will proudly nod in agreement. If they want to do that by creating some Christian branded form of the same behavior then I must look at them askance and ask, “What part of this is overtly Christian such that we should call it thus?” I wonder, are the Christians around me trying to not befriend the world but going to far as to secede from the world?