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For God's Sake, Make Art! (Part 1- What does the Church do with Pop Culture?)

This is a new blog series I am going to develop over the next few months. It is something that I have had an increasing awareness of and passion for, and I believe its importance for the Christian is far greater than one might imagine. This first post is going to be more of a general overview. Basically, I am going to try and convince you that what I am saying is not merely true biblically, but important. Something very important. Something, perhaps, as important as evangelism itself. First, let's talk about pop culture. I like the way Wikipedia defines it:   Popular culture (commonly known as pop culture) is the totality of ideas , perspectives , attitudes , memes , [1] images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture , especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century. Heavily influenced by mass media , this collec