Relevant Magazine: Why Christians are Unoriginal?

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Faith doesn’t have to be defined by second-rate alternatives.

Christian culture is known for its alternatives. For any student in high school ministries around the turn of the millennium, posters in the youth room gave a clear indication of this. If you like Tupac, then you will like the Gospel Gangstas. If you like Brittany Spears, then you will like Stacie Orrico. If you like the Backstreet Boys, then you will like Plus One. If you like the Wu-Tang Klan, then you will like the Cross Movement. And if you like P.O.D., then you will like … P.O.D.? Admittedly, P.O.D. demonstrates an exception to the pattern …

Around the same time Christian nightclubs began to pop up as alternatives to the “club scene.” Extreme sports emerged and so did the movie Extreme Days. Social media changed culture significantly so Christians decided they ought to answer back with their alternatives such as GodTube, Faithbook and Christian Chirp. Read the Rest of this article…