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I posted a portion of an interview that Mark Driscoll did with Dick Staub yesterday. In it, Dick Staub discusses the dumbing down of our pop culture. In this piece, they are looking at American culture and how the church (if at all) should interact with it.

Here he is speaking specifically about the Emergent Church, but the lessons probably should be applied to all of us.

I think he is hitting the mark here. Being relevant to the culture is a slippery slope. Speaking the culture’s language so that you can counter the culture is a different story and something that all of us should be trying to do.

What do you think?

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Dick Staub is an author and writer who runs the Culture Watch website and has recently written a book called “The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of Christianity-Lite”. I haven’t read the book, but it looks interesting. I might have to pick up a copy.

Mark Driscoll has done a series of interviews with him. I grabbed this one for you to see.

What do you think about what he says here?

His contention is that American pop culture has reduced itself to the lowest common denominators: money and celebrity.

I can’t tell you how tired I am of hearing about Paris Hilton’s latest escapade, Anna Nicole’s posthumous drama or why Brittany Spears cut her hair and what K-Fed thinks about it. It’s getting very hard to find good music (Christian or otherwise). It’s getting harder and harder to find good movies (I’m talking artistically or morally).

What’s the solution here? Can the Church effectively counter the culture in a way that not only appreciates good art but also injects it with a God-fearing world view? Is it possible?

I think it is.

[tags]pop culture, culture, Paris Hilton, Brittany Spears, celebrity, church, counterculture, Dick Staub, Mark Driscoll[/tags]