Unashamed

by Lecrae

In Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, Crouch says that most Christians relate to culture in four ways. Most of the time, we just consume culture without thinking much about what we’re taking in. We can also critique or outright condemn culture when it operates according to values that don’t line up with our own. Or when we find culture alluring, but are uncomfortable with really engaging with it, we can copy culture. This is the approach that produces Christian films and Christian schools and Christian T-shirts and any other “Christian” version of something—yes, that includes Christian music. None of these approaches are sufficient, Crouch says. The only way to truly transform culture is to create culture.14 Pearcey’s book led me to Crouch’s book, and now Crouch’s book led me to the “Good Book.” And this was when everything changed for me.