Currently I'm reading a book by Steve Turner called Popcultured. The book is designed to help Christians navigate the postmodern pop culture pathways. One paragraph that I found particularly helpful for the Christian consumer of pop culture came in the chapter "Celebrity Culture,"
"So how should we approach celebrity as Christians? We need to maintain our perspective. Because someone can write memorable songs, tell gripping stories or design wonderful clothes doesn't mean they are worthy of reverence or deference. We can respect someone who has a basic gift that they have subsequently developed, but we shouldn't glorify them as though they had invented the gift it self . . . it came directly from God" (105).
Good stuff. Keep perspective and remember to keep the main thing, the main thing.
"So how should we approach celebrity as Christians? We need to maintain our perspective. Because someone can write memorable songs, tell gripping stories or design wonderful clothes doesn't mean they are worthy of reverence or deference. We can respect someone who has a basic gift that they have subsequently developed, but we shouldn't glorify them as though they had invented the gift it self . . . it came directly from God" (105).
Good stuff. Keep perspective and remember to keep the main thing, the main thing.
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