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There comes a time in every young evangelical's life when he must roll up his sleeves, raise the black flag, and commence destroying his secular music.

This means of proseletyzing is very popular within some segments of Christian culture. It is available in many forms: t-shirts, bumper stickers, buttons, mousepads, pencil holders, coffee mugs, keychains and innumerable other solid objects, including mints.

Christian culture is obsessed with making an impact. Churches hire marketing teams and ministries hire strategists for this purpose. "We need to make an impact!" "We're making an impact for God!" But any impact that is made for good is God's doing entirely, and the more we contrive to impact the more we get in…

The ring is ideally given to a girl by her dad, but if he isn't on the scene or is otherwise apathetic then she might get one herself or ask her mom for one, either because she really does want to make this commitment or possibly because the Jonas Brothers wear them. (Bristol Palin had…
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