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Stuff Christian Culture Likes
#149 Calling the lobby the narthex
By
Stephanie Drury
Even the warehouse-iest of church buildings call their warehouse-y lobbies the narthex as it perhaps lends a bit of elegance, like saying fo-yay instead of foy-yer (the latter pronunciation being common in the Bible belt).
#148 Jack Bauer
By
Stephanie Drury
Men in Christian culture have a giant man-crush on Jack Bauer. He is the prototype of Christian culture’s ideal male, save for the profession of faith.
#147 Saying “Great insight”
By
Stephanie Drury
“Great insight” is the response of choice when a person in Christian culture says something spiritually poignant.
#146 Mike Huckabee’s stance on gay marriage
By
Stephanie Drury
Mike Huckabee's recent statements on gay marriage made many American evangelicals pleased. Because boy howdy, Christian culture does not like the idea of gay marriage. They really, really, really do not.
#145 Saying that they “married out of their league”
By
Stephanie Drury
Men in Christian culture like to say they have "married up" or "married out of their league." They make a point to speak of their wife in glowing terms as often as possible.
#144 The word “should”
By
Stephanie Drury
Christian culture is all oiled up in “ought” and encrusted with “should.”
#143 Spiritual gifts
By
Stephanie Drury
Spiritual gifts were outlined in some of Paul's letters and today are the Christian culture equivalent of astrological signs.
#142 Waxing authentic
By
Stephanie Drury
Christian culture likes to reference their authenticity. This is interesting because authenticity needs no pronouncement. People can smell it on you like you can smell homeschool on the Duggars.
#141 Teaching small children about the crucifixion
By
Stephanie Drury
An interesting paradox in Christian culture takes place this time of year. Christian culture normally doesn't endorse graphic depictions of violence, but come Eastertide they rent The Passion of the Christ" and encourage their children to draw pictures of the crucifixion.
#140 Saying “hanging” instead of “hanging out”
By
Stephanie Drury
Christian culture tends to omit the word "out" from the term "hanging out." They just "hang."
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