Adjective VS Noun

The word is Christian. Quick: Is it an adjective or a noun? Answer: In the Bible, it is a noun. However, we (the Church) have turned it almost exclusively into an adjective. Worse, I've even seen it turned into that most hated of word forms: an adverb *shudders*: 'Christianly'

What's the big deal? Well, I'll tell ya: Putting the label 'Christian' on anything be it music, books or schools implies that it is all the way God, Christ, wants it to be. The label 'Christian' leads to Christians (that's a noun there) assuming that it is the best. The garbage that has the Christian label on it today is astounding. This is the 'white-washed tomb' that Jesus alluded to. I'm so tired of religion and I'm so wanting to follow Christ. I want to BE a Christian, not just have it be just a label over my head.

Christians wonder why they are not always taken seriously and they only have to peek in a 'Christian' fiction book with it's poor, predictable writing to see how shallow we look. It has been said that the North American church is a 'mile wide and an inch deep' - Nothing displays that more than these attempts to mimic popular culture.

Music? Most songs lack content and barely have a complete thought in them. They are sung 6 to 7 times over to try to elicit feeling. Sometimes you feel like crap and all the repition of schmaltzy 'love me' lyrics isn't going to help. Most of the Psalms are arguments with God. Not saying he's my celestial pal!

Christians need to start setting trends - not just following them. If we are followers of the One God who created all...then we should be shaking the world up on a regular basis.