I have been a subscriber to RELEVANT Magazine for about the last two years, and sadly, I just happened to renew my latest subscription. Month to month, the style of RELEVANT never changes, and I have gotten to the point to which I can actually predict what will be in the magazine. I am considering sending this into RELEVANT to see if they would post it in their reader feedback.
The mathematical formula for your average 20+ something Christian magazine, or just plainly RELEVANT:
+ good looking white, male pastors of suburbia writing some cliche’ editorial
-substantive depth
x by music reviews of non-Chrisitan albums in an attempt to make us look cool and trendy
+ the token emerging “pop” theology
x numerous repetitive books, offering the key to life through the mask of uncertainty
+ numerous conferencesadvertisements that “engage the culture”
x by atleast three articles about social justice
/ chiding evangelical cynicism with a discussion of postmodernism
Here, this is how you can be successful in creating your own evangelical subculture magazine called, “RELEANT.” Or should it be perhaps called, “CLICHE?”
I fear that if I continue to read Christian media outlets, I will only become more irritated. RELEVANT is the standard Christian message in a Rolling Stone image.
