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Maybe you’ve heard about that one church that just did a “Christian” version of the musical “Hamilton,” and of course got criticized by the creators and savaged by secular media. Or maybe last Easter you heard about the other church that did a “Christian” version of “Avengers,” just as they’ve adapted (or parodied?) other fantasy franchises. Christian cringe. Most of us have grown up seeing the controversial “art” our brothers and sisters keep making for the sake of evangelism or entertainment. How can we be truthful about these controversial cringe attempts, while also being gracious in Christ and faithful to his beloved saints? Today we’re joined by a surprise guest who has seen a lot of Christian cringe.

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Introducing Kevin McCreary of Say Goodnight Kevin

Kevin McCreary is a podcaster and video editor, host of the popular YouTube channel Say Goodnight Kevin. In said channel, Kevin roasts (sometimes even gently) Christian cringe movies of all sorts. Somehow this has helped him make connections with evangelical filmmakers and/or actors such as Alex Kendrick, Dallas Jenkins, and Pureflix’s David A. R. White. (But it seems Kevin Sorbo and Rich Christiano won’t come onto the show.) Kevin lives in Tennessee with his wife, currently editing videos for companies such as The Daily Wire.

Concession stand

• Yes, Christian cringe can be subjective because people are very different.
• If you like a thing, even one we call “cringe,” don’t catch our embarrassment!
• At the same time, there are things that many Christians can’t help cringing at.
• This calls for discernment. We must “love the cringe-maker, hate the cringe.”
• Discernment goes double when some critics claim that our faith is “cringe.”
• No matter how cringey your spiritual family can be, we are called to grace.
• The point of identifying cringe is not to hate-watch this forever, but to grow.
• We do assume we can rightly expect art to fulfill objective excellence standards.

1. Okay, let’s have it all out: some Christian art is just plain cringe.

• One church was recently blamed for a “Hamilton” ripoff that added religion.
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