Jesus Junkyard: 'Jesus Freak' was an anthem for '90s youth group kids

Was it also a problem?

If you were a kid entrenched in youth group culture in the mid-90s, dc Talk was your Nirvana, and “Jesus Freak” was your “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” 

Like many evangelical kids, I was only allowed to listen to Christian music. Anything with the dreaded label “secular” was believed to immediately flip a switch that turned clean-cut Baptist boys into puppy-…