Monthly column for youth workers
What's the difference between rap music and opera? The answer is that rap is people talking when they should be singing and opera is people singing when they should be talking. This article is about neither rap nor opera, nor is it about singing in church. Following last time's discussion about the syllabus, here are some questions to probe.
Roger Fawcett
Many churches run a system of a Sunday morning Bible class and a midweek social event to invite friends to. All this is fine until you consider the motives. Then it becomes like the rap/opera joke. Sunday is Bible teaching, but not reaching out. Friday nights are evangelistic but without a Bible base.
