actually I listen to Nirvana, Slipknot, Creed, Radiohead,
Marilyn Manson even....though I am a christian.
Now, people will rush to demean my spirituality or faith because of
what I listen to. They say that good christians do not listen to
such music. I say nonsense.
In my church, I use to be 'counselled' left, right, centre because
of what I listen to. But I had my reasons. I was serving in another
ministry where they reach out to kids who are not keen on church or
church music, they simply love "destructive" loud music. And to
reach out to them, I must know my stuff, i cannot just go up to
them and ask them to listen hillsongs or preach Jesus right away.
They would simply ask u to buzz off if u did that. In their words,
they said "Dun talk sh*t about me, if you aint know sh*t about
me.". I had to be their fren, so I listen to what they listen to
identify with them (actually i listen to all these since secondary
school lah hehehe).
But beyond that, I wish to correct christians' perceptions that
rock music is evil. it is not. The music itself has nothing. The
people who plays it puts life into it. If we were to say God has no
control of Rock music, then He is not LORD of ALL. God can use rock
music to reach out too. The key to rock music evangelism is to get
people to come, play songs (never mind if they cant hear the
lyrics), get off stage, mingle with the people and be a fren.
So, people, there are a group of people who will turn and walk away
when they hear hillsongs or hymns (sometimes i wanted to hahaha),
so why not let God use their kind of music reach out to them.
In that aspect, recently my church allowed me to do a small concert
with my kind of music in church. People came and heard about
Christ! Cool!!
