Hi everyone! My class has been given an interesting assignment by my AP English teacher. We're all to pick a pong that is poetic/deep/talks about the meaning of life/has substance, etc. Songs are really just poetry when you get right down to it.
So anyway, once we've picked a song, we're to develop a lesson plan for teaching it. I have to teach this song to the class for 20 minutes. By teach, I mean analyze it's deeper meanings, much like you would analyze the meaning of any other poem, i.e. talk about literary techniques like symbolism, allusions, and discuss what the songwriter is really talking about.
I also have to come up with six questions to have the class answer as homework. I will be providing the class with a copy of the lyrics, and the class will listen to the song before I begin to teach it.
Anyway, here's the part where I ask you all for help. I want to choose a Christian song, whether it be Gospel, a hymn, or more contemporary Christian music or Christian rock. What I'm hoping is that the song that I pick will give me an opportunity to use as a witnessing tool. This is a wonderful chance for me to bring God into the public schools, and share His Word with my classmates. So I'm looking for a song that would best enable me to do this. One that provides ample opportunity for me to share the Gospel while teaching it. Maybe one that quotes Scripture? It doesn't have to though.
My problem, though, is that, believe it or not, I don't listen to any music at all. Well, ok, I'm a cellist, so I listen to Classical music, but not anything else. So, I know absolutely nothing about Christian music, and have no idea what to pick. I'd love it if you could give me suggestions, including titles and singers/songwriters, maybe links to lyrics, or where I could download/purchase the music?
Also, I'm going to try witnessing to a friend by using a variety of approaches, one of which is showing him fulfilled Bible prophecies. Can you think of some good ones that a non Christian would find compelling? Particularly recently fulfilled ones, or ones which are about to be fulfilled? The rebirth of Israel in 1948 springs to mind (Ezekiel 37 and Mathew 24) Can you think of some others?
So anyway, once we've picked a song, we're to develop a lesson plan for teaching it. I have to teach this song to the class for 20 minutes. By teach, I mean analyze it's deeper meanings, much like you would analyze the meaning of any other poem, i.e. talk about literary techniques like symbolism, allusions, and discuss what the songwriter is really talking about.
I also have to come up with six questions to have the class answer as homework. I will be providing the class with a copy of the lyrics, and the class will listen to the song before I begin to teach it.
Anyway, here's the part where I ask you all for help. I want to choose a Christian song, whether it be Gospel, a hymn, or more contemporary Christian music or Christian rock. What I'm hoping is that the song that I pick will give me an opportunity to use as a witnessing tool. This is a wonderful chance for me to bring God into the public schools, and share His Word with my classmates. So I'm looking for a song that would best enable me to do this. One that provides ample opportunity for me to share the Gospel while teaching it. Maybe one that quotes Scripture? It doesn't have to though.
My problem, though, is that, believe it or not, I don't listen to any music at all. Well, ok, I'm a cellist, so I listen to Classical music, but not anything else. So, I know absolutely nothing about Christian music, and have no idea what to pick. I'd love it if you could give me suggestions, including titles and singers/songwriters, maybe links to lyrics, or where I could download/purchase the music?
Also, I'm going to try witnessing to a friend by using a variety of approaches, one of which is showing him fulfilled Bible prophecies. Can you think of some good ones that a non Christian would find compelling? Particularly recently fulfilled ones, or ones which are about to be fulfilled? The rebirth of Israel in 1948 springs to mind (Ezekiel 37 and Mathew 24) Can you think of some others?
