Many Christian singers say they minister and they don’t perform. As a scholar in the arts, I take it as a layman’s view, whenever I hear such statements. People think when we say ‘to perform’ we are singing a secular song or dancing to a secular music; this thought is wrong. I will like to examine this ‘problem’ and provide a remedy. Before we conclude, let’s look
INTRODUCTION: Almost every church in the world, today, organizes a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carol, aimed at celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ; this festival is held prior to Christmas. The festival was originally meant as a purely Christian liturgical worship (service); today other institutions, apart from the church, organize similar activities. It can be suggested that some of these institutions organize the activity just as one of their (ordinary) Christmas celebration activities, without considering the fact that it was originally a form of Christian liturgical worship (service); however, churches have still upheld this characteristic of the festival. The story of the fall of humanity , the promise of the Messiah, and the birth of Jesus is told in the nine Bible readings from Genesis, the prophetic books and the Gospels. · First Lesson from Genesis 3: 8–15; 17–19 God tells sinful Adam that he has lost the life of Paradise and that his seed will