Tension with Parents and Linkin Park
By Chuck on Jul 2, 2008 in Featured
It’s during the college-age years that people intentionally and consciously seek to find and embrace who it is they are, apart from anything else. In my experience working with college-age people one of the biggest tensions in their life can be finding what it is they want/desire versus pursuing what it is their parents want/desire for them. Or, put another way, they’re trying to embrace who it is they are personally versus who their parents want them to be.
Linkin Park has a song that says this perfectly! Watch this video (and listen to the words) and maybe even use it in a talk about identity. It won’t just hit the core of what so many college-age people are thinking, but it can also be a catalyst for you to be a part of their process! This is where we come into their lives…walking with them as they search through all these things. Anyway’s, enjoy the video…
Why is it considered good to use lyrics from a worldy, Godless, filthy band to teach spiritual lessons to Christians?
Have you seen this band’s other music and lyrics? It is exactly opposite of Christ. Why do we condone our college students listening to this sinful music?
Why not instead of teaching college students to “find out who they are” using Godless music, we teach them how to live clean before God using his words?
Are God’s words outdated? Useless? Not as good as a music video?
Sam | Jul 3, 2008 | Reply