Taking Church to (Home)school

 "I don't even listen to the lyrics, I just like the music."

I'm sure many parents have heard that line when confronting their kid's music choices. Or perhaps we said it when we were kids?
Although a lot of the words to songs are hard to understand even when you are trying to hear what they are singing, words do penetrate somehow.

 But what about music that is Christian? What about words we sing in church?
About 15 years ago Dave came up with an idea for Sunday School/Youth Group. Analyze the lyrics to songs.
 As far as I know that did not get implemented, but I have implemented it in our homeschool. Each day I print out the Lyrics to a popular Christian song either sung in church or played on a Christian radio station for Anna-Lee to -  
Analyze, Ponder, Discern.
  
I give her a sheet with various questions for her to answer.
Things like 

• What is the message? 
• Are there any Scriptures referred to in the song?
• Is a name of God used, or just pronouns?
• Explain if there is  anything in the song that concerns you.
•  a couple specific questions pertinent to each song.

There is no limit to this. I've started doing it with blog posts, articles, quotes, and even sermons.

We are not created to be robots parroting back other people's words, ideas and opinions without having taken the time to comprehend the message under the plumb line of Scripture. And we certainly aren't created to ignore the words altogether.

Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Acts 17:11