Q:  In conversation with you, a keen and influential CU member starts whinging about certain music students in the CU who, as he puts it, “spend more time playing their instruments and doing community music projects, rather than getting on with the real work of evangelism.” He finishes by saying, “and in the end, all their instruments will melt in the heat of the day of judgment, so they’re just wasting their time, aren’t they?” How do you respond? My Answer: Evangelism, as you point out, is important work delegated to Christians. You are also right to prioritize eternal things, such as saving souls through evangelism. However, you claim to see playing your instrument or participating in community music projects as activities that conflict with time given to evangelism, whereas evangelism can flourish in friendship circles of common interests, such as music. You also claim evangelism to be the ‘real work’ of Christians, leaving  music playing and  projects to be ...