According to the clergy lady in the video below, the Metal Culture has a lot in common with Christianity. Who knew?

Using what people are familiar with to introduce them to Christ seems to me to be a good idea – after all, St. Paul did it.

I’m not sure that that is what is going on here, though; it could be just be a measure of the church’s desperation to lure people into its sanctuaries – and once they are there, not know what to do with them.

Is, as the event organiser Simon Cross says, the Incarnation really about having “a bit of a laugh for Christmas”?

From here:

The Very Heavy Christmas Carol Service was first held last year and is claimed by its organisers to be the only one in the UK.
As well as carols, the service on Saturday evening will include specially written “Punk Poetry” lessons.

Event organiser Simon Cross said the service was a “a bit of a laugh for Christmas”.

Here is last year’s production: