Table of Contents

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A Response to “Pagan Christianity?”

Table of Contents 

 

1. Introductory Remarks

2. Foundational Principles

2.1 The concept of tradition in Scripture

2.2 Finding a balanced understanding of church tradition and church history

2.3 The regulative principle of worship

2.4 The distinction between description and prescription

3. Chapter-by-Chapter Response

3.1 Preface and Introduction Review

3.2 Chapter 1 Review – Have We Really Been Doing It by the Book?

3.3 Chapter 2 Review – The Church Building: Inheriting the Edifice Complex

3.4 Chapter 3 Review – Sunday Mornings Set in Concrete

3.5 Chapter 4 Review – The Sermon: Protestantism’s Most Sacred Cow

3.6 Chapter 5 Review – The Pastor: Obstacle to Every-Member Functioning

3.7 Chapter 6 Review – Sunday Morning Costumes: Covering Up the Problem

3.8 Chapter 7 Review – Ministers of Music: Clergy Set to Music

3.9 Chapter 8 Review – Tithing and Clergy Salaries: Sore Spots on the Wallet

3.10 Chapter 9 Review – Baptism and the Lord’s Supper: Diluting the Sacraments

3.11 Chapter 10 Review – Christian Education: Swelling the Cranium

3.12 Chapter 11 Review – Reapproaching the New Testament: The Bible is Not a Jigsaw Puzzle

3.13 Chapter 12 Review – A Second Glance at the Saviour: Jesus, the Revolutionary

3.14 Afterword Review

4. Closing Remarks

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