Should we practice spontaneous singing?

Should we practice spontaneous singing?

A Response to “Pagan Christianity?” 3.8 Chapter 7 Review – Ministers of Music: Clergy Set to Music   Viola and Barna next consider the practice that is common in modern churches wherein congregational singing is led by an individual or a group...
Should we practice spontaneous singing?

What should we wear to church?

A Response to “Pagan Christianity?” 3.7 Chapter 6 Review – Sunday Morning Costumes: Covering Up the Problem   In Chapter 6 of their book, Viola and Barna address the question of what clothing Christians ought to wear to church meetings, and...
Should we practice spontaneous singing?

Should we have pastors?

A Response to “Pagan Christianity?” 3.6 Chapter 5 Review – The Pastor: Obstacle to Every-Member Functioning   Viola and Barna are particularly fixated on the necessity of what they call “every-member functioning”, by which they mean that every...
Should we practice spontaneous singing?

Should we have a sermon?

A Response to “Pagan Christianity?” 3.5 Chapter 4 Review – The Sermon: Protestantism’s Most Sacred Cow   Viola and Barna next direct their vitriol toward the “modern sermon”, which they rightly recognise to be the central element of the...
Should we practice spontaneous singing?

Can we use an order of service?

A Response to “Pagan Christianity?” 3.4 Chapter 3 Review – Sunday Mornings Set in Concrete   Viola and Barna next consider the liturgy of the church, or the order of service. This, they call “mechanical and predictable”, in contrast to what they...