by Joshua Arthur | Feb 16, 2024 | Articles
A Response to “Pagan Christianity?” 3.9 Chapter 8 Review – Tithing and Clergy Salaries: Sore Spots on the Wallet In Chapter 8, Viola and Barna address two separate issues: tithing and the payment of pastors. On the matter of tithing, I...
by Joshua Arthur | Feb 16, 2024 | Articles
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...
by Joshua Arthur | Feb 16, 2024 | Articles
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...
by Joshua Arthur | Feb 16, 2024 | Articles
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...
by Joshua Arthur | Feb 16, 2024 | Articles
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...
by Joshua Arthur | Feb 16, 2024 | Articles
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...
