Is Your Church Worship More Pagan Than Christian?

By Don Johnson | January 4, 2020 |

There is a great misunderstanding of the purpose of music in Christian worship. Many Christians tend to grant music a sacramental power which Scripture never bestows upon it.

Source: Is Your Church Worship More Pagan Than Christian?

The author makes a good point, though we would say more than he does about the errors of the current Christian music scene. — Don Johnson

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2 Comments

  1. Cliff Skinner on January 4, 2020 at 4:36 pm

    Don,
    Thank you for posting this insightful article. I fear too much of current ‘worship’ is geared toward emotional excitement rather than adoration of the Creator and Gratefulness for His Mercy granted through the death and resurrection of His Son and Savior.



    • dcsj on January 4, 2020 at 5:36 pm

      It is a caution for us on the more conservative spectrum as well. I am preaching in Acts, just beginning Acts 15 tomorrow. The year is about AD 49, and already, less than 20 years after Pentecost, professing Christians are trying to turn faith into works. We can do the same thing with music, the subtle shift from faith to works, from ordinance to sacrament, is not far away for any of us.

      BTW, I got the link from a friend who is on a much less conservative trajectory than me, shall we say, but he is a sober believer who wants to please the Lord nonetheless. We disagree a LOT about music, but I thought it significant that he linked this.

      Maranatha!
      Don Johnson
      Jer 33.3