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Dan Kimball Gets Interviewed13 comments

frankaviola wrote 1 day ago: Today on the blog, I interview my friend Dan Kimball. Kimball and I first met in person at George Fo … more →

Tags: interviews, Bill Hybels, Blue Like Jazz, But Not the Church, C. S. Lewis, Dallas Willard, Dan Kimball, mike ploog, Ralph Steadman

Reimagining Church: The Church Building

freeinchrist wrote 4 days ago: Much of what I had to say on this topic was said on my review of Pagan Christianity so I won’t … more →

Tags: Organic Church, house church, church buildings, Frank Viola, Reimagining Church, barna, George Barna

Preach it Brother, or ... maybe not.1 comment

Jack wrote 5 days ago: So I’ve been thinking a fair bit about possibly the central thing we do as pastors – at … more →

Tags: leadership, The Church, Adult, barna, Christian, church, Communication, experience?, facilitate

Ed Stetzer Interview: Mission, Church, and God's Timeless Purpose6 comments

frankaviola wrote 1 week ago: Author-speaker and LifeWay Researcher, Ed Stetzer, graciously invited me to do an interview on his b … more →

Tags: interviews, david c cook, Devern Fromke, Ed Stetzer, Eternal Purpose, Finding Organic Church, Frank Viola, from eternity to here, George Barna

Reimagining Church: The Lord's Supper

freeinchrist wrote 1 week ago: This was one of the chapters that I was looking forward to reading and I wasn’t disappointed. … more →

Tags: agape meal, communion meditation, Eucharist, Frank Viola, Holy Communion, Lord's Supper, Reimagining Church

Reimagining Church: The Church Meeting

freeinchrist wrote 1 week ago: In this second chapter of Reimagining Church, Frank Viola starts to talk about what the organic chur … more →

Tags: Organic Church, house church, church meetings, patternism, Tertullian, Frank Viola, mutual edification, priesthood of all believers, 1 Corinthians 14

Reimagining Church: Church As Organism

freeinchrist wrote 1 week ago: I have talked many times about how the church is not an organization but is a living organism and I … more →

Tags: Church of Christ, Organic Church, house church, patternism, Frank Viola, Reimagining Church

Reimagining Church: Introduction

freeinchrist wrote 1 week ago: After posting on Frank Viola’s “Pagan Christianity” awhile back I really have been … more →

Tags: Organic Church, Frank Viola, Reimagining Church, present testimony ministry

Freezing the First Century2 comments

RyanDunn wrote 1 week ago: To drastically over-summarize, Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna asserts the first- … more →

Tags: Random, Thoughts, 1st Century Church, Frank Viola, George Barna, Organic Church

Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Viola and Barna Exegetical Practices22 comments

T.C. R wrote 2 weeks ago: After six posts from Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Practices, I think we need to Ex … more →

Tags: Church History, George Barna, Frank Viola

The Lord our God is One Lord10 comments

cindyinsd wrote 3 weeks ago: What subject in Christianity has caused as much confusion or inspired as many metaphors as the Trini … more →

Tags: house church, Organic Church, Small Group, Brothers, Christian, Faith, God, Jesus, Sisters

Pagan Christianity: The Order of Paul's Letters?65 comments

T.C. R wrote 3 weeks ago: Never has it ever entered my mind that someone could actually link the “distortions” in … more →

Tags: New Testament Studies, Pastoral letters, Pauline Studies, George Barna, Frank Viola

Tithing and Clergy Salaries: Sore Spots on the Wallet58 comments

T.C. R wrote 3 weeks ago: So if you’re part of a denomination or fellowship that requires tithing to pay for your pastor … more →

Tags: Pastoral, Pastoral letters, Pauline Studies, tithing, Pastor, George Barna, Frank Viola, Clergy

Pagan Christianity spilled into My Fellowship23 comments

T.C. R wrote 4 weeks ago: An unusual thing happened in our usual worship gathering today: during my sermon on “The Kingd … more →

Tags: Anecdotes, church, kingdom, George Barna, Frank Viola

George Fox, Alan Hirsch, Jon Zens & the Clergy System21 comments

frankaviola wrote 1 month ago: Back in February of this year, I had the privilege of speaking at George Fox Seminary with Alan Hirs … more →

Tags: Church Life, Alan Hirsch, Ben Witherington, Clergy, clergy system, Dan Kimball, George Barna, George Fox, Jon Zens

The Pastor: Obstacle To Every Member Functioning68 comments

T.C. R wrote 1 month ago: This chapter was rather personal for me.  Up to this point, I had been in partial agreement with Fra … more →

Tags: Anecdotes, church, Jesus Christ, Pastoral, Pauline Studies, Pastor, George Barna, Frank Viola

Do Sermons Harm the Church?

jaredcburt wrote 1 month ago: A Review of Chapter 4 :: The Sermon: Protestantism’s Most Sacred Cow  Pagan Christianity: Exploring … more →

Tags: church, Ecclesiology, Frank Viola, George Barna, house church, Sermons

Do we need to Repent of Our Church Buildings?35 comments

T.C. R wrote 1 month ago: So I’ve been reading through Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices, … more →

Tags: Christianity, church, George Barna, Frank Viola, pagan & christian

Reading Frank Viola's Pagan Christianity59 comments

T.C. R wrote 1 month ago: My worship leader, a kind of a radical Christ-follower, has been reading Pagan Christianity: Exposin … more →

Tags: Christianity, George Barna, Frank Viola


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