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Monday, June 28, 2010 No Comments
(This is a break from the Pagan Christianity blogposts, which will resume later.) The recent activities of protesters in Toronto during the G20 Summit have raised numerous issues close to the hearts of many – the economic crisis, the environment, international policy, to name just a few. The actions of a minority of violent people [...]
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Friday, June 25, 2010 No Comments
The Argument The first subject that the book addresses is the church building. The basic premise here is sound: the church is not a building. The church is people. It took a few hundred years for church buildings to be built. Christians met in homes. Viola and Barna’s conclusion is that church buildings shouldn’t exist. [...]
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Thursday, June 24, 2010 No Comments
Does it Matter? Going back to the introduction of the book, George Barna addresses the question, “Does it really matter how we practice our faith, as long as the activities enable people to love God and obey Him?” (p. xxviii) With a little thought, I think the obvious answer is, “yes.” He then says, “Does [...]
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7 Comments
I read an interesting and informative book a while back called Pagan Christianity, by Frank Viola and George Barna. Frank Viola is a strong proponent of the “house church movement” and George Barna is the “Gallup” of North American Christianity—a researcher who conducts objective information gathering through polls and studies. This book investigates the roots [...]
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010 No Comments
I ran across a great quote in a book given to me by Scott Garvie of Tyndale University. It’s from A Ministry Dearer Than Life: The Pastoral Legacy of John Calvin by Victor Shepherd: “In his discussion of pastors, Calvin insists that their sole authority is in their pointing without impediment to the unique authority [...]