We say it takes courage because of the misrepresentation the authors have given to Christianity and because the book is a smoke screen for the “new” spirituality.īasically, according to Pagan Christianity, if you are a Christian and you have been participating in any of the following activities, you have been practicing paganism:Ĩ. They tell us that it takes courage, not because of what the books says but because of what a Christian must do after he or she reads it (p. In Pagan Christianity, Frank Viola and George Barna tell readers “Reading this book takes courage.” We couldn’t agree more, but not for the same reasons that Viola and Barna warn their readers. “Lighthouse Trails Book Review: Pagan Christianity by Viola and Barna – A Perfect Example of ‘Missing the Point'” Unfortunately, the reformation the emergents are bringing about is not a reformation from God. Viola and Barna believe that book will help bring about a new reformation to the church. Therefore, Lighthouse Trails is reposting the critique on that book written by our free-lance writer Philip Gray. If you want to see that trend reversed, turn to Pagan Christianity.a book that examines and challenges every aspect of our contemporary church experience.On December 7th, author Frank Viola reposted an interview he did with co-author George Barna on their book Pagan Christianity.

One of the most troubling outcomes has been the effect on average believers: turning them from living expressions of Christs glory and power to passive observers. Pagan Christianity leads us on a fascinating tour through church history, revealing this startling and unsettling truth: Many cherished church traditions embraced today originated not out of the New Testament, but out of pagan practices. The New Testament is not silent on how the early church freely expressed the reality of Christ’s indwelling in ways that rocked the first-century world. Yet those practices look very different from those of the first-century church. Many Christians take for granted that their churches practices are rooted in Scripture.

Co-authors Frank Viola and George Barna support their thesis with compelling historical evidence in the first-ever book to document the full story of modern Christian church practices. Have you ever wondered why we Christians do what we do for church every Sunday morning? Why do we 'dress up' for church? Why does the pastor preach a sermon each week? Why do we have pews, steeples, choirs, and SEMInaries? This volume reveals the startling truth: most of what Christians do in present-day churches is not rooted in the New Testament, but in pagan culture and rituals developed long after the death of the apostles.

Pagan christianity by frank viola