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N.B. STAY TUNED FOR FRANK’S FINAL REJOINDER EARLY NEXT WEEK. Well it’s been interesting and fun, and I guess that the main thing that WORRIED me from reading Frank’s responses is that we seem at points to not be hearing each other, and what we are actually saying. One illustration must suffice. I certainly do…

I must admit to enjoying the black humor and satire of the Coen brothers, at least in small doses. ‘O Brother Where Art Thou…’ is just hysterical. And honestly the Coen brothers have not done anything that good since, though I will say that ‘Burn after Reading’ has its moments, and hilarious scenes. It comes…

I am very pleased to have these two responses to the posts I have done to Frank Viola’s important and well-written new book. Among other things, what we are modeling here is civil discourse (I hope), even at points where we strongly disagree. And it is too rare a thing not to note it and…

Frank Viola’s Response: Part One —Frank Viola’s Response: Part One — Okay, so in a moment of insanity, I accepted BW3’s challenge to appear on his blog and respond to his review of my latest book, “Reimagining Church.” www.ReimaginingChurch.org Just to prevent any confusion, I’m the Frank Viola who was the high school baseball pitcher,…

N.B. FRANK VIOLA’S RESPONSE WILL BE THE NEXT POST ON THIS BLOG. STAY TUNED Here first are some interesting statistics which Frank kindly provided me about house churches— House church demographics and psychographics in the United States: The average age of those involved in house churches ranges between 30 and 55.55% are males.45% are females.65%…

I must confess that Chapter Five is my favorite chapter of this book. I find myself both edified and helped by this chapter. Frank is right that the use of family language and house language dominates the discussion and the metaphorical language about the character of the early church. And like Frank, I think the…

The hermeneutics of Frank Viola are interesting, and contra what some might think, Frank is not interested in playing first century Bible land. Listen to what he says: “But as I shall argue in this book, the New Testament contains no such blueprint for church practice. Neither does it contain a set of rules and…

ATTENTION K MART SHOPPERS. FRANK VIOLA HAS AGREED TO RESPOND TO THESE POSTS, AFTER WHICH I WILL RESPOND TO HIS RESPONSE, AND I INTEND TO GIVE HIM THE FINAL WORD. STAY TUNED. PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAPS AND STRAP YOURSELVES IN. REIMAGINING CHURCH: by Frank Viola (David C. Cook Publishers). Frank Viola is a creative…

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