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"'Rethinking The Wineskin' is part of a long distinguished line of expositions portraying the way of life that characterized the New Testament Church and its effect on us today."
-From the foreword by Hal Miller -- Publisher Comments
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Out of print. See "Reimagining Church."
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After experiencing salvation late in life (48), spending five years in an evangelical church, and studying the demographics of modern-day Christianity, I began asking the following question: "If the church is truly the Body of Christ, why is the world changing the church more than the church is changing the world?" I left the institutional church in search of an answer to that question. After studying the history of the church for two years, I found the answer in this book by Frank Viola. The answer is that so much of what we understand to be the church, today, has little or nothing to do with what Christ gave His Life to create.
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I recently purchased this book by Frank Viola (who also was the 1987 World Series MVP but not the same person as this writer). The book explores the house church movement from a biblical (and somewhat historical) viewpoint. I found that I agreed with much of what Viola stated. I am a "paid clergy" in that I'm a full-time youth pastor nevertheless, I found that I agreed with Viola that the church is not a business but is the BODY of Christ. God works through the entire body and not only through "professional" Christians. All Christians are called to share their faith (Mark 16:15) and bear fruit (John 15:8). This book will teach you how house churches effectively reach unbelievers with the gospel. If you believe in today's modern system of "church" and you are a lazy Christian who thinks we should pay someone to do all the work of the ministry (Eph. 4:11-16) than you will not like this book. This book will make you mad and will attack those who are complacent in their ministries.
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More than a book about home churches.....,
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This review is from: Rethinking the Wineskin: The Practice of the New Testament Church (Paperback)
In his book Rethinking the Wineskin, Frank Viola will cause you to rethink all of your religious notions of the church. Through extensive documentation and out of his own revelation of the Lord and His Bride, Viola shows us how we have been crippled and kept from knowing our Lord by the way we "do church" today. This book will challenge you to lay down your preconceived ideas of church and pick up the purpose God called us to before the world began, His Ekklesia.
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The great Bible expositor Martyn Lloyd-Jones once said, "We are living in an age hopelessly below the NT pattern-content with a neat little religion." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
early church gathering, believing priesthood, early church meeting, clergy system, apostolic workers, participatory meetings, mutual ministry, fellow brethren, corporate expression Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jesus Christ, Body of Christ, Holy Spirit, Lord Jesus, Headship of Christ, Spirit of God, Watchman Nee, Word of God, The Normal Christian Church Life, Old Testament, Searching Together, The Secret of His Purpose, Robert Banks, Russell Lipton, The Churches of God, Christ's Body, Christ's Headship, Howard Snyder, Paul's Idea of Community, Does the Church Matter, Jon Zens, Risen Christ, Christ Jesus, Christian Smith, George Moreshead New!
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The great Bible expositor Martyn Lloyd-Jones once said, "We are living in an age hopelessly below the NT pattern-content with a neat little religion." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
early church gathering, believing priesthood, early church meeting, clergy system, apostolic workers, participatory meetings, mutual ministry, fellow brethren, corporate expression Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jesus Christ, Body of Christ, Holy Spirit, Lord Jesus, Headship of Christ, Spirit of God, Watchman Nee, Word of God, The Normal Christian Church Life, Old Testament, Searching Together, The Secret of His Purpose, Robert Banks, Russell Lipton, The Churches of God, Christ's Body, Christ's Headship, Howard Snyder, Paul's Idea of Community, Does the Church Matter, Jon Zens, Risen Christ, Christ Jesus, Christian Smith, George Moreshead New!
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- The Normal Christian Church Life by Watchman Nee on 4 pages
- Holy Spirit (Fourth Gospel) by John S Russell on page 167, page 184, and page 194
- The Body of Christ, 10 pack by Watchman Nee on page 138, page 146, and Back Matter
- Climb the Highest Mountain by Gene Edwards on page 147, and Back Matter
- The Community of the King by Howard A. Snyder on page 159, and Back Matter
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- Who is Your Covering?: A Fresh Look at Leadership, Authority, and Accountability by Frank A. Viola in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- From Nazareth to Patmos: The Saga of the New Testament Church by Frank A. Viola in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Knowing Christ Together, Vol. 1 by Frank A. Viola in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Rethinking the Will of God: A New Look at an Old Question by Frank A. Viola in Front Matter
- Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer on page 181
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