Rethinking the Wineskin: The Practice of the New Testament Church (Paperback)

~ Frank Viola (Author) "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..." (more)
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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

Product Description

This book is out of print. It has been revised, expanded, and combined with another out-of-print book called "Who is Your Covering?" and is available on Amazon.com under the title "Reimagining Church."

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Present Testimony Ministry (August 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966665708
• ISBN-13: 978-0966665703
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #367,221 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Indepth Treatment of House Church Movement, August 23, 2001

By	Roy Ingle "The Seeking Disciple" (Augusta, GA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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.

31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Church, March 15, 2001

By	Albert Osborn "a learner" (Monroe, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than a book about home churches....., April 8, 2001

By	anonymous (Georgia) - See all my reviews

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.