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Chapter 3 - Major Influences on Worship
Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in Pagan Christianity? | 3 Comments »
Continuing in Chapter 3 of Pagan Christianity?, writers Viola and Barna next tackle how the changes in early church buildings affected worship. Because Emperor Constantine was the #1 "lay person" ... Read more..Chapter 2: Exploring the First “Church” Buildings
Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted in Pagan Christianity? | No Comments »
Exploring the First Church Buildings In the book Pagan Christianity?, authors Frank Viola and George Barna continue Chapter 2 by exploring the evidence we have about the first "church buildings," a ... Read more..Chapter 2: The Creation of Sacred Spaces and Objects
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Pagan Christianity? | No Comments »
The Creation of Sacred Spaces and Objects Authors Frank Viola and George Barna record that a shift occurred in the late second and third centuries when Christians began reverencing their dead. ... Read more..Chapter 2: Temples, Priests, and Sacrifices
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Pagan Christianity? | No Comments »
Temples, Priests, and Sacrifices Continuing in Chapter 2 of Pagan Christianity? authors Frank Viola and George Barna point out that the Old Testament Hebrews had a faith experience centered around the ... Read more..Chapter 2: The Church Building - Inheriting the Edifice Complex
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Pagan Christianity? | No Comments »
Well, here we go. Chapter Two of Pagan Christianity? deals with the first specific example of a pagan practice adopted by the church. That being the idea that the church ... Read more..Hilarious “Pagan Christianity?” Spoof Video
Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Pagan Christianity? | 1 Comment »
This satirical video makes light of the many negative and condemning reviews of the book "Pagan Christianity?" (authors: Frank Viola and George Barna, Publisher: Tyndale) by reactionary people who have ... Read more..Sketches of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Birkey Illustration | No Comments »
Here are some additional sketches I did while in Spain last month. The first is a window detail on the side of the place of the Alhambra Palace in Granada, ... Read more..Chapter One: Have We Really Been Doing It By The Book?
Sunday, March 16th, 2008 Posted in Books, Pagan Christianity? | 3 Comments »
Frank and George open up this first official chapter of the book Pagan Christianity? with a story which reminds me of the way Patrick Lencioni writes his books. The fictional ... Read more..The Calf Path - A metaphor for the church?
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted in Books, Pagan Christianity? | 1 Comment »
I am quoting from Pagan Christianity? - "In this book, we sometimes refer to "the crooked path" that led the institutional church to its current form. This poem, written more ... Read more..Pagan Christianity? - Introduction by George Barna
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in Books, Pagan Christianity? | 2 Comments »
"There is perhaps nothing worse than reaching the top of the ladder and discovering that you’re on the wrong wall" -- Joseph Campbell, 20th Century American Writer Following the book's Preface ... Read more..