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  • By: Frank Viola
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Summary

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.

Coauthors 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. Many Christians take for granted that their churchs practices are rooted in Scripture. Yet those practices look very different from those of the first-century church. The New Testament is not silent on how the early church freely expressed the reality of Christs indwelling in ways that rocked the first-century world.Times have changed.

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. 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. 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.

©2008 Frank Viola and George Barna (P)2008 christianaudio.com

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Best book ever listened to!

This book was so, so informative ... so important...I am amazed that it cleared up a hundred questions I had not asked myself but should have!!!! If there is one book everyone should read it is this. It blew my mind in an extremely methodical way!😁

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A must read for all believers

This book is a game changer! You have to read it! Easy to follow even though it covers some complicated issues.

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Life Changing

Very informative and transformative, would recommend to anyone requiring true Christ centred worship and devotion.

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Thought provoking

The lord of this world will never be powerful enough to attack God directly; however, he can cause harm by incrementally adulterating our interpretation of God's word and our well-intentioned practices of worship. Often difficult to accept that we are getting it wrong, this book is well-researched and eye/mind-opening. Consider David transporting the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem in a new cart with every good intention, however he had neglected God's instructions to Moses, and this effort resulted in the death of Uzziah - 1Chronicles 15:13. This book may be a positive insight that helps us get it right and return to a worship and relationship with God that was originally intended, and release a more powerful and more effective Kingdom on earth.

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Great overview of the roots of Christian practises

Loved how he goes in depth into accepted Christian practises that actually have pagan roots. Very helpf in my deconstruction process.

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A better understanding of the bible

This books present a simple and yet clear understanding of were Christianity has gone wrong and why so many of us have felt we were not spiritually fulfilled in these churches

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A Must Read!!!

A gripping read. Want to know what vision Jesus died for? Read this to find out more. Be prepared though, because you'll never see Church the same way again. For the better!

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Refreshing

This was by far the most enjoyable historical and theosophical insight I've come across in quite some time. So many brilliant insights into the origin and adaptation of world religions from ancient history into what is believed to be now mainstream Christianity. The pagan rites... ceremonies.. beliefs all given there true meaning and origin... great to be pagan and know it...lol

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Brilliant and challenging!

This meticulously researched collection of works is essential reading for all those involved with independent churches.

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too religious

I thought it would be an unbiased narrative but it is all about weeding out paganism from Christianity.

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