Friday, February 8

Coming Out of the "Pagan Christianity" Closet

So: My buddy Frank Viola's book Pagan Christianity? has been causing quite the stir. Many responses have been positive, but some clearly have taken issue with matters both of tone or content. I've sort of just realized that I've largely been sitting on the sidelines of the debate raging through the blogosphere...I feel deeply ambivalent about the talk going 'round, like the kid with a lot of friends whose friends are really really different from each other. One day the kid has a birthday party, and the friends are all under the same roof for the first time...and they ain't getting along so well! My journey of knowing Jesus led me into house church waters in 1998, and into the pre-emergent discussion in 2001. I have since felt like the bastard child of both, a hopeful amphibian breathing the air and water of two similar yet distinct movements/phenomena.

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posted by Mike Morrell | 8:02 AM | |