Pagan Christianity???

I am taking in Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna.

This provocative volume delineates the pagan roots of many of the practices we have in the modern Church. Some of the not surprising items that have roots in paganism include the ideas of the Church being a building and the ministry belonging to professional clergy. Some of the more surprising items include chapters on how the sermon as we know it has more in common with Greek sophistry than the way it was done biblically, how the order of worship comes from tradition rather than biblical directive or precedent and how Christian training and education is more about "swelling the cranium" than it is about training the heart.

The purpose of the book, I believe, is not to do away with Church as we know it. Rather, it is to get believers to think about why they do what they do and to diligently seek to follow God and His plan for His people.

It is worth the read.

Check out the book's website here.

And here is a spoof of the book being the most reviewed book by those who have never read it.