Frank Viola

“Consider this thought: Adam’s entire existence was based upon what he ate. His diet determined his destiny. It also determined the entire…

— Frank Viola

“God’s idea of ministry training is a broken vessel. His idea of spiritual preparation is suffering, which includes rejection.”

— Frank Viola

“Organic church life, however, is a wedding of glory and gore.”

— Frank Viola

“history is God’s love story. There is no event in space or time unrelated to the Jesus story, and there is no…

— Frank Viola

“What history teaches us is that men have never learned anything from it.” —G. W. F. Hegel, nineteenth-century German philosopher”

— Frank Viola

“In fact, I’ve met countless believers who have said, “The church is an organism, not an organization.” Yet as they formed those…

— Frank Viola

“In the minds of the early Christians, the people—not the architecture—constituted a sacred space.”

— Frank Viola

“The pulpit elevates the clergy to a position of prominence. True to its meaning, it puts the preacher at center “stage”—separating and…

— Frank Viola

“Caution: If you’re a person who will one day mentor others, I have a sobering warning. If your ego hasn’t been annihilated…

— Frank Viola

“In short, the goal of the gospel is not to get you out of hell and into heaven, but to get God…

— Frank Viola

“Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.22”

— Frank Viola

“believers are discovering the experience of the body of Christ and what it means to gather under the headship of Jesus.”

— Frank Viola

“The Calf Path One day, through the primeval wood, A calf walked home, as good calves should; But made a trail all…

— Frank Viola

“The social location of the church meeting expresses and influences the character of the church.221”

— Frank Viola