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Frank Viola is an American author, speaker, and blogger on Christian topics. His work focuses on Jesus studies and biblical narrative, with a strong emphasis on helping the poor and the oppressed. He is most noted for his emphasis on the centrality and supremacy of Jesus Christ.〔(Interview with Frank Viola: "Epic Jesus," Asbury Seminary, Seedbed )〕 and the idea that Jesus indwells all Christians and they can learn to live by his life.〔(Christian Post Interview with Frank Viola )〕 Viola's early work was focused on organic church and missional church themes.〔(Christianity Today: ''Why Organic Church Is Not Exactly a Movement'' )〕 His older books advocated church life based on the spiritual principles of the New Testament,〔Viola, F. and Barna, G., (2008) (Pagan Christianity ), Tyndale (p.xx)〕 the headship of Christ, face-to-face community, and the priesthood of all believers.〔(Time: ''Why House Churches Are Filling Up'' )〕 Since 2009, Viola's work has been focused on Jesus studies,〔Jesus Manifesto (Thomas Nelson )〕 living by the indwelling life of Christ,〔(Christian Post Interview with Frank Viola )〕 God's eternal purpose,〔(Out of Ur Interview on God's Grand Mission )〕 the present-day ministry of Christ,〔(RNS interview with Viola, "Jesus Now." )〕 and biblical narrative.〔("The Day I Met Jesus," Baker, 2015. This is the second book Viola's series on biblical narrative, "God's Favorite Place on Earth" by David C. Cook being the first. )〕 Viola has authored over 20 books, over 900 blog articles, and over 100 podcast episodes.〔(Frank Viola's books, podcast, and blog catalog )〕 His podcast, Christ is All, has been ranked #1 in Canada and #2 in the USA (respectively) in the "Christianity" section of iTunes.〔( "Christ is All" podcast, rankings in iTunes. )〕 His blog, Beyond Evangelical, is regularly ranked in the top 10 of all Christian blogs on the Web.〔(Blogrank's Top 50 Christianity Blogs )〕 Viola and professor Leonard Sweet have written two books together, both focusing on Christology: Jesus: A Theography〔(Christianity Today interview with Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola )〕 and Jesus Manifesto〔(Thomas Nelson, "Jesus Manifesto" by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola )〕 Since 2012, Viola has been strongly focused on helping the poor and the oppressed.〔("Blessed Are the Undesirable," Frank Viola, 2012 )〕 Concerning the poor, Viola has said that helping those who are in need is part of "the Magna Carta of the Church of Jesus Christ as she continues the ministry of Jesus on earth (Luke 4:18–19). Scripture, both Old Testament and New Testament, make clear that this is very much on God's heart."〔("Relevant Magazine interview with Frank Viola )〕 Aside from being an author and speaker on Christian topics, Viola consults authors, bloggers, and writers in their craft.〔(Viola is one of the presenters of the Buzz Seminar )〕 He lectures throughout the USA and around the world, having spoken in various locations including Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Chile, Argentina, Germany, Switzerland, and Holland. ==Bibliography== *''Jesus Now'' *''God's Favorite Place on Earth'' *''Revise Us Again'' *''From Eternity to Here'' *''Finding Organic Church'' *''Reimagining Church'' *''The Untold Story of the New Testament Church'' *''The Day I Met Jesus with Mary DeMuth'' *''Jesus Manifesto with Leonard Sweet *''Jesus: A Theography with Leonard Sweet *''Pagan Christianity with George Barna 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Viola (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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