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Frank Viola
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Oct 2, 2025
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FRANK VIOLA author is a speaker, blogger, and bestselling author. Viola helps serious followers of Jesus know their Lord more deeply so they can experience real transformation and make a lasting impact. His blog - frankviola.org - is regularly ranked in the top 5 of all Christian blogs on the Web and his podcast - Christ is All - has ranked #1 in Canada and #2 in the USA on iTunes. Frank Viola has authored many books on the deeper Christian life, including God's Favorite Place on Earth, From Eternity to Here, Reimagining Church, Revise Us Again, and Jesus Manifesto (with Leonard Sweet). He lives in Florida.
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Apr 3, 2019 ∙ 2 min
Why the Religious Elite Hated Jesus: Don't Fear Rejection!
Share 0 The religious elite ignored Him as long as they could. Since Jesus sported no theological degrees and wasn’t part of the pastors guild, they didn’t take Him seriously. He was not credible in their eyes. But they could only follow this course for so long. His influence grew so large that they couldn’t ignore Him any longer. So they must extend to Him the credibility of engagement. They came out with all guns blazing, seeking to refute Him. First, their pushback was targeted at the...
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Jul 15, 2018 ∙ 4 min
Five Secrets I Wish Older Christians Had Told Me
“The man who views the world at 50 the same way he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” ~ Muhammad Ali I wish older Christians told me these five lessons when I was in my 20s. It would have saved me a lot of aggravation, frustration, discouragement, [fill in the blank]. Here they are … 1) Things aren’t always what they seem. In my youth, I quickly drew conclusions without hearing the whole side of a story from all parties involved. Regrettably, I still see this happen today, even among...
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Apr 3, 2017 ∙ 6 min
How NOT to Leave Your Church
Once in awhile, people will ask me questions about leaving their church. They want my advice and opinion on it. This happened again very recently. Because I’ve received this question countless times over the years, I’m posting my general response here. Before you read what follows, I want you to get clear on this: there are always special circumstances and exceptions to what I’m about to say. What I’ve written here is merely my personal opinion for those who desire to hear it. It’s based on...
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Oct 10, 2016 ∙ 7 min
Kindness: Discover the Power of the Forgotten Christian Virtue!
I want to clarify niceness is not kindness. There’s a big difference. By kindness, I’m not talking about when you buy a stranger coffee or when you bring in your neighbor’s trash cans or when you tell someone they have food in their teeth. These are nice random acts. But kindness is not a random act. It’s a radical life. Kindness is not limited to grandmothers or Boy Scouts. Kindness is all over the Bible, plentiful in both Testaments. But you won’t find niceness in the Bible once—nor the...
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Jun 23, 2015 ∙ 3 min
Fifty Blessings the Holy Spirit Has for You
The Holy Spirit has an amazing ministry in the life of the believer. You should know exactly how He blesses your life. 1. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8). 2. He guides us into all truth (John 16:13). 3. He regenerates us (John 3:5-8; Titus 3:5). 4. He glorifies and testifies of Christ (John 15:26; 16:14). 5. He reveals Christ to us and in us (John 16:14-15). 6. He leads us (Rom. 8:14; Gal. 5:18; Matt. 4:1; Luke 4:1). 7. ...
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May 13, 2015 ∙ 5 min
Have You Been Offended by God?
“Blessed is the person who is not offended by me.” ~ Matthew 11:6 To be offended means to stumble or trip. The Scripture tells us that Jesus is a rock of offense . . . or a rock of stumbling . . . to the disobedient (1 Peter 2:8). In His earthly days, the Lord Jesus was constantly offending the religious establishment. But in the above text, Jesus has someone else in mind. He’s speaking to His followers: “Blessed are you, my followers, when you are not offended by me.” The context bears this...
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Dec 15, 2014 ∙ 3 min
A Homeless God
Share 0 “As you come to Him, the living Stone – rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to Him – you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house.” ~ 1 Peter 2:4-5a Part of my roots are in the Charismatic movement. In that experience, I was repeatedly encouraged to seek God for a “visitation” from heaven. As a result, I harbored the illusion that if God visited our church, He was pleased with it. I later discovered that God is not looking for a place to visit. He is...
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Jul 26, 2014 ∙ 3 min
Twelve Reasons Why I'm a Christian
In 1927, the famed British philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote an essay entitled, “Why I Am Not a Christian.” Russell’s essay inspired the title of this post. By “Christian,” I mean someone who has trusted their life to Jesus Christ as Crucified Savior and Resurrected Lord and seeks to follow Him each day. (I’m keenly aware that the term “Christian” has been hijacked to mean different things, hence the need to define.) Three things to keep in mind about this list: 1) This isn’t a list of...
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Jun 1, 2014 ∙ 4 min
Three Kinds of Critics and How to Handle Them
Not long ago, someone asked me the following question: “Can you give me some advice on how to handle criticism? I don’t think I’m doing a good job with it. Thanks.” Anyone who is making an impact is going to draw fire. It’s written in the bloodstream of the universe. An oft-repeated platitude is, “If you’re flying over the target, you’re going to catch flack.” Or as Elbert Hubbart stated, “To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” If you are someone who is putting (or will one...
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