I’m happy to announce that my new book REVISE US AGAIN: Living from a Renewed Christian Script is now available.
This book was born on the anvil of three decades of spiritual experiences, struggles, observations, suffering, failures, questions, reflections, and the insights that are born from each. As such, it contains both light and shade. 
The book is unlike anything else I’ve written to date. And it’s the shortest as well (only 176 pages). It is written for all Christians in every denomination, movement, and church structure.
Unlike From Eternity to Here and Jesus Manifesto, it doesn’t contain the element of the sublime. Nor it is written to the right brain.
Unlike Pagan Christianity, Reimagining Church, Finding Organic Church, and The Untold Story of the New Testament Church, it’s not a book about the church or church practice.
Instead, REVISE US AGAIN explores ten vital issues of our faith that work at the unconscious (subterraneal) level. Issues that are rarely addressed today. Some of the chapters include: “Being Captured by the Same Spirit You Oppose” … “Your Christ is Too Small” … “What’s Wrong With Our Gospel?” … “The Felt-Presence of God” … “The God of Unseen Endings” … “Revising the Holy Spirit’s Ministry” … “Let Me Pray About It: Revising Christian Code Language” … “The Lord Told Me: Revising Christianeze”
Tomorrow and the next day I will post some short excerpts from the book.
You may order from PTMIN at a discount here (along with bulk discounts)
Local bookstores should have copies the first week of April.
Btw/ for those of you who only read Kindle versions, it will be available in that format sometime in the future. I’m not sure when. My other titles are on Kindle here
I hope this little book draws you closer to our magnificent Lord and acts as a tool for Him to gain more for Himself in all of us.
Excerpts:
Legalism, License, Lordship and Liberty
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mark
03/27/2011
Really looking forward to it!
Esther
03/28/2011
Sounds great! Can’t wait to read it. Love those chapter titles!
Paul Dixon
03/28/2011
AWESOME looking forward to reading it.
Sarah Colligan
03/28/2011
Yay! This is exciting.
Christopher Maselli
03/28/2011
Excellent–I’m excited! I’ll be grabbing that Kindle version. :)
Patrick
03/28/2011
Just bought my copy off Amazon! Excited!
MichaelO
03/28/2011
Frank,
Glad to hear your putting a new one out.
Do you have help doing research? Or do you do all the research yourself?
Do you have an editor? Or do you self edit?
Have you had any writing classes?
frankaviola
03/28/2011
Michael: thx. Do most research myself, but I’ve receive help from friends and professors over the years. My publishers supply the editors to work with. Never taken a writing class. Perhaps I should. I’ve always wanted to learn how to write.
J.D.
03/28/2011
So excited! Some new meat to chew on! Waiting for kindle version.
Andi
03/29/2011
Frank, can I have a copy of this book in pdf format ? how much will it cost ?
tq
frankaviola
03/30/2011
Andi: The book will be on Kindle in the future. Not sure when though. Kindle versions can be read with a PDF reader I believe. See the post after this one which lists all my books on Kindle.
Ant
03/30/2011
@Andi @Frank You can download the free Amazon Kindle for PC or Amazon Kindle for Mac to read Kindle books on your desktop. They also have readers for ipads and some Android phones too. It transfers between your devices by Whispernet.For other operating systems, there’s the free Calibre too.
Peter Passchier
03/30/2011
Here’s a left-brain hemisphere remark for you. :-)
To improve clarity you will want to say “Nor it is written to the left brain” as that is where more of the analytical processing happens, whereas the right hemisphere is more intuitive/artistic etc. I think that is what you mean to say.
Blessings big brother!
Eric
03/30/2011
Frank,
How faithful is your theology to the Bible itself? The message that Jesus preached throughout the Hebrew and Christian Greek Scriptures was the ‘gospel of the kingdom’, a message about His Messianic Kingdom that would come and put away, or crush all these other earthly kingdoms and establish Him as King upon Mount Zion with his Bride, the Church, as His co-rulers. (Daniel 2:44) It is this Gospel of the Kingdom that seems to have been forgotten by today’s churches, most proclaim a Gospel of Jesus Christ, and forget that Jesus did not preach a message about Himself, but about His Coming Kingdom that would solve all mankind’s problems and put all back on the road to salvation. (Isaiah chapter 35) Yes, it is the Messianic Kingdom, of which Christ is King, that we should look too. Yes, a message about the person of Jesus Christ may be called the ‘good news’ or the ‘gospel’, but such was NOT the Gospel as taught by the Savior Himself and the early church. (Acts chapter 3) Are you preaching the “Gospel of the Kingdom” and the Good News about His Coming Kingdom, or something else? I’d be interested to know.
frankaviola
03/30/2011
Eric: I answer your question fully in “Jesus Manifesto” http://www.theJesusManifesto.com – it’s a mistake to separate the kingdom of God from Christ Himself. Jesus, the King, embodies the kingdom. The Father spoke of the Son, the Spirit speaks of the Son, and Jesus Himself spoke of Himself just as much as He did the kingdom, for they cannot be separated, “The Son of man . . . ” “I am the . . . ” “As the living Father has sent ME . . .” In this way, Paul’s gospel of Christ and the gospel that Jesus preached are one and the same. More details in “Jesus Manifesto.”
frankaviola
03/30/2011
Peter: “Jesus Manifesto” and “From Eternity to Here” are metaphorical, image-based, and paint pictures with words. Thus they are written to the right brain, while “Revise Us Again” is not.
Peter Passchier
03/30/2011
Frank, thanks for this clarification, the book sounds really interesting. The phrases at the unconscious (subterraneal) level and born on the anvil of three decades of spiritual experiences, struggles, observations, suffering, failures, questions, reflections, and the insights that are born from each didn’t fit with a purely analytical approach. Anyway, I’m sure it will feed our spritual life!
Russ K.
04/01/2011
Finished this book today…and after going over my notes…I have come to the conclusion that it is really a gentle series of rebukes…that we should appreciate. (Prov. 9:8)
To the degree that I was open to be changed…I saw a common theme of pursuing a fresh ongoing personal knowing of Christ (leading me examining my own ways) ….and that this is to better add to the corporate pursuit…which was described as a more full and balanced expression of Christ.
Much of pursuing Christ in this fashion…means dropping some of the old habits and hardened ways in which we interact with other believers…and even the Holy Spirit…habits that may have accrued in our times with certain denominations…or at least knowing that we, along with everyone else, have been influenced by church history…both the good and the bad…
The book gives particular insight into areas or ways that help us “allow others to take off our grave clothes” and “throw off that which easily entangles us” so that we can run a little lighter, more free and clear…on pursuing The Prize – which is not just the Christ we have known…but the Christ that wants to reveal Himself continually anew.
Thanks Frank, for living by His life…and pointing to Him.
frankaviola
04/01/2011
Thanks Russ. Appreciate the kind words. I like this analysis. Though I view the overall message as more an encouraging challenge than a “rebuke” . . . challenges that have come out of my own struggles, mistakes, observations, and failures as well as observations and lessons from the Lord. So glad you found it valuable. I hope others read it as well.
John
04/01/2011
Finished it last night. Quick read. Amazing book, Frank! I put it in the same category as “Crazy Love” and “Radical,” but it’s deeper and goes into areas that few books talk about. Thanks for writing it. I’m going to recommend it to every follower I know.
Ashley
04/01/2011
Almost done. Very easy to read. Incredible so far!
Ant Writes
04/01/2011
Hi Frank, I received it today, but I won’t be able to start reading it until tonight. (I’ve got a lot of kids…) From the comments so far, I am going to assume it’ll be great as usual.
Thanks a lot.
Ant
Stephen Rigg
04/04/2011
Finished it Frank, thank you for writing it. I believe I am revised a bit. I needed to hear several of the messages you presented on topics like “The felt-presence of God” and the “legalism.” Also about what happens after you have a new revelation of Jesus, oh and pretty much everything else in the book. Some very timely messages for me. Again, thank you.
Carol Yates
04/12/2011
I would like to purchase your book from you. However, I don’t make purchases thru the Internet. Do you accept personal checks? If so, to whom shall I make the check payable and what is the mailing address? Also, please advise about taxes & shipping & handling. Thank you.
frankaviola
04/12/2011
Carol: if you live in the USA, you can purchase the books and CDs by check or money order here: http://www.ptmin.org/orderform.htm