I was "lucky" I guess. When He finally convinced me that the way to the intimacy I had before I ever "went-to-church" was to stop practicing the IC method and walk with Him, I thought I was alone stepping out into the wilderness on faith.
When I eventually found a group of people meeting together it didn't take long to see that when He is teaching, it makes every sermon and bible study you ever heard seem as dry straw.
He alone taught me, and us, the "way" to do house church. One rule: listen to Him and heed Him. Over the next few months I was radically transformed back into the kind of believer I was before I started making church services my vehicle to godliness and growth.
Everyone called it "unlearning". But oh do you learn, too. By the time I found out about Frank Viola I thought it amusing, almost offensive, that someone would write a book about "house church" when The Pastor Himself, Jesus Christ, was present, ready, and available to lead His sheep where He wanted them to go. Why isn't anyone asking Him?
I guess I can't speak for everyone, and I'm not trying to be mean, but Frank Viola is just a guy following God, one member of the body. He doesn't know what you need to learn or how you need to be taught.
Sit with Jesus and find others who know Him and talk with Him and are taught by Him; if you are like me you won't see the need to read another book again. One hour with Him in the morning is worth more than every church service I ever watched from the pew.
