Posts by MillerRM21
Early Church Contextualization
I’ve really been thinking about contextualization. For another class, I recently read Patient Ferment of the Early Church by Alan Kreider. The book seeks to answer the question: How did the early church grow? Kreider does not use the words of entrepreneurship, but I think he may have some insight that can relate to the…
Read MoreHow Important is the Support for Arts in a Community?
When I was a teenager, I found a tremendous sense of meaning in the local music scene. Granted, it was a punk rock scene, and there happened to be many unseemly activities associated with it (my parents were right to be concerned). However, I knew better than to participate in anything illegal. I was just…
Read MoreImportance of Local Economy: Then and Now
This summer, I had the opportunity to preach at my church. I was able to pick whatever passage that I wanted, and I picked Revelation 2:1-7, which is the letter to the church at Ephesus. While I was doing research for the message, I decided to look into the background information on the Ephesus in…
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