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James Miller

James Miller

Dr. James W. Miller is the Pastor of Real Life Church of LA and teaches at Fuller Theological Seminary. His new book is It?s Like This: Visions that Help and Hurt the Church.
James Miller

James Miller

Dr. James W. Miller is the Pastor of Real Life Church of LA and teaches at Fuller Theological Seminary. His new book is It?s Like This: Visions that Help and Hurt the Church.

The End of Seminary

Seminaries might have to begin ethical conversations about the promises they are making and the damage such promises are likely to render on the families of young pastors. If seminary is easy to enroll in, expensive, and offers no critical proof of tangible results, what is the value of seminary?

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A Mess of Metaphors

Most church conflict is a conflict over metaphors – images that capture the expectations that people have for the church. Good church leadership requires identifying, assessing, and sometimes replacing the metaphors that govern the vision of the church.

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