"Are You Busy but Dead Inside? What the Letter to Sardis Reveals About Empty Faith" (Revelation 3:1-6)
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reads Revelation 3:1–6 from The Message, focusing on the letter to the church at Sardis—a community with a reputation for vigor and activity but spiritually “stone dead.” From a progressive Christian perspective, he explores the tension between being busy and actually doing God’s work, warning against substituting programs, social media presence, and religious busyness for real life transformation and embodied presence with others. Drawing on sports analogies, personal ministry experience, and joyful moments with his granddaughters, Dr…
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