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2012-12-31T18:34:26-06:00

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One trait every Christian leader needs

Last updated on: December 31, 2012 at 6:34 pm By Joel J. Miller

Line up Moses, King David, the Apostle Paul, and John the Baptist, and you will see leaders who had countless differing characteristics and personality traits. You’ll also find that they shared several in common, one being humility. Moses stood up to Pharaoh and led the Israelites out of slavery, yet the scriptures speak of Moses as being “very meek, more than all the people who were on the face of the earth.” David reigned over the unified kingdom and led... Read more

2010-09-15T11:33:39-05:00

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Parenting as evangelism

Last updated on: September 15, 2010 at 11:33 am By Joel J. Miller

If you have kids, you know that discipline is inescapable. Without discipline they will talk with their mouths full, smart-talk their elders, punch their siblings, wear their underwear three days in a row, play in busy streets, tease animals, ignore their homework, and tell off-color jokes. At least that’s what I did. Because children can be so foolish (childish?), Dr. D. Ross Campbell says that many parents “conclude that discipline is the basic and primary way of treating a child.”... Read more

2013-08-02T06:29:00-05:00

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Remember why we work

Last updated on: August 2, 2013 at 6:29 am By Joel J. Miller

They call it a “livelihood” or “making a living” for a reason. Mostly because of the money we earn, but also because of the energies we expend, the sacrifices we make, and the lessons we learn, we depend upon on our work for life. We also resent it sometimes, maybe a lot. (Just typing those words brings to mind the lyrics of David Allan Coe’s most popular song.) Resenting our work is the result of our forgetfulness, according to the... Read more

Theology

Apostle Paul

Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

prayer

2010-09-01T11:12:38-05:00

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Passport to adoption

Last updated on: September 1, 2010 at 11:12 am By Joel J. Miller

On Monday I applied for my passport. I’ve traveled throughout the lower forty-eight, been to this place and that, but I’ve never gone abroad. I hope to go soon. Megan and I are planning on adopting from Uganda. We’re working on our paperwork now. There are letters and reports and statements and evaluations and more. We’re almost done. But it’s been a long road so far. We started looking at domestic adoption back in January. We jumped through those hoops... Read more

2010-08-30T04:00:08-05:00

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No progress without resistance

Last updated on: August 30, 2010 at 4:00 am By Joel J. Miller

“Lot of things can get in the way when you’re tryin’ to do what’s right.” —Bob Dylan Nobody enjoys difficulty. No one likes opposition. No one appreciates pain. But they are necessary to progress. You can see it in business; competition and problem-solving drive innovation. You can see it in history; the great creeds of the Christian faith developed to refute heretics. The truth is that if you’re paying attention, you can see just about anywhere you look. I recently... Read more

Patrick Henry Reardon

Temptation

2010-08-26T12:32:23-05:00

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Guard the eyes, douse the flames

Last updated on: August 26, 2010 at 12:32 pm By Joel J. Miller

Theatergoers will be able to break out their 3D glasses and watch Avatar again this Friday. They will be rewarded, courtesy of filmmaker James Cameron, with nine extra minutes of footage. Based on the news, it seems that much of the excitement swirls around just 20 seconds, the inclusion of a Na’vi sex scene. With this release, as USA Today put it, “Cameron lets his aliens get a little randy.” For anyone struggling to grow in holiness, ours is a... Read more

2010-08-25T13:28:32-05:00

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What Godin gets wrong

Last updated on: August 25, 2010 at 1:28 pm By Joel J. Miller

Seth Godin’s announcement about abandoning traditional publishing ruffled a lot of plumage this week, for good reason. Publishing is navigating through disruptions and difficulties that make industry players fearful about the future. Amid all the news about layoffs and reorganizations, stores up for sale, declining sales, etc., Godin’s savvy and insightful business advice has pointed the way to safety and success for many. Now this. (more…) Read more

2013-03-24T22:54:01-06:00

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The discarded difference

Last updated on: March 24, 2013 at 10:54 pm By Joel J. Miller

In his book The Discarded Image, C.S. Lewis explains how the medieval worldview came to be, what shaped its vices, virtues, and values. Two tributaries fed the medieval mind, Greco-Roman Paganism and Christianity, and the two streams, brackish and sweet, often mingled. Here’s Lewis: “In a prolonged war the troops on both sides may imitate one another’s methods and catch one another’s epidemics; they may even occasionally fraternise. So in this period. The conflict between the old and the new... Read more

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C.S. Lewis

materialism

2010-08-10T04:06:28-05:00

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Following Jesus in the Psalms

Last updated on: August 10, 2010 at 4:06 am By Joel J. Miller

Jesus tells us to pick up our cross and follow him, and he makes a striking provision for us in the Psalms to do so. The Psalter—in its own way as much as the Gospels—sums up Christ’s life and work while also making that life and work something with which we can identify in a powerful way. (more…) Read more

Patrick Henry Reardon

prayer

Psalter

worship

2010-08-05T11:54:22-05:00

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Worshipping with the Psalms

Last updated on: August 5, 2010 at 11:54 am By Joel J. Miller

There’s a passage in Augustine’s Confessions that describes a holiday he took to Cassiciacum after quitting his job in Milan. On his break he wrote letters, suffered a horrendous toothache, and read the Psalms. “How loudly I cried out to you, my God, as I read the psalms of David,” he writes, “songs full of faith, outburst of devotion with no room in them for the breath of pride!” (more…) Read more

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