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Stephen M. Miller on a mission trip.
September 20, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: mission, mission project, missions

Long-distance mission work: a good idea?

IT’S ONE THING TO STUDY THE BIBLE. Reading and talking is easy. Living is the tough part. Putting into practice what we’ve learned: Love God. Love your neighbor as yourself. Recently, I’ve wondered who my neighbor is. We’ve talked about this in …

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Stephen M. Miller on mission trip with his team.
September 19, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: Appalachia Service Project, mission, mission project, missions

Mission: Kentucky, blister stage

PHYSICAL LABOR ISN’T MY STRENGTH. But I did it over the weekend. On a mission trip to rural Kentucky, some 700 miles yonder from my prairie home. Two dozen souls from my church community traveled there in four vans. We divided into four teams and …

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mission workers cutting board.
September 12, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: Appalachia Service Project, mission, mission project, missions

Mission: Kentucky

I KNOW I’M JUST GETTING THIS BLOG STARTED. But I need to bail for a few days. This morning I’m heading out on a short mission trip to help repair some homes in rural Kentucky, with the Appalachia Service Project. I’m going with a …

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protesters with "God hates fags" signs
September 10, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, homosexuality, sex

Homosexuality and the Bible: thoughts

I LISTENED TO A SERMON YESTERDAY ABOUT SEX. That was odd. The pastors even warned off the kids, grade 6 and under, inviting parents to send them to the children’s program, which is probably where kids should be anyway if they hope to get anything …

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woman waiting at subway
September 7, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, bible study, faith, Habakkuk, hardship, subway

I want faith like that

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SET OF VERSES in the Bible comes from the mouth of a prophet standing at the brink…about to lose everything, perhaps even his life. His name is Habakkuk (huh BACK uck). He has just learned from God that invaders are coming. …

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Pink flamingos.
September 6, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: creation, creationsim, fiction, hebrew poetry, poetry

Why some read Creation as a poem

SOME CHRISTIANS don’t take the Genesis account of Creation literally. They say it’s because it sounds like the writer is driving with a poetic license. The rhythmic flow includes repeated lines that sound like they belong in the chorus of a …

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letter saying Jesus wasn't a Jew.
September 4, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: complaints, criticism, critics

When I get complaints

I KNOW. It’s hard to imagine me getting complaints, given the fact that I don’t take positions on controversial topics in the Bible reference books I write. Instead, I try to objectively report the various ideas and the reasons behind …

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September 1, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: ark, bible, creation, creationism, dinosaurs, flood, intelligent design, noah, science

Dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark: Science vs Bible

I’M CAPTIVATED d by a series of sermons that my pastor is preaching because it’s right up my alley: Wrestling with the Bible. Tomorrow, his sermon topic will be “Dinosaurs on the Ark: The Bible and Science.” He’ll be …

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August 31, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: earthquakes, Jericho, jordan, jordan river, joshua, walls fall down

When the Jordan River stopped for Joshua

GOD PARTED THE SEA for Moses, the Bible reports. A generation later, for Joshua and the Jews invading what is now Israel, God stopped the Jordan River, the natural border protecting what the Jews called the Promised Land. When I started researching …

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August 30, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: depression, Isaiah, prophet

A prophet for depressed folks today

THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR DAY in my life when I felt: Overwhelmed Alone Exhausted—mostly from depression and stress I was twentysomething. I’d give you the backstory, but why bother. You’ve probably been there, too. Instead, let me pass along the …

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Job's comforters
August 29, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, book of job, fiction, Job

Job’s story: Fiction or nonfiction?

WAS THE STORY OF JOB about a real human being in history? Or was Job a fictional character in something like a really long parable—a bit like the guy who got beat up in Jesus’ story about a Good Samaritan? I think most of us have grown up assuming he …

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Rev. Adam Hamilton, pastor Church of the Resurrection
August 28, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, hard questions, study

Wrestling with the Bible

THERE’S A PASTOR in the Kansas City area who’s knee-deep into a 5-week series of engaging sermons on some tough topics about the Bible. Also a bestselling author, Rev. Adam Hamilton pastors the largest United Methodist Church in the country: …

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