J. R. Miller

The Word: Is God always kind?

October 12, 2025 J. R. Miller

The Bible takes especial pains to assure us of the everlastingness of God’s love. In one passage, for example, it is declared that while even the mountains shall depart, God’s loving-kindness shall never depart from […]

The Word: Influence

October 5, 2025 J. R. Miller

One who knew Emerson well said, “There is one quality I noticed in him, as more striking than in anyone else — the effect he had upon all who came into his presence. It seemed […]

The Word: The print of the nails

September 28, 2025 J. R. Miller

“Unless I see the print of the nails in His hands, and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into His side — I will not believe it.” John 20:25 Thomas […]

The Word: The inner and the outer life

September 21, 2025 J. R. Miller

We are not merely bodies. There is a life within our body which continues when the body ceases to exist. The inner man does not wear out as the body wastes away. It does not […]

The Word: The things that are above

September 14, 2025 J. R. Miller

“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your hearts on things above! Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things!” Colossians 3:1-2 Paul reminds us that believers in Christ […]

The Word: God in our common life

September 7, 2025 J. R. Miller

We sometimes forget that God has anything to do with the small events of our everyday lives. People seem to live unaware of God and uninfluenced by Him. They follow their own judgment, make their […]

The Word: Loyalty to Christ

August 31, 2025 J. R. Miller

Loyalty to Christ begins in the heart. We must love him supremely. “He who loves father or mother more than me — is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more […]

The Word: Visions and dreams

August 24, 2025 J R Miller

We owe everything good and beautiful to our visions. They lead us to higher things, showing glimpses of character and achievement beyond what we’ve reached, stirring discontent with our present and a longing to climb. […]

The Word: The wider life

August 17, 2025 J R Miller

We should never be content with a narrow life. We are made for breadth and fullness, and we rob God when we fail to reach our best. Some people assert that Christianity’s ideal for life […]

The Word: Vainly the seal the dead

April 20, 2025 J.R. Miller and Robert Lowry

One of the most stirring Easter hymns in the church’s tradition is “Low in the Grave He Lay” (Christ Arose) by Robert Lowry. Written in 1874, it captures both the sorrow of Christ’s burial and […]