When I was a teenager, my parents went back to school for their doctorates. One year, all three of us were enrolled in college simultaneously. I remember the changes to our family life and schedules. My dad was out of town periodically to attend classes at the seminary. Dinner was occasionally after 10 PM so […]
Wednesday, 27 April, 2022 by Rachel Green Miller
Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven. Tryon Edwards All summer long, I dreaded the start of the school year. Our oldest son graduated high school this spring, and at the end of August, we packed up the car and moved him into the university dorms. I […]
Friday, 12 November, 2021 by Rachel Green Miller
Christ, as our Redeemer, executes the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation. Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 23 Utilized by many in the subsequent Reformed tradition, the threefold office presents Jesus Christ as prophet, priest, and king, who in his saving work fulfilled […]
Wednesday, 14 July, 2021 by Rachel Green Miller
If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. 1 Corinthians 15:32 Now God has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power. 1 Corinthians 6: 14 One of the shows my husband and I caught up on during the pandemic was The […]
Friday, 16 April, 2021 by Rachel Green Miller
You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. Revelation 2:4-5 (NIV) Few … seemed willing to critique behaviors they might otherwise have been expected to find repulsive, or at the very least troubling. Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and […]
Friday, 12 March, 2021 by Rachel Green Miller
As, therefore, the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, it follows that we cannot be wise in the sight of God, unless we are fools in the view of the world. —John Calvin [1] What does it mean to be human? What sets us apart from the rest of creation? Philosophers and theologians […]
Monday, 01 March, 2021 by Rachel Green Miller
Let us not be ashamed to receive instruction from her who carried in her womb Christ the eternal “wisdom of God.” – John Calvin Every year as we get close to Christmas, we begin to hear familiar carols, hymns, and songs. We also begin to hear familiar debates over Christmas music. Should we wait until […]
Thursday, 17 December, 2020 by Rachel Green Miller
“For if all weeping is condemned, what shall we judge concerning the Lord himself, from whose body tears of blood trickled down? If all fear is branded as unbelief, how shall we account for that dread with which, we read, he was heavily stricken? If all sadness displeases us, how will it please us that […]
Friday, 04 December, 2020 by Rachel Green Miller
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our […]
Monday, 28 September, 2020 by Rachel Green Miller
As, therefore, the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, it follows that we cannot be wise in the sight of God, unless we are fools in the view of the world. — John Calvin As we can see from the world around us, men and women are different. But how are we different? […]
Monday, 08 June, 2020 by Rachel Green Miller
I’ve always loved to read. When I was in college, I took literature classes for fun. In one of those classes, we read “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. If you’ve ever read it, chances are you still remember the disturbing and compelling story. If you haven’t read it, it’s a short story about […]
Monday, 11 May, 2020 by Rachel Green Miller
The females were then less esteemed, but not so in Christ; for in Christ Jesus there is neither male nor female, Gal. 3:28.[1] Recently a friend of mine was reading through Leviticus in her daily Bible readings. As she finished the book, she came across the valuations in chapter 27: “Speak to the sons of […]
Monday, 27 April, 2020 by Rachel Green Miller