Illness

We’re Never Not Dying

Kirk E. Miller

Sometimes we describe someone as currently dying, meaning, they’ve received a terminal diagnosis and are suffering its effects. (I don’t object.)

However, in reality, we would do well to remember that we are all in the process of dying. The difference is merely how delayed that end results seems to be for each of us. But no one is never not dying, not heading inevitably towards that final fate. Each day, each hour, each minute, we get a little closer. A terminal illness, for instance, is merely hastening what was already inevitable.

The danger lies in deceiving ourselves that we are not dying, that we are immortal—at least currently so unless otherwise interrupted.

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Coronavirus, Missiology (Mission), & Our Unexpected Evangelistic Opportunity (Coronavirus, Ep. 6)

Kirk E. Miller

In this final (at least as currently planned) episode we consider our unexpected evangelistic opportunity brought on by this moment. May it be that God is preparing hearts and using this unusual situation to advance his gospel across the globe.

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Pandemics as a Gift for Growth? (Coronavirus, Ep. 4)

Kirk E. Miller

The current pandemic has caused disruption to our normal lives. This can be a great opportunity, however, for us to recalibrate how we live our lives. At the same time, they can become times where we flounder, and rather than growing we actually regress.  Could it be that this pandemic though, in some peculiar way, is–at least in some sense–a gift from God for our spiritual growth? How can we avoid “wasting” this moment?

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Ecclesiology (Church) in the Midst of a Pandemic (Coronavirus, Ep. 3)

Kirk E. Miller

As churches move online in the face of Sunday closures, it should cause us to ask, “What is the church in the midst of a pandemic?” Our current circumstances raise questions about what it means to be the church–questions that have always existed, with an underlying theology that’s always been at play, but are now being forced into our immediate purview in light of our situation.

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Biblical Reflections on Sickness & Pandemics (Coronavirus, Ep. 2)

Kirk E. Miller

In today’s episode, I offer some Biblical reflections and applications on thinking rightly and responding well to sickness–and more particularly as we seek to apply things to the current Coronavirus pandemic.

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