Tag: Jack Miller

• 10 Gospel-centered Questions

    Here are 10 questions to ask yourself – and maybe those few closest to you – that help uncover rivals of Christ as the functional savior of your heart: What are you desiring more than anything else? What do you find yourself day dreaming or fantasizing about? What lies are you subtly believing that…

  Dennis Griffith

  September 9, 2010

  Gospel, Reformed Spirituality, Spiritual Formation

  Christ, Christian Life, Christian Spirituality, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Jack Miller, Spiritual Formation

• Grace of Repentance

    Today is Ash Wednesday. That does not mean much to many in my theological circles.  But for many other Christians it is a day that launches the Season leading to Easter – the Season of Lent.  This day is designated Ash Wednesday because of an ancient practice of marking believers with ashes as a symbol…

  Dennis Griffith

  February 25, 2009

  Books, Gospel, Reformed Spirituality, Spiritual Formation

  Ash Wednesday, C. John Miller, Christian Life, Gospel, growth in grace, Jack Miller, Martin Luther, Repentance, Richard Owen Roberts, sanctification, Season of Lent, Spiritual Formation, spiritual growth, Spiritual Maturity, Thomas Watson

• Frontline Prayer

      Jack Miller, in his book Outgrowing the Ingrown Church, makes a distinction between two types of prayer meetings: Maintenance and Frontline. Miller confesses to having led both kinds in churches he  pastored.  Here is how Miller describes each: The Maintenance meeting was largely designed to maintain the the existing life and ministry of our congregation. Believers…

  Dennis Griffith

  October 3, 2008

  Church, Prayer

  C. John Miller, Frontline Prayer, Jack Miller, Missional, Outgrowing the Ingrown Church, Prayer, Prayer Meetings, Prayer Services