Calvin Miller Quotes

• A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with him. The more we love him, the more we want him to be a part of our affairs.

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  Love, Relationship, Christian

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• Define your times. Treasure your calling. Pray without ceasing. The terrors of the age are less than the grandeur of the Christ within you.

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  Age, Calling, Treasure

  Calvin Miller (2011). “Letters to a Young Pastor”, p.8, David C Cook

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• Our problem is this: we usually discover him within some denominational or Christian ghetto. We meet him in a province and, having caught some little view, we paint him in smaller strokes. The Lion of Judah is reduced to something kittenish because our understanding cannot, at first, write larger definitions.

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  Christian, Jesus, Writing

  Calvin Miller (1984). “The Table of Inwardness”, Intervarsity Press

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• We humans are a hungry lot. We are driven by a craving to know who we are. Yet who we are is embedded in the heart of a holy God. Unless we seek for ourselves in the epicenter of God's grace, we will be forever condemned to walk the arid edges of self-understanding.

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  Heart, Self, Forever

  Calvin Miller (2010). “A Hunger for the Holy: Nuturing Intimacy with Christ”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• The world is poor because her fortune is buried in the sky and all her treasure maps are of the earth.

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  Sky, World, Maps

  Calvin Miller (2010). “The Singer Trilogy: The Mythic Retelling of the Story of the New Testament”, p.335, InterVarsity Press

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• Humanity is fickle. They may dress for a morning coronation and never feel the need to change clothes for an execution in the afternoon. So Triumphal Sundays and Good Fridays always fit comfortably into the same April week.

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  Friday, Morning, Sunday

  Calvin Miller (2009). “The Singer: A Classic Retelling of Cosmic Conflict”, p.87, InterVarsity Press

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• "And now you have joy?" "I do indeed." "And how did you get it?" "I chose it, admitted it into my life, then I celebrated its arrival in my heart. I made my celebration so loud and boisterous, I prohibited all gloom from attending the celebration".

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  Life, Heart, Joy

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• Those who fervently love God are intoxicated by His warmth and live out their addiction like moths drawn to a flame.

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  Religious, Flames, Addiction

  Calvin Miller (2010). “Life Is Mostly Edges: A Memoir”, p.227, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• One of the great things silence does, it gives us a new concept of God.

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  Giving, Silence, Doe

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• Readers, on the other hand, have at least 7.5 books going all the time. Actually, the number of books a reader takes on is usually directly related to the number of bathrooms he has in his home and office. I am working on a survey that will show that, over a lifetime, readers are in bathrooms seven years and three months longer than nonreaders.

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  Book, Home, Hands

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• Death is a confirmation of the believer's creed. For the skeptic it is discovery, immense and late.

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  Discovery, Confirmation, Creeds

  Calvin Miller (1979). “The Finale”, Intervarsity Pr

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• Life found itself alive and somehow knew its opposite was death. We are ever being born, or dying, and the thrill of choosing is ours. Only once, must we be born without our own consent. Only once, must we die without our own permission

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  Opposites, Dying, Thrill

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• With love that knew no fear, the Singer caught his torment, wrapped it all in song and gave it back to him as peace.

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  Song, Singers, No Fear

  Calvin Miller (2009). “The Singer: A Classic Retelling of Cosmic Conflict”, p.84, InterVarsity Press

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• Love is substance; Lust, illusion. Only in the surge of passion do the two mingle in confusion.

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  Love, Passion, Two

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• It is not such a fiercesome thing to lead once you see your leadership as part of God's overall plan for His world.

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  World, Plans

  Calvin Miller (1997). “The Empowered Leader”, p.34, B&H Publishing Group

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• We must look to Mary's example to know how to deal with the glorious impossibilities of God. Look how she turned the world upside down by making one simple statement.

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  Christmas, Simple, Example

  Calvin Miller (2006). “The Christ of Christmas”, p.53, B&H Publishing Group

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• After eating the world's bread, we wake each morning to remember: We are still hungry. Seek a better loaf. Eat, and never die. Taste, savor, and be filled forever.

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  Morning, Forever, World

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• Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for gold—where we trip is where the treasure lies.

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  Lying, Gold, Treasure

  Calvin Miller (2011). “Letters to a Young Pastor”, p.12, David C Cook

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• Beware, O earth, the prophet who claims to know the time but never wears a watch.

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  Watches, Earth, Prophet

  Calvin Miller (1979). “The Finale”, Intervarsity Pr

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• Imagination must constantly run on a new track or it becomes lifeless. A living imagination is essential to prayer.

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  Running, Prayer, Track

  Calvin Miller (2003). “A Hunger for the Holy: Nurturing Intimacy with Christ”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• Becoming a great preacher, like becoming a great artist, requires a life commitment.

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  Commitment, Artist, Becoming

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• The lips know only shallow tunes

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  Tunes, Lips, Shallow

  Calvin Miller (1990). “A Symphony in Sand”, W Publishing Group

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• With what dread and apprehension we entrust important jobs into the hands of others. Imagine the love of a needless God who is willing to want our work.

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  Jobs, Hands, Important

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