Today’s podcast walks through the counter-cultural yet life-giving themes of Psalm 16. 

YouTube - https://youtu.be/B68EwQEnTQM

2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.”
3 I say of the holy people who are in the land,
“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
4 Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.

5 Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;
you make my lot secure.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7 I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

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Yesterday I recorded an interview that I had been set up for a while. It was a conversation with just war scholar, Dr. Marc LeVecchie. I couldn't have predicted the timing when I reached out to Marc a few months ago. Consequently, our conversation on just war theory was applied to this global situation. I am posting this conversation ahead of schedule and in place of next week's podcast. You can find the links here - YouTube - https://youtu.be/HFiNZ3pZt

Find out more about Marc here - https://providencemag.com

While this interview is more academic than pastoral, our prayers are with the people of Ukraine these days. As Marc said in this interview, we understand know who will win at the end of the day. 

Genocide, Joshua, and the Old Testament with David Schreiner 

What are we to make of genocide in the Old Testament? Today Dr. David Screiner talks through this challenging subject. He focuses on one Hebrew word that is often translated as “totally destroy” (Josh. 10:28). I found this discussion to be incredibly helpful and I think you will too. Here are the links: 

YouTube - https://youtu.be/Kaq_ayjKqlQ

Audio - https://andymilleriii.com/media/podcast

Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-to-the-story-with-dr-andy-miller/id1569988895?uo=4

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Today’s episode is brought to you by two sponsors: 

Bill Roberts is a financial advisor, who has been serving the retirement planning and investment needs of individuals, families, non-profits, and churches for 25 years. He is a Certified Financial Planner and accredited investment fiduciary. Bill specializes in working with Salvation Army employees and officers by helping them realize their financial goals. 

You can find out more about Bill’s business at www.WilliamHRoberts.com

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Wesley Biblical Seminary - Interested in getting going deeper in your faith, check out our certificate programs, B.A., M.A.s, M.Div., and D.Min degrees. You will study with world-class faculty and the most racially diverse student body in the country. www.wbs.edu

oo often Christians are known by what they are against, particularly as we work through the challenges of the sexual revolution. On today’s podcast, Tim Tennent helps change the conversation to describe what we are for. What is it that Christians are for? We are For the Body! Dr. Tennent takes a little time with me to discuss his book. Here are the links: 

YouTube - https://youtu.be/_03D4P82TU0

Audio - https://andymilleriii.com/media/podcast

Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-to-the-story-with-dr-andy-miller/id1569988895?uo=4

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You can find out more about Dr. Tennent and this book at https://timothytennent.com

AND a new article 

I wrote an article for a new magazine called The Salvation Soldier. My article, “A United Army in a Difficult Time,” can be found here - https://files.ctctusercontent.com/c9aca873801/f828f370-fb15-4692-9d63-dafff17c2ff6.pdf?rdr=true

Today’s episode is brought to you by two sponsors: 

Bill Roberts is a financial advisor, who has been serving the retirement planning and investment needs of individuals, families, non-profits, and churches for 25 years. He is a Certified Financial Planner and accredited investment fiduciary. Bill specializes in working with Salvation Army employees and officers by helping them realize their financial goals. 

You can find out more about Bill’s business at www.WilliamHRoberts.com

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Wesley Biblical Seminary - Interested in getting going deeper in your faith, check out our certificate programs, B.A., M.A.s, M.Div., and D.Min degrees. You will study with world-class faculty and the most racially diverse student body in the country. www.wbs.edu

For the King! 

Dr. Andy Miller III 

The point at which divine inspiration and human agency meat is not always easy to detect, Jason Swain, shows the Salvation Army as a prime case of this tension in his new book, Under Two Flags: The Rise, Rebellion, and Rebuilding of The Salvation Army in America 1870-1913. Check out various links here: 

YouTube -https://youtu.be/_j_MkT0Ut84

Audio - https://andymilleriii.com/media/podcast

Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-to-the-story-with-dr-andy-miller/id1569988895?uo=4

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I am giving away five copies of Under Two Flags. Here’s how you can earn a chance to win one: 

1. Share a link to this interview with Jason on your social media. 

2. Join my email list here - https://andymilleriii.com/about/email-list 

3. Make a comment on my YouTube interview with Jason

Major Jason Swain was commissioned as a Salvation Army officer in 1998 and served in many different types of appointments in the USA Southern Territory including a term as a staff officer at the Evangeline Booth College in Atlanta, Georgia. He joined the publication staff at USANational Headquarters in July 2018. He is currently the Corps Officer at the Northeast Kentucky core and Ashland, Kentucky. 

Today’s episode is brought to you by two sponsors: 

Bill Roberts is a financial advisor, who has been serving the retirement planning and investment needs of individuals, families, non-profits, and churches for 25 years. He is a Certified Financial Planner and accredited investment fiduciary. Bill specializes in working with Salvation Army employees and officers by helping them realize their financial goals. 

You can find out more about Bill’s business at www.WilliamHRoberts.com

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Wesley Biblical Seminary - Interested in getting going deeper in your faith, check out our certificate programs, B.A., M.A.s, M.Div., and D.Min degrees. You will study with world-class faculty and the most racially diverse student body in the country. www.wbs.edu

Stuart Kellogg spent the last 18 months interviewing almost 100 pastors, lay leaders and faith-based organizational experts, curating hundreds of stories and delving into key research projects in order to present insights and best practices that will help the church come out of this pandemic thriving, just just surviving.  We talk about his new book, The Post Covid Church:  An Action Plan to THRIVE, Not Just Survive.  

YouTube - 

Audio - https://andymilleriii.com/media/podcast

Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-to-the-story-with-dr-andy-miller/id1569988895?uo=4

Stuart Kellogg, a graduate of Syracuse University and Wesley Biblical Seminary, is a retired TV Executive.  He started The Post Covid Church project in the Spring of 2020 and it includes a website, podcast, and You Tube Channel.   He and his wife Beth have two grown children and four grandchildren.  Stuart and Beth live in Fairhope, AL.  To contact him:    [email protected]

Website: www.thepostcovidchurch.com

Link to buy the book: https://bit.ly/PostCovidChurchBook

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Today’s episode is brought to you by two sponsors: 

Bill Roberts is a financial advisor, who has been serving the retirement planning and investment needs of individuals, families, non-profits, and churches for 25 years. He is a Certified Financial Planner and accredited investment fiduciary. Bill specializes in working with Salvation Army employees and officers by helping them realize their financial goals. 

You can find out more about Bill’s business at www.WilliamHRoberts.com

And 

Wesley Biblical Seminary - Interested in getting going deeper in your faith, check out our certificate programs, B.A., M.A.s, M.Div., and D.Min degrees. You will study with world-class faculty and the most racially diverse student body in the country. www.wbs.edu

Enough is Enough: A Step-by-Step Plan to Leave an Abusive Relationship with God’s Help

When the abuse starts, that’s when you know enough is enough. It’s time to find a haven somewhere else. There will be a chance down the road to assess where your marriage is headed n the long term. No one is saying divorce is the inevitable outcome. God can transform anyone. But He doesn’t promise to do that. People choose to persist in sin. And that’s why it’s imperative for you to leave . . . so you can think clearly, take stock of the situation, and most of all, protect yourself and those whom you love. Dr. David Clarke, a licensed psychologist specializing in marital therapy for more than 30 years, wants to help you make the break from your abusive relationship. Whether or not divorce is on the horizon is beside the point. You need to get out so you can sort it out.

Dr. Clarke understands this journey won’t be easy. That’s why he provides a step-by-step plan that includes practical advice as well as biblical guidance. But leave you must, because abuse is a sin that doesn’t come from above. Let this book help you get away from your abuser so you can give your marriage the best chance to succeed. Because only with some distance will you be able to see what your loving, ever-faithful God has in store for you.

DAVID E. CLARKE, PH.D., is a Christian psychologist, speaker, and
the author of fifteen books, including I Don’t Want a Divorce, My
Spouse Wants Out, and I Don’t Love You Anymore. He is a graduate
of Dallas Theological Seminary and Western Conservative Baptist
Seminary. He has been in private practice for more than thirty years,
focusing on marriages in crisis. He and his blonde wife, Sandy, live in
Tampa, Florida. They have four children and four grandchildren (so far;
they have asked for more grandkids).

Today I am glad to share two emerging signs of hope in the church. The Wesleyan Covenant Association (WCA) is the renewal group bringing the Global Methodist Church into existence. Today I talk with the WCA’s president, Keith Boyette. This conversation is a hopeful sign about the future of the church. Here are the links: 

YouTube - https://youtu.be/jNNTfdPd2w4

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You can find out more about Creekside at these links - creeksideatl.org

 and facebook.com/creekside.atc

Today’s episode is brought to you by two sponsors: 

Keith Waters and his team at WPO Development do an amazing job helping non-profits and churches through mission planning studies, strategic plans, feasibility studies, and capital campaigns. We are honored to have Keith and WPO on the More to the Story team. You can find out more about them at www.wpodevelopment.com or touch base directly with Keith at [email protected].

AND 

Bill Roberts is a financial advisor, who has been serving the retirement planning and investment needs of individuals, families, non-profits, and churches for 25 years. He is a Certified Financial Planner and accredited investment fiduciary. Bill specializes in working with Salvation Army employees and officers by helping them realize their financial goals. 

You can find out more about Bill’s business at www.WilliamHRoberts.com

A new expression of Salvation Army church life has developed in Atlanta called Creekside ATL. Caleb Louden is a leader at Creekside. On today's podcast, he and I talk about how this community is innovating new ways to express the ecclesiology and mission of The Salvation Army. I LOVED this conversation with Caleb. 

YouTube - https://youtu.be/-dx7sJcRex0

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You can find out more about Creekside at these links - creeksideatl.org

 and facebook.com/creekside.atc

Today’s episode is brought to you by two sponsors: 

Bill Roberts is a financial advisor, who has been serving the retirement planning and investment needs of individuals, families, non-profits, and churches for 25 years. He is a Certified Financial Planner and accredited investment fiduciary. Bill specializes in working with Salvation Army employees and officers by helping them realize their financial goals. 

You can find out more about Bill’s business at www.WilliamHRoberts.com

AND

Wesley Biblical Seminary - Interested in getting going deeper in your faith, check out our certificate programs, B.A., M.A.s, M.Div., and D.Min degrees. You will study with world-class faculty and the most racially diverse student body in the country. www.wbs.edu

In our divided times, conversations between people who disagree are important. Today’s podcast is a 90-minute conversation with Chick Yuill on human sexuality and the church.  At a few times in this conversation, we wondered if “the honorable thing to do” for our denomination is to “part ways.” Nevertheless, even an amicable separation comes through respectful conversations like this. You won’t find a knock-down-drag-out debate here, but honest dialogue between people who disagree. Here are the links: 

YouTube – https://youtu.be/pTF1r4FMTwQ

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Last week I published a helpful conversation with apologist Dr. Frank Turek. Among other topics, we discussed his book Stealing from God. He has developed strategies for defending the faith that will be helpful to you. Find those links here:

YouTube – https://youtu.be/fMQlY9_Bnhc

Audio Podcast – https://andymilleriii.com/media/podcast

Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-to-the-story-with-dr-andy-miller/id1569988895?uo=4

For context for this conversation find my first response to Chick here - https://youtu.be/DBkeVysbR0g

Today’s episode is brought to you by two sponsors: 

Bill Roberts is a financial advisor, who has been serving the retirement planning and investment needs of individuals, families, non-profits, and churches for 25 years. He is a Certified Financial Planner and accredited investment fiduciary. Bill specializes in working with Salvation Army employees and officers by helping them realize their financial goals. 

You can find out more about Bill’s business at www.WilliamHRoberts.com

And 

Wesley Biblical Seminary - Interested in getting going deeper in your faith, check out our certificate programs, B.A., M.A.s, M.Div., and D.Min degrees. You will study with world-class faculty and the most racially diverse student body in the country. www.wbs.edu