Dave Miller

Originally published at "Dave Miller Daily." I had an interesting conversation several years ago with a friend who served as a missionary in an Asian nation. The people in that nation love their homeland but do not have the kind of passionate patriotic loyalty to it that Americans, and especially conservative Americans, have for our homeland. "Americans have a level of patriotism, nationalism, and national pride that other nations just don't have." It is crucially important to many people, a point of doctrine, a test of political orthodoxy, to believe and proclaim that America is not only … [Read more...] about “The Greatest Nation on Earth?” A Balanced Look at American Exceptionalism

Originally published at Dave Miller Daily I just got home from the caucuses (well, from getting some gas for my snowblower and such - we are supposed to get a foot to foot and a half of snow tomorrow) and I have some initial thoughts. 1. When I drove in to the community center, my heart sank. Last time, we parked in the main area and walked in. This time, I dropped my wife off and drove to Kansas City, where I parked and walked to the door. There was a long line to enter and sign in. Many of the people in the line were filling out the registration cards, to switch their registration to … [Read more...] about Initial Thoughts on a Night at the Iowa Caucuses

Originally posted at "Dave Miller Daily." There are a lot of words you could use to describe Donald Trump. Narcissist - his focus and concern isn't America, it's all about Donald Trump. He judges people, press, and everyone by "how they treat me." "It's all about ME," according to Trump. Misogynist - his treatment of women is despicable. No more need be said. Racist – it is not too much of a stretch to use this word to describe his border policy and his treatment of Muslims. Bully - he is mean-spirited, vindictive, and nasty. Bizarre – he says and does some of the most … [Read more...] about Donald Trump IS Barack Obama

This was originally published at my new blogging venture, "Dave Miller Daily." Don't get your hopes up, I'm not planning to leave SBC Voices anytime soon. But I plan to write about broader interests - sports, politics, and other things, at that site, limiting my entries here more to the things that deal with the SBC. I will also, from time to time, double post, as I'm doing now. I had a moment of clarity in the villages west of Ziguinchor, Senegal a couple of weeks ago, one that helped me to understand the problems in American Christianity. For most of our history Americans have described … [Read more...] about A Moment of Clarity: Idolatry and American Christianity

A year ago I went for the first time to Senegal with Bart, to start working with the Unengaged, Unreached People Group (UUPG) known as the Essing. They are cousins to the people group Bart has been working with, the Bayot. He and his church are doing an amazing work west of Zinguinchor among the Bayot – after about four years things are coming together beautifully and they are beginning to see real fruit from their work. At some point they uncovered the existence of this group, the Essing, who live just a few kilometers away on the next peninsula along the Casamance. Bart mentioned on a blog … [Read more...] about Barnabas, in Search of Saul of Tarsus: Looking for a Missions Partner

I know that many of you are social media friends with Bart Barber. He is in Dakar, Senegal and having great trouble making connections to Ziguinchor, the ministry base from which his work with the Bayot people launches. He does amazing work there - God is at work among that UPG. He nearly missed his flight, then the Dakar to Zig flight was booked. The boat that sometime runs isn't running. He needs to get to Zig and he is having trouble. He's incredibly patient and may already have found a way, I don't know. Once you are in country, Internet becomes spotty at best. Pray for Bart as he … [Read more...] about Pray for Bart Barber

I'm headed out in the AM for points east. I won't be back till 2016. And when I get back I'll be headed overseas pretty quickly. I am planning to spend a lot of time neglecting SBC Voices over the next two to three weeks. I may write a post now and again. So, here are the rules. If you have a post, post it yourself. Wait at least 5 or 6 hours (or more) after someone else has posted. Scheduling a post isn't that hard. On the publish screen, set the date and time you want it to publish, then hit the schedule button. Each contributor is free to moderate comments as he sees fit. I may … [Read more...] about Hey Contributors, Fire When Ready