I put out an “interview” on the channel that I think you’ll want to see. Click the image above to view it.
My interview subject is Allen Miller. We sat around my fire so he could tell his story of coming to Christ over 40 years ago. It’s really stirring.
A couple more comments, extra tidbits for subscribers:
Facebook really harmed my enjoyable naïveté about the holiness and wisdom of older saints. It tempted two saintly-looking older folks in my church, many years ago, to spout conspiracy theory nonsense and political claptrap. These were two out of dozens of older folks in my church who did not do these things, but one of them was a former pastor. I was really disappointed, mainly because I was really hoping—I still am—that a lifetime of walking with God will make me increase in wisdom. I wanted to see that people running before me in the Christian race had done this. That’s reason number one why I like Allen. He’s what I aspire to be when I’m his age. I, frankly, am not on exactly the same theological page he’s on; one of the first things we discussed was eschatology. But I still want to be him.
Reason number two is that I sometimes get charged with believing that you have to be formally educated to know the Bible well. Allen shows that that just isn’t true—either that I believe this, or that it’s true. My old graphic design prof—that was my original undergrad major—said that experience is the best teacher, but education’s quicker. I think that’s true. I also think that both education and experience tend to leave you with blindspots. Education can make you head smart and street stupid; experience can work out certain muscles in your brain and leave others to atrophy. I suppose that a combination of education and experience are ideal, so I’m so glad I went to a seminary that tried to make sure I got both. And I’m so glad Allen went to a divine seminary in which God says, “Consider what I say, and the Lord will give you understanding in all things.”