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The Media Blog of Vince Miller

Spiritual Gifts: Impacting the Community

The world's population continues to grow at an unprecedented rate yet the church continues to experience on avergae only 1 conversion each year, per church in America.  As we look forward as evangelicals we must find fresh ways to impact the culture around us with the amazing gospel that God shares with all.  Listen as we discover two imperatives to using our spiritual gifts to transform the world.


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Spiritual Gifts: Using Them In The Church

In this lesson Vince leads us to understanding how we can use our gifts in the church, by digging into who we are and discovering our passions, design, and making commitments.

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True North: Personal Leadership Guide

True North: by Bill George is a fantastic Leadership resource.  I would compare this to Leadership Challenge by Kouses and Posner which I still think is one of the greatest leadership resources still today.  However George does an excellent job with the Personal Guide.  I am not sure I would even buy the book, if I would have purchased this first.  This is a great resource for leaders and I think will prove to be useful for especially Christian leaders in any context, but would give it to my friends who are climbing the corporate ladder.

Spiritual Gifts: Unwrapping Your Gift

Unwrapping who you are can sometimes be a difficult journey and some approach it with mixed feelings.  Vince will lead us through this, as we begin the first steps of unwrapping two critical items in discovering our spiritual gifts: first the purpose of spiritual gifts, and second our own awareness of the gifts that God has given us.




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The Shack

There are few books which I can say my eyes could not skim across the page fast enough.  And there are few book that caused me to to weep like a baby while reading.  This book, and this is a bold statement, is the greatest book I think I have ever read.  And it would be a mistake for Christians and non-Christians alike to not read this book.


Leadership: mistakes

Every leader makes mistakes, even one's who think they don't.  In this lesson Vince deals with the three most common mistakes he see in young college leaders and suggests simple practical steps for avoiding these.  This lesson is based on the final interaction of Jesus with Simon Peter on the beach after His resurrection as Jesus helps Peter discover his Leadership Moment amid his leadership mistakes.


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Leadership: assessment

There is nothing more irritating than a leader who does not know themselves well.  In fact one of the areas where leadership is tripped up is in the area of assessment.  Vince shares two areas of leadership that we must assess in ourselves as leaders that are often places leaders trip up.  Listen as we explore this in the life of the Rich Young Man in Mark 10.

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Leadership: inside out

What does it mean as an individual to truly lead?  In this lesson we explore the inside out movement of leadership that will bring about cultural change not only on our campus but in the culture of our heart.  Listen as we explore the teaching of Jesus in the sermon on the mount, as Jesus demonstrates a simple answer to a common leadership pitfall.

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Leadership: the moment

What is a leadership moment?  Each of us has them, but it what we do with them that matters.  Listen as Vince share a series from a Leadership Camp that will challenge how we think about ministry and leadership on our campus as we explore the life of Nehemiah and the three environments or organisms of leadership.

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Dan & Allie Wedding: marriage parallels

I have always wondered why Jesus chose a wedding as the place to reveal his earthly ministry.  Listen as Vince speculates as to a possible reason for this while explaining the ancient wedding process.

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Staduim Village Church: Salt and Light

One of my favorite kid activities was the "find the differences" activities in kids books.  The object was to notice subtle differences between two  seemingly similar pictures.  But do we as Christians really look any different from the culture? Listen a Jesus from Matthew, give us two core factors to living different from the culture and some simple practical steps to encourage Inward Transformation and Outward Influence.


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Stadium Village Church: I Am The Door

The "I AM" statements made by Jesus in the Gospel of John are some of the most descriptive statements that give us a clue into the identity of Jesus.  In John 10:7-10, Jesus refers to himself as "the door."  While are first glance this might seem an unusual description, listen as Vince shares the historical reference that brings new life and uncovers the exclusive nature of a loving God in a pluralistic society.

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Breakaway - Understanding the Will of God

There is no greater question asked by college students today than "What is God's Will for my life?"  Listen to a post-recording of  a session seminar at Winter Camp (Breakaway) led by Vince and he leads students toward a conceptual and biblical understanding of the Will of God.

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YL Camp: The Forgiveness of Christ

So how does Christ Christ respond to my brokenness and does he care?  As we deal with these questions Christ does have a response.  One that surprises some... for he loves, he forgives, and he heals us from the inside out.  Listen to this powerful message from Mark 2, as Vince shares a personal story from his life of a moment when he discovered the power of the forgiving love of God.

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YL Camp: The Love of Christ

Almost everyone wonders if there is someone out there who cares about them.  Listen as Vince shares one of his life's most embarrassing moments as he wondered for the first time if there was anyone out there who cared about him.  The first message in a series of four spoken to Young Life kids at Fall Camp on Flathead Lake in Montana.

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YL Camp: The Brokenness of Life

Don't you ever wonder why the world is so broken?  Listen to Vince as he shares the stench and impact of sin in our lives.  The second message of four spoke to high school students at Fall Camp on Flathead Lake in Montana.

Played: 67 | Download | Duration: 00:13:53

Evangelism - God Actively Seeks

What if being called to Christianity was not all about hanging out with other Christians, going to church, listening to Christian music and completely abstaining from the world.  Jesus himself addresses this tension in Luke 15, with a subtle parable Jesus politely slaps the Christian proposition that all we should do is hang out with people who follow Him.  Listen as Vince Miller unpacks this small parable of three; The Lost Coin.

Played: 60 | Download | Duration: 00:19:15

Evangelism: The Heart

The first in a series of three lessons on the Parables of Jesus from Luke 15.  Listen as Vince addresses the heart of Evangelism.  It does not begin with a great apologetic, or a great case, but with a great heart.  So the real beginning of great evangelism begins with the question... Do you have a heart that weeps for those around you who do not know Christ?

Played: 61 | Download | Duration: 00:18:11

Interactions With God - Discomfort

Faith seems to come so simple at times, yet there are moments that it is not.  Discover how God uses the discomfort of Faith to drive us to become spiritual giants in his kingdom.  Listen as Vince share passionately from his journal, a church visit, and a special moment with his 6 year old son Grant.

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Interactions With God - Desperation

We are all Desperate.  In fact wether small and confined or large and expansive we will all expereince moments of desperation in life.  It is that moment or moments where we come to the end of ourself and realize we are powerless to our situation, or life.  Listen as Vince unpacks the beautiful stories of the leader named Jarius and the bleeding woman to share with us how Christ reponds to our desperation in life.

Played: 58 | Download | Duration: 00:27:53