robmilleronline.com

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:22:00 +0000

http://tinyurl.com/ydk2jmj

really? that big? come on...gotta love the question he asks though.

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:29:00 +0000

Unsolicited Advice is Criticism

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:09:00 +0000

Think about it. Do you give advice when you're not asked to? Do you hate it when others do that to you?

Advice given without solicitation looks a lot like criticism. Ask others if they want to hear your advice before you offer it. People will listen more receptively to your advice if you ask their permission first.

God's Gonna Cut You Down

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:34:00 +0000

This song has been on repeat on my iPod for days. don't know why. but I do know that Johnny Cash was a giant of an artist that I don't fully appreciate yet.

A Consistent Ethic of Human Life, or Jesus vs. Jack Bauer

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:14:00 +0000

Click here to read a great article by Skye Jethani about Christians, torture, and a holistic ethic of the sanctity of life.

Jesus Is Hard To Enjoy

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:27:00 +0000

Found this on a good friend's blog this morning...and I was really challenged by this. So I thought I would share. Hope it challenges you too.

Jesus Is Hard To Enjoy

by Pete Hammond

I seek comfort – He invites me to join in his suffering.
I like acceptance and approval – He calls me to be counter-cultural.
I assume my right to safety – He calls me to personal risk.
I desire financial security – He encourages generosity.
I cherish privacy – He invites me into community.
I yearn for personal significance – he made himself “of no reputation.”
I hide for fear of being judged and rejected – He knows me fully and loves me.
I really like my pillow – He had no place to lay his head.
I want to prolong a healthy life – He calls me to die daily.
I hide in macho male bravado – He weeps for others.
I love good regular meals – He feeds others.
I ponder doctrine – He practices love.
I crave success – He wants me to oppose evil at all costs.
I seek out important people – He befriends the despised and rejected.

Jesus is hard to enjoy,
But what I find deep within me is much worse.

playing for change

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:25:00 +0000

this has got to be one of the coolest (and most original) things I've seen in a long time. check out the video and make sure to visit the site too.

Playing For Change | Song Around The World "Stand By Me" from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

Easter Sunday Media

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:20:00 +0000

Here are 2 videos that we created in-house and rolled out on Easter Sunday. Our Drama Team did the voice-overs on both videos and did a great job. I'm always amazed at what we're able to accomplish with iMovie and GarageBand. Check them out.

Easter Sunday Setlist (Preview)

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:17:00 +0000

Here's a sneak peak at our Easter services for this weekend.

"You Are"- Todd Fields
"All Because of Jesus"- Fee
"Salvation is Here"- Hillsong United
"Mighty to Save"- Hillsong
"Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)- Chris Tomlin (live version)

Right before the message we will roll out an oldie, "By His Wounds" by Wes King.
As people leave, we are handing out a free copy of "The Case for Easter" by Lee Strobel
We are also showing two videos we are putting together in house. I'll post those early next week.

So, what are you planning for Easter?

please press 9

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:43:00 +0000

Funny, but not really. Actually, it seems like it's more of a reality these days. Scary.

Awesome

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:22:00 +0000

Recapping Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:49:00 +0000

Trying to get back into the routine of updating the site routinely. One of the things I'll be doing on a regular basis is posting a setlist/recap of our Sunday services at Crosspoint. Hopefully this will be informative/helpful for some of you out there who are involved in the worship planning process at your churches. Feel free to comment and recap your Sunday and share some ideas.

2.8.09
9:30 & 11:00 am

Worship Set
Awesome Is The Lord Most High
Salvation Is Here
Glorious One
Jesus Paid It All

This Sunday we started a new series called OneLife. The big idea behind this series is to encourage people to use this "one life" that we've each been given to invest in the things that really matter to build the Kingdom. Today we looked at what it means to be involved in the lives of those around us, making the most of the opportunities we have to be Christ to the people that we interact with every day.

During a time of response after the message, the band went old-school 90's and pulled out a tune by the Normals called "Everything (apron full of stains)", a great song about making the most of every opportunity and encounter we are given. While the band played, we rolled an original video with some great images that really helped to communicate the story of this song. Pulling this off was definitely a highlight for us today...even though I botched up the words to the 3rd verse in the 2nd service... =)

Besides Digital Performer freaking out during 1st service and refusing to play back all our sequenced tracks (and some of our count-offs...), it was a great day from a production standpoint (which is always challenging for a mobile church). And the worship team did a great job of setting the stage for the message and providing an opportunity for our people to worship through song today. All in all a great Sunday.

goals, resolutions, and the like

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:21:00 +0000

I've been thinking a lot lately about being goal-oriented, and how growth sometimes seems to cost more than what it's worth. At first I thought I was just indulging my tendency toward laziness (which I do more often than I'd like to admit) and then I read this. Not entirely sure what the right answer to this question is, but I'm glad to know someone else seems to be thinking some of these thoughts.

Glenn Packiam's new book, Secondhand Jesus

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:03:00 +0000

stuff...that I like

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:28:00 +0000

Here's some stuff I've been enjoying lately...from music and good books to...well, just about anything.

Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible- It's been my go-to for a while...been renewing my appreciation for it lately.

Jon Foreman: "Fall", "Winter", "Spring" and "Summer". Jon Foreman is best-known as the lead singer for the band Switchfoot, and is one of the most talented (and under-rated) songwriters of the last ten years...at least I think so. I also want to buy his new album that just released...so if anyone wants to advance me a birthday gift, just let me know. =)

Ben Shive: "The Ill-Tempered Klavier". Ben Shive is an up-and-coming Nashville studio guy who got his start (and continues to tour/write) with Andrew Peterson, who might be my all-time favorite musical artist. His debut album is beautiful, unique, and definitely off the beaten path. Some great songs on this one.

Glenn Packiam. Blog of singer/songwriter/worship leader with Desperation Band. His thoughts are challenging and often convicting. Read through his archives sometime...good stuff.

Vimeo Great alternative to YouTube...with a 500mb upload limit...allows you to upload files longer than the YouTube max of 12(?) minutes

Twitter Social Networking site where you update/communicate/share ideas etc. in 140 characters or less...check. it. out. (once you've signed up, you can follow me here, at your own risk.) =)

Dave Barry: 2008 Year In Review This one will take a while, but it is well worth the time...really funny!

Shakespearean Insulter you just have to see for yourself, thou dissembling milk-livered mammet!

Well, I hope at least one of these links piques your interest. Surf safely, and goodnight.

-Rob

Coming Soon...

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:28:00 +0000

I'm planning on giving this old battle axe of a blog a facelift. I'm not sure what that's going to look like yet, but I should know over the next week. Check back to see the changes...whoever reads this.

Hosanna

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:51:00 +0000

I am tangled up in contradiction
I am strangled by my own two hands
I am hunted by the hounds of addiction
Hosanna, hosanna

I have lied to everyone who trusts me
I have tried to fall when I could stand
I have only loved the ones who love me
Hosanna, hosanna

Oh, Hosanna
See the long awaited King
Come to set His people free
We cry oh Hosanna
Come and tear the temple down
Raise it up on holy ground
Hosanna, hosanna

I have struggled to remove this raiment
Tried to hide every shimmering strand
I contend with these ghosts and these hosts of bright angels
Hosanna

I have cursed the man that You have made me
I have nursed the beast that bays for my blood
I have run from the One who would save me
Save me, hosanna, hosanna

Oh, Hosanna
See the long awaited King
Come to set His people free
We cry oh Hosanna
Won't You tear the temple down
Raise it up on holy ground
Hosanna, hosanna
Hosanna, hosanna

We cry for blood
We take Your life
Hosanna
We cry for blood
We take Your life
It is blood, it is life that You have given

You have crushed beneath your heel the vile serpent
You have carried to the grave the black stain
You have torn apart the temple's holy curtain
You have beaten death at death's own game
Hosanna

Oh, hosanna
Hail the long awaited King
Come to set His people free
We cry oh Hosanna
Won't You tear this temple down
Raise it up on holy ground
Oh, Hosanna
I will lift my voice and sing
You have come and washed me clean
Hosanna, hosanna
Hosanna, hosanna
Oh hosanna

Hosanna
-Andrew Peterson

This song is even more beautiful in light of an explanation of the meaning of this beautiful and powerful word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosanna

taking me back...

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:35:00 +0000

the rain falls on the righteous and the wicked
and mine is not to reason why this is
in this I rest in this I find my refuge
that my thoughts and ways are not His
i spend my life on looking up the answers
it’s rare that I can’t find a reason why
but reasons fail to children without mothers
His plan is more than I can know

have you ever held in doubt
what this life is all about
have you questioned all these things
that seem important to us
do you really wanna know
or are you a little scared
you’re afraid that God is not
exactly what you’d have Him be
and what should I hold to and what should I do
how do I know if anything’s true
i’m somewhere in between Canaan and Egypt
a place called the wilderness

i’m not one who always trusts their feelings
i don’t believe in what you’d call blind faith
but faith that You can do all that You promised
and You said it all works for good
it’s safe to say I don’t see the big picture
i can’t see the forest for the trees
and if five hundred lives
were mine to get to know You
all could be spent on just this

God do you really understand what it’s like to be a man
have You ever felt the weight of
loving all the things you hate
have You struggled have you worried
how can You sympathize

i have spoken much too soon put my hand over my mouth
i can’t contend with You
Your ways are so much higher
And we pass through the fire
that Christ endured before us
when You were in the wilderness

wilderness
o.c. supertones

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:57:00 +0000

how miserable I am
i feel like a fruit picker
who arrived here after the harvest
there's nothing here at all
there's nothing at all here
that could placate my hunger

the godly people are all gone
there's not one honest soul
left alive here on the planet
we're all murders and thieves
setting traps here for even our brothers

and both of our hands are
equally skilled at doing evil
equally skilled at bribing the judges
equally skilled at perverting justice
both of our hands, both of our hands

the day of justice comes
and is even now quickly arriving
don't trust anyone at all
not your best friend or even your wife
for the son hates the father
the daughter despises even her mother
look your enemies are right
right in the room of your very household

and both of their hands
equally skilled at doing evil
equally skilled at bribing the judges
equally skilled at perverting justice
both of their hands, both of their hands

no don't gloat over me
for though i fall, though i fall
i will rise again
though i sit here in darkness
the Lord the Lord alone He will be my light
i will be patient as the Lord
punishes me for the wrongs i've done against Him
after that He'll take my case
bringing me into light and justice
for all i have suffered

and both of His hands
are equally skilled at ruining evil
equally skilled at judging the judges
equally skilled administering justice
both of His hands, both of His hands
are equally skilled at showing new mercy
equally skilled at loving the loveless
equally skilled administering justice
both of His hands, both of His hands

equally skilled
jon foreman

kingdom comes

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:01:00 +0000

when anger fills your heart
when in your pain and hurt
you find the strength to stop
to bless instead of curse
when doubting floods your soul
when all things feel unjust
you open up your heart
and find a way to trust

it's a little stone, it's a little mortar
it's a little seed, it's a little water
in the hearts of the sons and daughters
this kingdom's coming...

when fear engulfs your mind
says you protect your own
you still extend your hand
you open up your home
when sorrow fills your life
when in your grief and pain
you choose again to rise
you choose to bless the name

it's a little stone, it's a little mortar
it's a little seed, it's a little water
in the hearts of the sons and daughters
this kingdom's coming...

in the mundane task of living
in your pouring out and giving
in your waking up and trying
in your laying down and dying

that's a little stone, that's a little mortar
that's a little seed, that's a little water
in the hearts of the sons and daughters
this kingdom's coming

it's a little stone, it's a little bit of mortar
it's a little bit of seed, it's a little bit of water
in your hearts, in our hearts
this kingdom's coming...

~sara groves~

i want my life to look way more like this than it does...

long road (to nowhere)

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:09:00 +0000

there's a feeling that I get
You're not done with me yet
i go to bed at night feeling lost
it's dangerous i know
i could go out on my own
run away and never come back

'cuz faith feels more like murder
and these little deaths keep hurting

'cuz it's a long road to nowhere
there's a good chance i'll get there
but as long as You're beside me
home is where I'll be

there's a place inside of me
where i've never quite believed
that change was something good
and always welcome
and here it is i'm torn
i'm an ancient being born
and a hole inside my heart
that's always bare

'cuz faith feels just like murder
these little deaths keep hurting

it's a long road to nowhere
there's a good chance i'll get there
but as long as You're beside me
home is where i'll be

so what about tomorrow?
here and gone like yesterday
i am no one real to fake it
in daily dying, i'm scarce and afraid

it's a long road to nowhere
there's a good chance i'll get there
but as long as You're beside me
home is where i'll be

-eric peters-

save something for grace

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:28:00 +0000

midnight at the stroke of noon
when the lights go down
and it's you against you
quiet eyes in a blaze of shame
like a beast of burden you could never tame

we try to be holy without being human first...

save something for grace
she's raising the sky
save something for faith
there's hope still in her eyes
save something for grace

hopeless one, can't you see
past your bitter heart
because you mean the world to me
moonlight's never been so near
you came into this world
with a ransom for your fears

we try to be holy without being human first...

save something for grace
she's raising the sky
save something for faith
there's hope still in her eyes
save something for grace

we live as though mercy were frail
and forgiveness merely a tale
we condemn ourselves to a fault
when we fail, when we fall
we find we're human after all

save something for grace
she's raising the sky
save something for faith
there's hope still in her eyes
save something for grace...

-eric peters-

Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 05:24:00 +0000

wake me up when the day is over
for I cannot bear the noise
put me to sleep in silent whispers
inside of God's own voice
is this the feeling of redemption
or the shoulders of despair?
and since I fear tomorrow
please come and meet me there

angel of tomorrow
say a prayer tonight
when we find ourselves alone
afraid of being known
and holding on for life

like a dream that comes to haunt you
and you've nowhere left to hide
God collect the tears like water
and turn them into wine
after all the noise is gone
like prayers left to die
i scarce can take it in
so where do I begin
to trust You in my life?

angel of tomorrow
say a prayer tonight
when I find myself alone
afraid of being known
and holding on for life

it's a paralyzing fear
cold to the touch yet so sincere

angel of tomorrow
please say a prayer tonight
when we find ourselves alone
afraid of being known
and holding on for life...

-eric peters-
-"tomorrow"-

Loving a Person

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:15:00 +0000

Loving a person just the way they are, it’s no small thing
It takes some time to see things through
Sometimes things change, sometimes we’re waiting
We need grace either way

Hold onto me
And I’ll hold onto you
Let’s find out the beauty of seeing things through

There’s a lot of pain in reaching out and trying
It’s a vulnerable place to be
Love and pride can’t occupy the same spaces baby
And only one makes you free

Hold onto me
And I’ll hold onto you
Let’s find out the beauty of seeing things through

If we go looking for offense
We’re gonna find it
If we go looking for real love
We’re gonna find it

Hold onto me
And I’ll hold onto you
Let’s find out the beauty of seeing things through

Loving a person just the way they are, that’s no small thing
That’s the whole thing
Loving me just the way I am, it’s no small thing
It takes some time…

-Sara Groves

honest

noreply@blogger.com (rob miller) — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:08:00 +0000

boy, know your place
lies do not become us
real is more attractive
than a slick and polished mask
girl, dig down deep
and know there's more between us
there's bound to be a question
you're just dying for me to ask

if you can be honest, i can be too
if you'll take the first step
i'll follow you through
but no one wants to bleed
and no one wants to hide
no one wants to hurt alone inside

child don't close your eyes
the truth contains much beauty
and though it scars your soul
it can heal the wounds it makes
we've been deceived to think
the pain is to be dreaded
when you've got nothing left
it'll give more than it takes

if you can be honest, i can be too
if you'll take the first step
i'll follow you through
but no one wants to bleed
and no one wants to hide
no one wants to hurt alone inside

if you can't find the peace
i'll help find it for you
i don't know how
one thing that's sure
is i won't leave you now

if you can be honest, i can be too
if you'll take the first step
i'll follow you through
but no one wants to bleed
and no one wants to hide
no one wants to hurt alone inside

-Kendall Payne