Essays, updates, and reflections on the life, ministry, and ongoing influence of C. John “Jack” Miller — written by Michael A. Graham, author of Cheer Up! and founder of The Jack Miller Project.
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Cheer Up! Come On, Let’s Die Together: It’s a Great Way to Come to Life
Thirty years since the death of Jack Miller. An essay marking the thirtieth anniversary of Jack Miller’s death—and the passing of Rose Marie Miller on March 26, 2026—telling the full story of elenctics, Sonship, and grace for the long haul.
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The Website Is Rebuilt — and a Word About Rose Marie Miller
If your Facebook feed was filled with posts from The Jack Miller Project today, I owe you an apology. Over the last several days I’ve been rebuilding the website from the ground up, and part of that work involved migrating my 2026 Substack essays onto the WordPress blog. Facebook treated each one as a new…
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A Higher Life Theology in Old School Clothing: What Jack Miller Wrote to His Elders About the OPC, the PCA, and the Unity of the Church
by Michael A. Graham In April 2023, I published a letter that Jack Miller wrote to the elders of New Life Presbyterian Church on December 8, 1989, laying out his reasons for recommending that New Life leave the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and affiliate with the Presbyterian Church in America. Readers can find it here: “If…
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Graham Family & Ministry Update
Dear Friends, It has been about six months since our last update, and a lot has happened. We are grateful for your friendship, prayers, and support over the years, and we want to share where things stand as we enter another season of change. Our last update covered the end of our three and a…
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How Beautiful Are the Dirty Feet
A Confession and a Discovery: (Follow Up to Yesterday’s article) By Michael A. Graham I have a PhD. I wrote Jack Miller’s biography. I have been a pastor for twenty-five years. I have preached Isaiah and Romans more times than I can count. And until this week, I had missed something that was right in…
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How to Build on Your Justification: Jack Miller on Romans, Justification, and the Life of the Justified
By Michael A. Graham Jack wrote: “The foundation of the whole Christian life is justification by faith alone. Once that is settled, every other aspect of Christian growth and change is simply learning how to build upon that foundation.” The metaphor is architectural. The foundation is complete. The foundation doesn’t change. Every day you wake…
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Representation and Reality: Reading Scripture Through the Lens of Another Gospel
By Michael A. Graham [Author’s Note: This is a continuation/follow-up of my thoughts from today’s Bible reading that was providentially in Exodus 25–32. In the context of yesterday’s AI article on representation and reality, I wanted to memorialize these engagements so I can keep them in mind as I continue thinking about the categories of…
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Having Begun by the Spirit: Artificial Intelligence (AI) as Another Gospel
By Michael A. Graham Galatians 3:3 is the theological hinge of the entire book of Galatians. Paul is confronting churches that had made a catastrophic mistake. They had begun by the Spirit. And now they were being perfected by the flesh. “Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?” The…
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The Remnant of One: From Remnant Theology to a Theology of Abundance
by Michael A. Graham I said, “How long does it take to change? How long does it take to stop being ruled by your flesh, your fear, your sense of failure?” Jack said: “Michael, repentance is the heart of the Christian life. Repentance is the pivot point around which everything else revolves.” That was in…
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What Is Grace? (And Why ‘Undeserving’ Isn’t Enough) — A Second Follow Up
By Michael A. Graham After writing my last two pieces someone responded thoughtfully: “God’s grace is the answer. But many would ask, ‘What is grace?’” If you haven’t read them, here they are: What’s So Amazing About Grace… Especially Right Now Repenting of Being Right: Why Grace Matters More Than Ever Right Now That question…
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Repenting of Being Right: Why Grace Matters More Than Ever Right Now — A Follow-Up
by Michael A. Graham Yesterday I wrote about Philip Yancey’s adultery and why grace feels especially contested right now. What struck me wasn’t only the sin itself, but how quickly the conversation moved toward moral sorting—who is clean, who is contaminated, who can speak, who should be silent, and when grace is allowed to show…
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What’s So Amazing About Grace … Especially Right Now!
By Michael A. Graham I’ve spent the last several days sitting with the news about Philip Yancey and the response it has generated. Like many others, I felt the discouragement immediately. Another respected Christian voice falls. Another marriage collapses. Another wave of grief passes through the church. What has stayed with me most is how…