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Gary Miller hosts the Hope in Him Today podcast, where he teaches and shares conversations about faith, life, and Jesus. Gary is a former preacher/pastor, served in the military, and studied at Liberty Theological Seminary and Graduate School. He works in sales and marketing.
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Follow-up 2025 interview with Gary: The Temple is a Jesus Place | An Interview with Gary Miller
Highlights
05:00 Gary’s pathway to conversion from a Baptist preacher to a Latter-day Saint
08:10 Always interested in hearing things out
14:25 Discovering additional scripture in the Book of Mormon: the Gospel in hi-def 4k
18:25 Facing down and wrestling with the cultural change and his own identity
28:07 God’s pathways can appear impossible
32:00 From the full court press to post-baptism follow up: what does this person bring? Are we truly connecting with the person in the pew?
40:40 How do you bring people together outside of the confines of Sunday morning?
47:00 Connecting to people through ministering
52:30 How do we engage better as ministers? Fight for the feedback 56:15 Finding informal ways to connect and you will eventually be able to have the important conversations that otherwise would not happen
1:01:00 The process of becoming a Baptist minister
1:03:30 What happens when someone takes interest in leading, and how this compares
1:07:00 Paul to the Corinthians: different gifts
1:12:00 A desire to lead is the reason to create opportunities to minister and have an impact
1:15:25 If you feel you don’t have influence, what can you do?
1:19:10 How can we reconcile the discomfort of accepting the grace built into the plan of salvation?
1:21:30 When we are operating in grace, we can start working to become like Jesus, and we can extend that grace to others
1:24:20 How do you lead from the standpoint of grace?
1:28:50 Part of leadership is setting the example, which drives us to get closer to Christ
I’ve been a Bishop twice in Kansas and Texas. This was a conversation everyone should hear and I’ve introduced it to others who have been in similar situations.
This reminded me of an experience I had on my mission I was only one week out and I gave a copy of a book of Mormon to a pastor. I didn’t think much of it but I got a phone call the next day saying that he read all the way through Alma in one day, and wanted to learn more. He had to take a trip back to Africa for a few weeks, but was interested in learning more when he got back. When he did get back they had the more experienced zone leaders teach him the lessons and the stake president performed the baptism. He gave up his 300 member congregation to join the church
Does anyone know where Gary Miller is now? I used to follow his podcast but there hasn’t been an update since 2021.
Gary now has a podcast called Hope In Him Today: https://hopeinhimshow.podbean.com/
Awesome! Thank you!