From the Gospels, on the Life of Christ

J. R. Miller

• Publisher: Darolt Books
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9786586145069
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Bibles

From the Gospels, on the Life of Christ is a message of meditation based on the Bible and written by James Russell Miller (20 March 1840 – 2 July 1912) was a popular Christian author, Editorial Superintendent of the Presbyterian Board of Publication, and pastor of several churches in Pennsylvania and Illinois.James Russell Miller was born near Frankfort Springs, Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Big Traverse, which according to his biographer, John T. Faris, is a merry little mill stream which drains one of the most beautiful valleys in the southern part of Beaver County. His parents were James Alexander Miller and Eleanor Creswell who were of Irish/Scottish stock.Miller was the second child of ten, but his older sister died before he was born. James and his sisters attended the district school in Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania until, when James was about fourteen, his father moved to a farm near Calcutta, Ohio. The children then went to the district school during the short winters and worked on the farm during summer.In 1857, James entered Beaver Academy and in 1862 he progressed to Westminster College, Pennsylvania, which he graduated in June 1862. Then in the autumn of that year he entered the theological seminary of the United Presbyterian Church at Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

Table of contents

• Summary
• The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
• The Birth of John the Baptist
• The Birth of Jesus
• The Presentation in the Temple
• The Wise Men Led by the Star
• The Boy Jesus in the Temple
• The Ministry of John the Baptist
• The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus
• The Call of the First Disciples
• The Paralytic Forgiven and Healed
• Feasting and Fasting
• The Use of the Sabbath
• The Appointing of the Twelve Apostles
• Poverty and Riches
• The Law of Love
• Hearing and Doing
• The Penitent Woman
• Malignant Unbelief
• The Seed in the Four Kinds of Soil
• The GROWTH of the Kingdom
• A Troubled Sea and a Troubled Soul
• A Dead Girl and a Sick Woman
• The Visit to Nazareth
• The Death of John the Baptist
• Feeding of the Five Thousand
• Mission to the Gentiles
• Wanderings in Decapolis
• The Transfiguration
• The Child in the Midst
• The Two Great Commandments
• The Good Samaritan
• Jesus Teaching How to Pray
• Watchfulness
• False Excuses
• The Parable of the Two Sons
• Bartimeus and Zacchaeus
• Christ‘s Trial before Pilate
• Christ Crucified
• The Resurrection of Jesus
• The Walk to Emmaus
• Jesus Ascends into Heaven