Are You Missing It? What Jesus Really Means When He Says We're Missing God — John 8:21–30
In today’s Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reads John 8:21–30 from The Message and explores Jesus’ challenge to people who are “tied down to the mundane” and missing God in their everyday lives. From a progressive Christian perspective, Brad reframes “missing God” not as moral failure but as a problem of narrow vision, using a vivid hiking analogy to show how focusing only on what’s right in front of us blinds us to the beauty and depth all around. He then highlights Jesus’ deep relational confidence in the Father—“he doesn’t abandon me”—as a model for a faith rooted not in fear or…
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