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Daily Bible Refresh
On The Daily Daily Bible Refresh, you will hear the words of the Biblical New Testament Lesson, read from "The Message". The reading is followed by a study of the scripture which is Understandable, Relatable and Actionable presented from a progressive point of view. If you believe you need to start your day the right way enlightened by eternal wisdom and refreshed in prayer then listen to the Daily Bible Refresh with Rev. Dr. Brad Miller
Episodes
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Can Religion Save You? Romans 2:17-29 and the Mark on Your Heart
Dr. Brad Miller explores Romans 2:17–29 from a progressive point of view, focusing on Paul’s warning that religious knowledge and status do not automatically…
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What Does Jesus Mean by "Sell Everything"? Matthew 19:16-22
Dr. Brad Miller’s episode of The Daily Bible Refresh explores Matthew 19:16–22, where a young man asks Jesus what he must do to gain eternal life. Reflecting…
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Is Faith Without Works Really Dead? James 2:14-26 Explained
In this episode of The Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on James 2:14–26, exploring the idea that faith is more than words or beliefs—it becomes…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat Does James 2:8-13 Mean? Who Gets the "Good Seat" in Your Faith?
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on James 2:8–13 through a progressive Christian lens, focusing on the call to love your…
Daily Bible RefreshThe Trap Question Jesus Turned Into Two Pegs
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Matthew 22:34–46 from a progressive Christian perspective, reading from The Message. Jesus…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat Does John 5:39-47 Mean? Are You Missing the Forest for the Trees in Your Faith?
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on John 5:39–47, where Jesus challenges people who study Scripture yet miss the life and love…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat Does Titus 2:11-15 Mean? Is God's Grace Really Meant for Everyone?
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Titus 2:11–15 and the message that God’s grace is public and available to everyone. He…
Daily Bible RefreshTitus 1: Get a Grip! Leadership Starts at the Kitchen Table
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Titus 1:5–16 and what it means to lead with integrity. He contrasts public credentials with…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat Does Matthew 17:22-27 Mean? Are You Free in God's Family and Still Called to Give?
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Matthew 17:22–27, where Jesus tells his disciples about his coming death and resurrection…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat Does Revelation 18:21-24 Mean? What Happens When the Music of Everyday Life Goes Silent?
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Revelation 18:21–24, where Babylon’s fall is marked by the disappearance of music, craft…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat Does Revelation 18:11-20 Really Mean? Who Gets Counted as Cargo When Empires Fall?
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reads Revelation 18:11–20 from The Message and reflects on the collapse of a wealthy city whose…
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Whose Face Is on Your Coin? What Jesus Really Meant About Taxes and God (Matthew 22:15-22)
The "Daily Bible Refresh" is presented each day by Rev. Dr. Brad Miller who has a goal of speaking a bit of the bible into two million ears (one million…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat Do You Do When Doing Right Costs Everything? (Matthew 14:1-12)
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Matthew 14:1–12, where Herod’s fear of losing face leads him to order John the Baptist’s…
Daily Bible RefreshAre You Leading Like a Shepherd or a Boss? (1 Peter 5:1-5)
In this episode of The Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller introduces a daily, progressive reading of the Bible, featuring New Testament lessons selected from…
Daily Bible RefreshAre You Opening the Door or Guarding It? (3 John 9-12)
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on 3 John 9–12 and the contrast between Diotrephes, who uses his authority to exclude others…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat Are You Really Hungry For? (John 6:25-38)
In this episode of The Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on John 6:25–38, where Jesus describes himself as the bread of life. From a progressive…
Daily Bible RefreshDoes Faith Ever Feel Finished? Philippians 3:13–4:1 and the Freedom of Staying Unfinished
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Philippians 3:13–4:1 from a progressive Christian perspective. Paul’s words about pressing…
Daily Bible RefreshIs Your Faith an Open Arm or a Closed Fist? Jude 17-25 on Mercy for Doubters
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Jude 17–25 from The Message and its call to build faith through prayer, remain rooted in…
Daily Bible RefreshWho Gets Invited to God's Table? The Wedding Banquet Parable (Matthew 22:1-14)
In this episode of The Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller introduces a short daily Bible reading from a progressive Christian perspective. He says the…
Daily Bible RefreshFeasting or Fasting? Why Jesus Says Joy Isn't Optional When Life Gets Hard (Mark 2:18-22)
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Mark 2:18–22, where Jesus responds to questions about fasting with images of a wedding…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat If Your Laughter Is Hiding Your Tears? "Hit Bottom" and a Quiet Yes in James 4:4-10
In this episode of The Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on James 4:4–10 from The Message, exploring what it means to turn from self-centered ways…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat Kind of Leader Does God Delight In? "Just Plain People" in 1 Peter 5:1-5, 12-14
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on 1 Peter 5:1–5 and 12–14, contrasting Peter’s model of humble, caring leadership with…
Daily Bible RefreshThe Unintentional Prophecy: When the Wrong Man Says the Right Thing
In this episode of The Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on John 11:45–57 from The Message, where the religious leaders respond to the news of…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat If God Is Already Your Friend? "A Fresh Start" in 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
In this episode of The Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on 2 Corinthians 5:16–21 from The Message, exploring how life in Christ offers a fresh…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat If the Rejected Stone Is You? "From Rejected to Accepted" in 1 Peter 2:4-10
This episode of The Daily Bible Refresh explores 1 Peter 2:4–10 through the image of Jesus as the living cornerstone and believers as the stones God brings…
Daily Bible RefreshWhose Vineyard Is It, Anyway? "The Stone They Threw Out" in Matthew 21:33-46
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Matthew 21:33–46, Jesus’ parable of the vineyard tenants who reject the owner’s messengers…
Daily Bible RefreshCan Anything Good Come From There? "Nobody Talks Like This" in John 7:40-53
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on John 7:40–53, where the crowd is divided over Jesus and religious leaders dismiss him…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat's on Your Spiritual Résumé? "Barking Dogs" and Holy Credentials in Philippians 3:1-6
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Philippians 3:1–6 and the difference between outward credentials and the grace that truly…
Daily Bible RefreshAre You Being Bullied by Religion? "Don't Touch, Don't Taste" in Colossians 2:16-23
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Colossians 2:16–23, where Paul warns against letting religious rules about food, worship…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat Would You Rather Hear: "Forgiven" or "Fixed"? (Matthew 9:2-8)
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reads Matthew 9:2–8, where Jesus forgives and heals a paralyzed man brought to him by his friends…
Daily Bible RefreshCan You Cheer On People With Bad Motives? (Philippians 1:15-21)
In this episode of The Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Philippians 1:15–21, where Paul writes from prison about preachers who are seeking…
Daily Bible RefreshCan Prison Bars Actually Make Faith Grow? (Philippians 1:3-14)
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Philippians 1:3–14, where Paul writes with gratitude and affection while imprisoned…
Daily Bible RefreshWould the "Wrong" People Beat You Into Heaven? (Matthew 21:23-32)
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Matthew 21:23–32, where Jesus tells the story of two sons: one says no to his father’s…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat Happens When You Refuse to Answer the Question? (Mark 11:27-33)
The "Daily Bible Refresh" is presented each day by Rev. Dr. Brad Miller who has a goal of speaking a bit of the bible into two million ears (one million…
Daily Bible RefreshIs Your Cynicism Blinding You to What God’s Doing? (Acts 13:32-41)
The "Daily Bible Refresh" is presented each day by Rev. Dr. Brad Miller who has a goal of speaking a bit of the bible into two million ears (one million…
Daily Bible RefreshAre You Living Like You'll Never Run Out of Tomorrows? (James 4:11-17)
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reads James 4:11–17 from The Message and unpacks its challenging call to humility in how we speak about…
Daily Bible RefreshCould a Child Outrank You in Heaven? (Matthew 18:1-5)
In today’s episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller unpacks Matthew 18:1–5 from The Message, where the disciples ask Jesus who ranks highest in God’s…
Daily Bible RefreshCan You Spot a Spiritual Con Artist? (Romans 16:17-20)
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reads Romans 16:17–20 from The Message and offers a progressive reflection on Paul’s warning against…
Daily Bible RefreshWho Was Junia—the Apostle Paul Almost Erased? (Romans 16:1-16)
In today’s Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reads Romans 16:1–16 from the Message translation and invites us to sit with a passage many people usually…
Daily Bible RefreshIs God's Grace Unfair? What Matthew 20:1-16 Says About the Great Reversal
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on the Parable of the Vineyard Workers in Matthew 20:1–16 through a relatable family moment…
Daily Bible RefreshWhy Is It So Hard to Trust God? What Matthew 19:23-30 Says About Letting Go of Control
In today’s episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reads Matthew 19:23–30 from The Message and explores what Jesus really meant when He said it’s…
Daily Bible RefreshWhen Was Your Last Faith Checkup? What 2 Corinthians 13:5-10 Says About Testing Yourself Honestly
In today’s Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reads from 2 Corinthians 13:5–10 in The Message and invites us to approach our spiritual lives the way a cancer…
Daily Bible RefreshCan Weakness Really Become Strength? What 2 Corinthians 13:1-4 Says About Speaking Hard Truths
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on the uncomfortable but necessary work of loving confrontation, drawing from both his…
Daily Bible RefreshCan Faith Really Move Mountains? What Mark 11:20-25 Says About Prayer and Grudges
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reads Mark 11:20–25 from The Message and explores what it really means to “embrace this God life.”…
Daily Bible RefreshIs Your Strong Faith Helping or Hurting Others? What Romans 14:13-15:2 Says About Getting Along
In this episode of the Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller walks us through Romans 14:13–15:2, using a humorous tailgating story to illustrate how easily we…
Daily Bible RefreshWhat Does Real Courage Look Like? What Hebrews 11:23-29 Teaches About Faith That Acts
In this episode of the Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on Hebrews 11:23–29 and the story of Moses to explore what genuine faith looks like in…
Daily Bible RefreshHow Many Times Should You Forgive? What Matthew 18:21-35 Says About Keeping Score
Today on Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reflects on our all‑too‑human habit of “keeping score” in relationships, using a simple hiking story to…
Daily Bible RefreshIs Your Prayer Life Stuck on Autopilot? What Matthew 6:7-15 Says About Ditching the Formula
In this episode of the Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reads Matthew 6:7–15 from The Message and explores what it really means to pray beyond formulas and…
Daily Bible RefreshBetrayed But Not Abandoned: What Joseph's Story Reveals About God's Presence in Your Darkest Season (Acts 7:9-16)
In this episode of the Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller offers a progressive reflection on Acts 7:9–16, exploring the messy family story of Joseph and how…
Daily Bible Refresh"What Does Love Actually Cost You — and Are You Willing to Pay It?" (1 John 3:11-16)
In today’s Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller offers a concise yet powerful reflection on 1 John 3:11–16, exploring what it truly means to love from a…
Daily Bible Refresh"Are You Full of Leaves but No Fruit? What Jesus and the Fig Tree Reveal About Real Faith" (Matthew 21:18-22)
In this episode of the Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller explores one of the strangest little episodes in the Gospel of Matthew—Jesus cursing the fig tree…
Daily Bible Refresh"Does Romans 13 Really Mean Christians Must Obey Every Government — No Matter What?" (Romans 13:1-7)
The "Daily Bible Refresh" is presented each day by Rev. Dr. Brad Miller who has a goal of speaking a bit of the bible into two million ears (one million…
Daily Bible Refresh"When Does 'Honor the Emperor' Stop Being Good Advice — and Start Being Complicity?" (1 Peter 2:11-17)
The "Daily Bible Refresh" is presented each day by Rev. Dr. Brad Miller who has a goal of speaking a bit of the bible into two million ears (one million…
Daily Bible Refresh"Are You Avoiding a Hard Conversation? What Matthew 18 Really Teaches About Conflict and Community" (Matthew 18:15-20)
The "Daily Bible Refresh" is presented each day by Rev. Dr. Brad Miller who has a goal of speaking a bit of the bible into two million ears (one million…
Daily Bible Refresh"Are You Honoring Yesterday's Prophets While Silencing Today's? What Matthew 23 Reveals About Us" (Matthew 23:29-36)
The "Daily Bible Refresh" is presented each day by Rev. Dr. Brad Miller who has a goal of speaking a bit of the bible into two million ears (one million…
Daily Bible Refresh"Why Does God Keep Holding Out His Arms to People Who Keep Walking Away?" (Romans 10:15-21)
The "Daily Bible Refresh" is presented each day by Rev. Dr. Brad Miller who has a goal of speaking a bit of the bible into two million ears (one million…
Daily Bible Refresh"What Does It Really Mean to Love Someone Enough to Tell Them the Truth?" (2 Corinthians 12:11-21)
The "Daily Bible Refresh" is presented each day by Rev. Dr. Brad Miller who has a goal of speaking a bit of the bible into two million ears (one million…
Daily Bible Refresh"Have You Actually Committed the Unforgivable Sin — or Is That Fear Talking?" (Matthew 12:22-32) Hook phrase: "Unforgivable Sin"
The "Daily Bible Refresh" is presented each day by Rev. Dr. Brad Miller who has a goal of speaking a bit of the bible into two million ears (one million…
Daily Bible Refresh"Running on Empty but Still Standing — What the Open Door of Revelation 3 Means for You" (Revelation 3:7-13)
The "Daily Bible Refresh" is presented each day by Rev. Dr. Brad Miller who has a goal of speaking a bit of the bible into two million ears (one million…
Daily Bible Refresh"Are You Busy but Dead Inside? What the Letter to Sardis Reveals About Empty Faith" (Revelation 3:1-6)
In this episode of Daily Bible Refresh, Dr. Brad Miller reads Revelation 3:1–6 from The Message, focusing on the letter to the church at Sardis—a community…