The Sacred Musician

In this episode, Andrew and I tell some stories and lessons and talk about his relationship with God and what it is like to have a relationship with Him.

Today, we talk about how we met our wives and the story of us getting together and some marriage advise.

In this third episode of a series of "Legacy" conversations I have with Andrew Hurt, we talk about Stories, communication and following the desire that God has given you.

Today, we have another great conversation of things that we have learned and the perspectives that we have experienced. One of the perspectives we talk about in this episode is whether or not secular music(including county) is bad. I hope you gain some understanding as you listen.

Today, after a long break(too long), I am joined by Andrew Hurt in what is the first of many episodes to come that share our ideas, stories, and lessons learned as we talk about our journey of becoming the men that we are meant to be.

Today, I have a conversation with my brother, Joshua Miller who is a pastor and a fellow podcaster. You can find his podcasts on Podbean under "Joshua Ministries." We had a really good conversation and I hope you can get a lot out of it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-a-miller/support

This episode is the recording my brothers and I did for our dad for Father's Day just like we did for our mom. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-a-miller/support

In this episode, I have a conversation with Robin Canady about his testimony and what God has done in his life. I hope this conversation makes you want to jump out and do something for God yourself! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-a-miller/support

Today's episode is or my mom. I hope she enjoys it! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-a-miller/support

Today, I talk about the idea that we need other men on our team and in our close circles. We are not meant to be loners. It doesn't work. I also talk about refueling your mind on a regular basis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-a-miller/support

This week I share a thought about Moses, who by God's standard, was the most humble person in the world. I think we can learn from his example and recognize that God wants us to be humble. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-a-miller/support

In this episode, I talk about the spiritual war that we are in. Whether we realize it or not, we are involved. It is our job to follow Truth and do the job that we are here to do.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Over the last several months I have learned to be more of a reader after a gentle nudge from a friend. I believe leaders are readers and I hope this podcast challenges you to be a reader. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

As a man, God has given you the single most important treasure in life next to himself. It is your wife. You need to learn her, communicate with her and fight for her as God intended for you to do. As a man, you have the ability to fix or improve your marriage. You can lead it in the right direction. Your responsibility as the husband is not based on how she reacts or responds. The right thing is always the right thing. If you decide to take action and be the man God wants you to be for your wife, your marriage could change dramatically. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

In this episode, I talk about a few thoughts on learning new things. I believe every man should be a learner; always striving to become better. I hope this helps, encourages and challenges you to become the man that God has called you to be. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

My name is Brian Miller and I believe the world needs more manly men, especially in our churches. I will be looking to talk about, learn about and bring in guests that will help us all learn how to become better men. Why do I want to talk about manliness? Well, because Adam, the first man, was a manly man. Abraham was a manly man. King David was a manly man, and the list goes on including Jesus Christ, the ultimate example of a man. I believe manliness is being attacked in our culture and I want to join the fight to keep it alive. Welcome to the Sacred Man Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

This is a topic that has been on my mind for quite some time. We have been studying the life of Daniel at my church who was a man of prayer, I talked last week about George Muller, who was a man of prayer, and this week, I started into the book "Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire" by Jim Cybala and he was talking about the importance of prayer. It has been a big topic on mind recently through more than just these instances. I know that God is calling me to more prayer and I hope this encourages you to do the same. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Today, I talk about George Muller, a man who is known for being fully dependent upon God while having one of the greatest impacts on the orphans of Bristol England. George Muller never asked people for help. He alway went strait to God. He has a lot of lessons to teach as you read about his life and ministry. In this episode I read some of his quotes and talk about some of these lessons. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

God Communicates with us. It is an amazing thought to think that the God who created the universe that we are unable to measure, chooses to communicate with us! There are a few ways that God communicates to us that I talk about in this episode. First, He communicates through His Word. We have the written Word of God! Second, He communicates through His Holy Spirit. For those who have accepted Him as Lord, he has given His Holy Spirit who dwells in you and brings to remembrance the thing that Jesus thought. Finally, He speaks through other people. There are many example of God sending people to deliver His message; Samuel and the kings, Ananias and Saul, Peter and Cornelius. God also tells us to go be His witness to the people around us. If the God of all creation wants to communicate with us, shouldn't we pay attention to what He has to say? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Today, I have an episode that I recorded weeks ago, but never posted it. In it, I talk about pride and one of the ways we can fight pride in our lives and ministry. God opposes the proud but give grace to the humble. You cannot be effective in ministry if you are prideful. If you think about it, we really don't have anything that we can say we did all on our own. Everything we have, everything we can do, hope to do, or hope to become is from God. He put us where we are and gave us the abilities we have. We should give credit where credit is due. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Recently, my wife and I have been watching the TV series, Forged in Fire. I have always been fascinated by process of forging a weapon or a tool from a rough piece of steel. In this episode, I talk a little bit about this process and how it can apply to the life of a believer.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

If you are like me, every now and then, you go through this phase where you are out of focus, confused, and depressed. Whatever it is you are working on or working toward at the time just doesn't seam so important anymore. You wonder if you should have started it in the first place. You want to quit. I've been there. I was there this week. Don't quit. That is not the time to make important decisions. In fact, that's probably the worst time to make important decisions. How did you get there? For me, it was the choices I made that got me there. I chose to make the work more important that the one Who allowed me to work. It is easy to forget that in Him we live and have our being. We are designed to have fellowship with God. I want to talk about 3 simple steps to get back on track and to make sure you are not making the wrong choices. The first one is to seek God. Read his Word. Pray. You won't be able to make good decisions in your life if you are not seeking the source of wisdom. There is a spiritual war going on around us and I believe whenever you set out to do something good for God, you will get pushback from the forces of evil. The only cure for evil is the Book of Righteousness. Seek God. The second is to get around people you can trust. I have talked about this before. This is where accountability comes into play. Accountability is not just for correction. It is also for encouragement and wisdom. If you have the right people in your life, they can help you to make better decisions and help to keep you on track with whatever it is you are working on or working toward. My wife is someone I can talk to help keep me on track. I also have a small group of men that can help keep me on track. Get around people you can trust. The last is to get back to work. Don't let discouragement keep you from doing what you know to do. Sometimes, you won't feel like doing anything. Sometimes you've got to do it anyway. My Sunday School teacher would say, “You have to drive your spirit.” Sometimes it is a choice of the will to do what is right. Proverbs 16:3 says, “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” If you get back to working for God and not working for yourself, then God will guide you in the way that you should go. So, if you find yourself out of focus, confused and depressed, seek God, get around people you can trust and get back to work. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Today, I talk about some of the reasons why I think it is a good idea to exercise on a regular basis. 1. To be able to do more fun activities. 2. To get stronger. 3. To be able to help people. 4. To develop mental toughness. 5. To get more done at work, at home, and at church. 6. To look good for your spouse. 7. To make good use of a resource God has given you. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

I was listening to a podcast the other day called Order Of Man by Ryan Michler who was interviewing Phil Robertson from Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty. I was impressed with the way that he answered the questions. Almost every answer was with a Bible passage. You could tell that this man was filled with the Word and wanted to tell people about Jesus. We need to be like that. We need to be concerned for our neighbors enough to share the Gospel with them and not be only wrapped up in our work or the role we play in our church. We need to be witnesses. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

I was listening to a podcast sermon this week and in this sermon, the speaker was talking about Jesus our substitute. He read through chapter 53 of Isaiah where it talks about the crucifixion of Jesus prophesied centuries before it actually took place. As a believer and a music minister, I believe it is important to remind yourself of why you are singing and who you are singing about. In particular, you should remind ourself of what Jesus did for you. Jesus gave us freedom through His sacrifice. We need to remind ourselves of that. We need to think about it. We need to talk about it. We need to sing about it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Today, I have changed my logo and I talk about why. I wanted my logo to have some meaning behind it, so this is what I came up with. First, it reflects who I am. I am a musician, but also a rough country boy from Alabama. Second, it is manly. I think manliness among believers is something that does not get talked about enough. I want to help change that. Third, it represents worship. We are here to worship God and that is one of the things I talk about in this podcast. Fourth, it represents the warrior. We are in a spiritual war that is against unseen enemies. It is a topic that we as believers do not need to forget.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

In this episode, I talk about one of my favorite songs for a Sunday worship service. There are three characteristics that I believe make it a good song. First, It needs to sound good. If it doesn't, no-one will listen to it. Second, it needs to be easy to sing. If a song is too complex, then it will be hard to learn and hard to focus on Who it is about. Third, it needs to be about Truth. A good song will not contradict the words of the Bible. And, on a Sunday, I believe it should be directly lifting up the name of Jesus. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Today, I talk about the resources that God has given us which are Time, Money, Talents, Mind, and Body. I read out of Matthew 24 and 25 and Ecclesiastes 3. God has given each of us some of these talents and He will be back one day and ask us what we have done with them. What are you doing with your time? What are you doing with your money? What are you doing with your talents? What are you doing with your mind? What are you doing with your body? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

In this episode, I talk about the importance of showing up. It is a lesson I learned while taking piano lessons. Showing up unprepared is not good, but not showing up and not being prepared is worse. Today, I give just a few reasons why you should keep showing up to the things you have committed to.1) Showing up is a chance to improve. 2) Time is a limited resource. 3) Embarrassment is not a good reason to stay home. 4) Showing up is an energy boost. 5) You need to honor your commitments. 6) Do the work. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Today, I have with me a few men that, together, we put out the League of Logic Podcast. In this episode, we talk about the importance of having accountability and also some misconceptions of what people may think that accountability is. I spend a lot of time with these guys and I hope you find them as helpful as I do. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Today, I talk about what I hope to accomplish with The Sacred Musician Podcast. I do believe God led me to this, I want to learn wisdom, I want to be better at the positions I have in my life, I want to make place for others to find wisdom, I want to be able to teach that wisdom, and I want to point others to Christ. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Hello and welcome back to the sacred musician podcast. My name is brian Miller and in this podcast, I am trying to learn more about how to become a better music minister, better musician, better man, and better follower of Christ, and I hope you will join me in this pursuit. Today, I am joined by the music director of Southeastern Free Will Baptist College, Bro Mark Going. We talk about his role at the college, music in churches, mentors and the role they play, and how being continually filled with the spirit is fundamental for a minister of music. I really enjoyed this conversation and I hope that you not only enjoy it, but, more importantly, are able to learn something from it. If you like what I'm trying to do here, please subscribe and share so that more people can hear about it. Thank you for listening --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Hello, and welcome back to the Sacred Musician Podcast. My name is Brian Miller and In this podcast I am trying to become a better musician, better music leader, better man, and better follower of Christ and I hope you will join me in this pursuit. Today, I am talking about preparation. I use the example of a free solo rock climber, Alex Honnold, who climbed the most impressive rock wall in the US, which is a 3,000 foot wall, without ropes. I think we can learn from his example of preparation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

God has given me an abundant supply of wisdom through His Word, the ability to think that He gave me, the people that He has put all around me, and the information that is so easy to get these days. Now the question remains for me, and for you since you too can have the same wisdom, maybe not the same circumstances, but you can have access to the same wisdom. The question remains, “What am I going to do with all of this wisdom?” Am I going to live a life that honors God and makes good use of the wisdom I have been given? I certainly plan to give my best shot. I realize that I am not perfect and I will mess this up. But, the Bibles says that a just man will fall seven times and rise up again. So, I am going to keep getting back up. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Today I want to talk about something that is grossly underused and underrated. I am guilty of this myself. You might be thinking it's praying or reading your Bible and yes, the same thing can be said about those as well and I have mentioned those in the past and these are the most important, but after these comes something else. That is practice. I don't do enough of it. Who has the time for practice? Let's just do a song we know so don't have to practice. Or, let's just see where the Holy Spirit leads. Or, I know how to play or sing so well that I don't have to practice. You can put whatever excuse you want to there, but it does not change the fact that we need to be practicing. Why do we need to be practicing, you might ask, aren't we under grace? If you think that Grace allowes you to do whatever you want without a care then you have not read through the Bible. Romans and James would be good books to read about that. So, why practice? Well, let me tell you. Here are a few reasons why I argue that we need to be practicing. Here is the link for the video I mentioned. https://youtu.be/B8GPhUigcDc --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

In this episode, I have a conversation with the Music Pastor at Faith Free Will Baptist Church in Goldsboro North Carolina. When I first met him, he was also teaching at Southeastern FWBBC. I know I have mentioned the college several times in my conversations, but I am not directly associated with them, that is just where I went to college and where I have made a lot of good connections. His name is Kevin Denton, and I hope you will be able to get something out of this conversation. if you want to find out more about the church or have a question for Bro. Kevin, you can go to www.faithfwbc.com or if you want to contact me, you can find me on Facebook as Brian Miller or Instagram as BrianMiller357. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

In this episode I give the short version of a message I heard at Southeastern Free Will Baptist College that was given by Bro. Jim McComus who is the Executive Director of the Free Will Baptist Family Ministries. I hope you find this helpful. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Today, I want to share a few thoughts I have had recenctly about being a thinker. Society would have you follow along and believe whatever it puts in front of you, but we need to be able to think for ourselves and know what we believe and why. I hope you don't just believe everything you hear. I hope you don't just play every new christian song in your church just because it is a "christian" song. I hope you are a thinker. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Hello, and welcome to the Sacred Musician Podcast. Today's guest is Bro Henry Horne who is a pastor that has been in the ministry for 42 years. We had a really great conversation about his story and some wisdom he was able to share with me. I really enjoyed talking with him and I hope you enjoy this conversation as well. If this is your first time listening, my name is Brian Miller and I am the founder and host of The Sacred Musician Podcast In this podcast, I talk about music, worship and leadership from the perspective of a music minister. I have been at the church I am at for about 5 years, I have been involved in music to some degree for more than 10 years and what I have noticed is that there are a lot of different styles of music and a lot of different styles of music leading. I want to find out more about how to be a better musician, how to be a better leader and how to be a better man. And I hope you will join me in this pursuit. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

In this episode, I talk with Sam Harris who is the music minister at Parkers Chapel Free Will Baptist Church in Greenville North Carolina. We talk about what it is to be a good music leader and he offers some great insight for leading a choir. I hope you are able to get as much out of this conversation as was. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Today I interview Jonathan Miller who is the Worship Pastor of Waypoint Church in Fort Collins Colorado. We talk about what events toook place to bring him to where he is now and what role he serves in his church. We also talk about what worship really means and how it should be a regular part of every believer's life. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did and find it just as helpful. If you like what what you hear, please leave a rating and review. It would be greatly appreciated. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

What I talk about today is how to choose music for a worship service on a regular basis. And, this is not something that I claim to have mastered. I just believe you should put some thought and effort into everything you do so that you can glorify God through it. Here are four important parts of this.  Start with yourself by praying, reading and studying your Bible Stay teachable Stay organised with the songs you use Make sure of the message I am by no means saying that I get all of this perfect. But, it is important and I want to get better and I want to Give God my best. I hope that this is beneficial to you. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Today I want to talk about 3 things that a music leader needs to know right out of the gate. First, you need to know who it is you are singing to. Leading the music is not just to get people more comfortabe before the sermon. It's about singing to God. Second, you need to have your heart right. God knows your heart and wants you to be genuine and humble. And, third, you need to know what worship is. Worship is the giving God the praise honor and thanks He deserves. I hope you find this helpful and ecouraging. Thank you for listening. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

This is the very first podcast of the channel and I am very excited to have Mrs. Terri Siebert with me today. She served as the head of the music department at Southeastern Free Will Babtist College, currenlty in Wendell, North Carolina, since it started back in 1983. She has recently retired, but she has a made a great legacy of following God in music. I hope you will be able to pull some wisdom from this conversation as I did. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

This is the introduction to The Sacred Musician Podcast. In this podcast, I will be talking and learning about what it takes to be a good music leader in church and talking with people that can share some wisdom on the subject. I hope you find this helpful and interesting and I hope that through this podcast you see more than just me. The point of singing in church is to Honor God and that will be my goal in the converstions I present. I hope you will follow along with me. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support