Donald Miller Quotes on Faith: 7 Memorable Statements From Christian Writer

Donald Miller was born and raised in a Christian household in Pearland, Texas. At the age of 21, he moved to Portland, Oregon where he settled for many years.

After a cross-country road trip, Miller wrote his first book, "Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance: Finding God on the Open Road," which was published successfully in 2000. As a writer, Miller has published nine books on life, love and his Christian view on the world.

Miller founded Storyline and Storybrand, two successful life coaching and marketing businesses. He now lives in Nashville with his wife, Elizabeth.

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Here is a look at some memorable Miller quotes on faith:

1. Writing on his blog, Miller talks of how his faith has changed. "My faith has indeed changed. In ways, it's become more clear and, in other ways, much more indefinable."

2. "A faith that does not evolve in time may be something more like a "belief" than a faith, that is an agreeing with a list of truths rather than a dynamic relationship between two living beings."

3. "The truth is, I think a public display of faith is fine and honors God unless that public display is really about generating a certain reputation in a religious community."

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4. "When we switch from a loud, showy public faith to a private, quiet faith we will find God begins to work and we don't have to work as hard."

5. In an interview in Christianity Today, Miller mentioned the troubles he once has with faith. "Faith seemed to contain a lot of paradoxes that I didn't want to hurt my brain thinking about."

6. In his book, "Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality," Miller writes on the difficulty of explaining faith. "I don't think you can explain how Christian faith works either. It is a mystery."

7. "I would even say that when I started in faith I didn't want to believe, my intellect wanted to disbelieve but my soul, that deeper instinct, could no more stop believing in God."

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