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Letters to a Young Mormon, Second Edition

Adam S. Miller

This book is composed as a series of letters. The letters are meant for a young Mormon who is familiar with Mormon life but green in his or her faith. The author, philosophy professor Adam S. Miller, imagined himself writing these letters to his own children. In doing so, he struggled to say his own...

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The speaker quoted from Adam Miller's book about when God knocks, to rush to the door and throw it open, not hiding or creeping to see if he looks like you thought he would. They then discussed how this relates to the idea of not hiding from God, as God wants to bless you.

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When God knocks, don't creep to the door and look through the peephole to see if he looks like you thought he would. Rush to the door and throw it open.

— Episode: Alma 39-42 Part 2 • Dr. Adam Miller • Au...

Episode: Alma 39-42 Part 2 • Dr. Adam Miller • August 5-11...

The speaker quoted from Adam Miller's book about when God knocks, to rush to the door and throw it open, not hiding or creeping to see if he looks like you thought he would. They then discussed how this relates to the idea of not hiding from God, as God wants to bless you.

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When God knocks, don't creep to the door and look through the peephole to see if he looks like you thought he would. Rush to the door and throw it open.

You don't need to hide from him. He wants to bless you.

Episode: Romans 1-6 Part 1 • Dr. Adam Miller • Aug 7 - Aug...

Dr. Miller's book, 'Letters to a Young Mormon', was briefly mentioned in his introduction as one of his many published works.

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Dr. Adam S. Miller is a professor of philosophy at Collin College in McKinney, Texas...The author of more than 10 books including Letters to a Young Mormon...

Episode: Job -- Part 1 : Dr. Adam Miller

It was highly praised by Robert L. Millett, who expressed regret that he did not have access to it in his youth, noting the author's beautiful, fresh and honest writing style.

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Adam Miller's Letters to a Young Mormon frustrated me. Not that I didn't like it because I enjoyed it immensely. No, it frustrated me because I only wish I had had such a book to read when I was a 1960s teenager with racing mind and hormones.

I just love your writing style. It's beautiful and it's fresh and honest.

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