Living Hope is the teaching ministry of Pastor Philip Miller. Experience insightful preaching from The Moody Church and an in-studio conversation between Pastor Philip and co-host Pastor Larry McCarthy. Join us each day as we discover Gospel truth for the journey of a lifetime.
Moody Church Media [https://www.moodymedia.org/], home of "Living Hope," exists to bring glory to God through the transformation of lives.
Dr. Philip Miller is the 17th Senior Pastor of The Moody Church. He and his wife Krista are graduates of Cedarville University ('04) and both hold Th.M. degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary ('10) as well as Doctor of Ministry degrees from Wheaton College ('25). They live in Chicago with their four children: Claire, Violet, Cora, and Jude. Pastor Philip is passionate about proclaiming God's Word, cultivating healthy ministry, and investing in future leaders.
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Grief comes for everyone, and it can leave us either bitter or tender. The book of Ruth opens in famine and death, with Naomi stripped of husband, sons, and future. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller shows how God meets us in every stage of grief. Discover why an empty "house of bread" became one of Scripture's great redemption stories.
This is part one of the sermon, "Running To Reality."
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00:03 – Bitter or Tender: What grief does to us depends on God's mercies.
02:07 – Running to Reality: Why we can't heal what we refuse to feel.
07:37 – The House of Bread, Empty: The famine that drives a family to Moab.
10:02 – From Bad to Worse: Naomi loses husband, both sons, and all security.
13:32 – Getting Stuck in Grief: When mourning hardens into a permanent new reality.
14:42 – 5 Stages of Grief: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance—they aren't linear.
20:21 – Anesthetizing the Pain: What we run to instead of God.
22:25 – It's Okay Not to Be Okay: What honest grief in God's presence looks like.
Moody Church Media [https://www.moodymedia.org/], home of "Living Hope" and "Moody Church Hour," exists to bring glory to God through the transformation of lives.
Dr. Philip Miller is the 17th Senior Pastor of The Moody Church. He is the featured speaker on "Living Hope" and "Moody Church Hour," with programs broadcasting on 700 outlets in the U.S. He and his wife Krista live in Chicago with their four children. Pastor Philip is passionate about proclaiming God's Word, cultivating healthy ministry, and investing in future leaders.
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22 Oct 2026
Who You Are Starts with Whose You Are
Most of us just want to feel secure in who we are, no matter what happens. But every identity we try to manufacture ends up being so fragile. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller points us to the lasting identity God gives us as His children. Discover why you can't answer "who am I?" until you first answer "whose am I?"
This is part three of the sermon, "Living as a Child of God."
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00:03 – Fragile and Crushing: Why self-made identities leave us exposed.
02:28 – Creation-Based Identities: The strategies that can't hold.
04:58 – Sons and Daughters: Secure in the love of the King.
07:32 – Light and Momentary: Suffering set against eternal glory.
10:04 – Becoming Ourselves: To be in Christ is to be a child of God.
13:13 – Remembering Who God Is: The starting point for knowing ourselves.
15:36 – Who He Is, Who I Am: How knowing God defines us.
19:00 – The Daily Practice: What growing in this identity looks like.
Moody Church Media [https://www.moodymedia.org/], home of "Living Hope" and "Moody Church Hour," exists to bring glory to God through the transformation of lives.
Dr. Philip Miller is the 17th Senior Pastor of The Moody Church. He is the featured speaker on "Living Hope" and "Moody Church Hour," with programs broadcasting on 700 outlets in the U.S. He and his wife Krista live in Chicago with their four children. Pastor Philip is passionate about proclaiming God's Word, cultivating healthy ministry, and investing in future leaders.
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21 Oct 2026
Why "Be True to Yourself" Is Crushing You
From every direction we're told to look inward and just be ourselves. But a self we build from scratch buckles under the weight we put on it. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller contrasts two failed ways to find identity. Discover why "just be yourself" turns out to be one of the heaviest burdens of all.
This is part two of the sermon, "Living as a Child of God."
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00:03 – Who Are You Worshiping: And therefore who are you becoming?
02:37 – The Core Question: Worship shapes the self.
05:07 – The Illusion of Control: Trying to author our own identity.
07:41 – Find Yourself, Follow Your Heart: The script we're all handed.
10:13 – Shine From Within: Why the self-made identity can't hold.
12:47 – Crushing Expectations: The terrible weight of being your own god.
16:49 – Traditional vs. Modern: Two views of identity, both incomplete.
21:34 – The Body of Christ: Individuality and belonging in harmony.
Moody Church Media [https://www.moodymedia.org/], home of "Living Hope" and "Moody Church Hour," exists to bring glory to God through the transformation of lives.
Dr. Philip Miller is the 17th Senior Pastor of The Moody Church. He is the featured speaker on "Living Hope" and "Moody Church Hour," with programs broadcasting on 700 outlets in the U.S. He and his wife Krista live in Chicago with their four children. Pastor Philip is passionate about proclaiming God's Word, cultivating healthy ministry, and investing in future leaders.
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