Nathan W. Bingham

And he would argue and contend for the faith often.

I was reading in one of his memorial lists when he went to heaven, called him a man with a, quote, gentlemanly bearing.

So much so that the memorialist remembered one avid opponent, so an opponent of Miller's in theological controversy.

That opponent said this about Miller.

He said, he, quote, could not but regard him with the highest respect.

Can't stand what he believes, but respect him.

by the way of his demeanor.

Contend without being callous.

We contend, but not as the world contends.

It does so callously.

We're not to be like them.

We don't adopt the world's message, and we don't adopt its manner.

The Lord Jesus said, blessed are the meek.

The meek

A few months ago, I was trying to put in my own words what meekness is, trying to wrestle through it.

There's a definition I came up with.

A godly gentleness informed by true knowledge of ourselves before God that manifests itself in our actions and attitudes towards others in life circumstances.

A godly gentleness informed by true knowledge of ourselves.

All that I am, I am by grace.

Before God that manifests itself in our actions and attitudes towards others in life circumstances.