OK, Steve's a little odd
IT'S NOT THAT HE'S A NEWS JOURNALIST with a seminary degree—or that he treats the Bible as his beat. That’s just a tad strange.
Here’s what's really odd:
He writes for people who don’t read.
“If I can get someone who doesn’t read to read what I write, then maybe the readers will read it, too.”
See what we mean?
He’s his own snowflake.
He specializes in Bible reference books for people who think the best place for a Bible reference book is against an outside wall—added insulation.
So to say his books are easy to read and loaded with pictures seems a bit redundant.
He writes Christian books. But not for Christians.
He says Christians get in the way. They have their minds made up on a lot of controversial topics. Steve says if he wrote for them, he’d have to worry about trying not to tip them over.
Instead, he goes to the Bible the way non-Christians do: asking tough questions. Then he reports what Bible experts have to say for themselves.
Steve defends his approach. He says the last word out of Jesus’ mouth as he left the planet wasn’t, “Hey dudes, go preach to the choir.”
Book publishers seem to like the approach. Steve has written for many, including Reader’s Digest Books, Guideposts Books, Lion Hudson of Oxford, Grolier, Barbour, Zondervan, Christianity Today, Hendrickson, Thomas Nelson, and Good Books.
Along the way, he produces bestsellers and collects a few awards now and then, including a couple for writing the best Christian nonfiction books of the year: Who's Who and Where's Where in the Bible, and The Bible: A History.
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All books by Stephen M. Miller
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