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INTRODUCTION

This book has been created from a series of ten talks that Ed
Miller gave in October 2018 at a conference in France, to a
group of hungry Christians seeking an ever growing and closer
relationship with Jesus Christ. They requested that he speak
on what he believed to be ten foundational principles on living
the Christian life. These are the ones that Ed prayerfully chose
to speak about at this conference.
I have chosen to maintain, for the most part, the word by word
transcription of these talks. Minor editing was used to omit
redundancy, shorten long sentences or to help with grammar. I
think Ed’s personality, dry sense of humor and interesting terms
of speech shine through by endeavoring to stick to the original
transcript. “What I Long to Communicate” at the beginning of
each chapter has been taken from his outline.
The title, “Back to Bethlehem” came from Ed’s former
messages on the Book of Ruth. Since any foundational
principle is based on the Person of Jesus, I’ve included edited
excerpts from his Ruth messages as a prologue and epilogue to
help explain in story/picture form why we need to be
continually seeing the Lord. Hopefully the prologue will
prepare the reader for the foundational principles and the
epilogue will tie them all together.
Most of my life it seems as if I’ve been searching for answers
for why I was here in this world, a stranger in a strange place; a
place where I felt like I didn’t belong. Through the Holy Spirit,
this series of messages has finally revealed to me the place of
His peace and rest in my heart that I’ve always wanted,
recapturing that glorious time 40 years ago when I received the
Lord’s invitation to enter into my life. My prayer is for the
Lord’s progressive revelation of Himself and His rest for all
who are seeking….

~Janet Huhn