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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 on 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 and shorten long sentences. Grammar may be
“shaky” but it makes it easier to follow along for those who are
listening to the original audio at the same time. 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 outlines.
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; returning Back to Bethlehem.
Hopefully the prologue will prepare the reader for the
foundational principles and the epilogue will tie them all
together, since the Book of Ruth contains foundational
principles in story form.
Most of my life it seems like I’ve been searching for
answers for why I am here in this world, a stranger in a strange
place, a place where it felt like I didn’t belong. Through the
Holy Spirit, this series of messages has finally revealed to me
the place to find enduring peace and rest in my heart,
recapturing that glorious time forty years ago when I accepted
the Lord’s invitation to enter into my life. My prayer is for the