Personal
100 entries
- December 23, 1924Difference in Age between Rose Marie and Jack (3 Years, 11 Months, 3 Weeks and 4 Days)
- December 18, 1928Jack Miller’s Birthday
- December 16, 1930Jack’s Father Died from Hunting Accident
- December 18, 1930Jack’s 2nd Birthday: Two Days After His Father Elmer is Shot and Killed
- January 1, 1940Jack Trapped Muir and Fox to Sell Fur
- January 1941Jack Became a Committed Athiest at Age 12 when Admired School Teacher Annouced His Atheism
- October 1942Began Considering a Designer of Creation Walking thru the Woods near Home
- January 1943Jack Leaves Church at Age 14
- October 1943Jack “Sort of Half-Way Converted”— Saw a Buck Above the Rogue River North of Town
- December 1943Jack Leaves Home and Moves in with Ella in San Francisco
- January 1944Jack Works as Machinist at Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco
- August 1945Sailor on Bus in San Francisco: Atomic Bomb Exploded Over Hiroshima
- September 1945Jack Worked as Flagman and Laborer on Highway Maintenance in Southern Oregon
- April 4, 1948Jack Speaks at Friendship Night” at First OPC
- October 18, 1948Jack Reading on “A Christian View of Man” by J. G. Machen, Comments on Being Disciplined Reader, and Talks about Family Background
- November 1948Jack Preached at Presbyterian Church in Gold Beach
- November 1948Jack “Really Got Saved" Studying Ephesians 1
- December 1948Jack Returns to San Francisco and Goes Door to Door Sharing His Faith
- December 1948Jack’s Passport
- December 1948Jack Washes Windows
- December 1948Jack Works at Boarding House on Eddy Street
- December 31, 1948Jack Invited Gus to Come to Young People’s Gathering at First OPC San Francisco
- April 1949Gus Becomes a Christian
- May 25, 1949Jack Closes Down Boarding House on Eddy Street
- June 29, 1949Summer Job Working for the National Forest Service in Siskiyou Mountains
- January 1950Student Manager of College Cafeteria at San Francisco State University
- March 1950Jack Started 2nd Part Time Job for Post Office at Rincon Annex
- September 1953Jack Worked Early Mornings at Milk Factory
- October 15, 1953Jack Mentioned in Presbyterian Guardian as a Deacon
- June 1955Jack Worked in the Peach Orchards near Ripon
- August 1955Jack Teaches at Ripon Christian School; Gets Paid $285/Month
- June 1956Jack Worked Summer in Peach Orchard near Ripon
- June 1957Jack Works for National Forest Service Look Out
- January 1962Jack Teaches Literature for 3 Semesters at University of Pacific
- February 21, 1963Consultant for Center for American Studies in Burlingame, CA.
- November 3, 1963Jack Preaches in Sonora, California
- November 19, 1963Jack Goes to Los Angeles for Documentary for Center for American Studies
- June 1967Jack Seriously Questions His Ability to Preach
- July 1968Jack Visits Schaeffer in 68 & 69: No Specific Date
- May 10, 1969Committed to Pray One Hour Every Sunday for the Summer
- May 15, 1970Jack Resigns and Rescinds Resignations
- January 1972Schaeffer Advises Jack to Stay with Seminary
- March 1972Rosanne and Jim Trott Study Japanese
- July 1972Do I Really Know What It is To Love: Jack Learns to Preach the Gospel to Himself
- January 1973As My Repentance Deepened
- January 1973Jack Asks Rose Marie for the Second Time: “If There is One Thing You Could Change About Me"
- January 1974“Gwen: I Forgive You for Wanting to Murder Us"
- February 13, 1974“Rose Marie, Please No More. I Can’t Handle It. Just be Quiet.”
- March 1974“I Was Sick of Myself”: Jack Encounters Law and Gospel
- August 1974“I’d Like to Arrange a Meeting with the Warlocks"
- August 1974Jack Went to Frosty’s for Four Months
- August 1, 1976Jack Teaches: Revival & Witness for 1976 at Pensacola Theological Institute
- July 22, 1978PEF Conference Draws Over 1000: With Pastors Clinic by D. James Kennedy
- July 28, 1978PEF Conference: Learning to Witness to Weakness
- December 11, 1978Jack Takes Rest and Visits Mom in Oregon
- March 16, 1979Jack and Rose Marie Vacation in Tampa and Jack Preaches
- January 1981John Songster Comes to Christ
- July 25, 1981J.I. Packer, Jack & Others Speak at PEF Conference
- October 18, 1981Jack Learns that His Mother has Died at 10:15pm
- October 21, 1981Jack Preaches Mother’s Funeral
- June 30, 1983Jack has Heart Attack in Uganda
- July 4, 1983Rose Marie and Bill Viss Arrived at Hospital in Kampala
- August 3, 1983Jack, Rose Marie and Dr. Arnie Gash Return Home
- September 1983Jack Explains in Audio Recording Why He Evangelized Nurses in Uganda
- April 2, 1984Sample of Jack’s Daily Schedule
- September 8, 1986Satanic Idea of Neutrality in Meditation
- April 1, 1987Example of Jack’s Personal Reading Habits
- July 4, 1987Bill Stump and Jack Meet Bruce Hammerschmidt
- July 10, 1987Jack Listened to Scientist Alleging AIDS Cover-Up
- July 28, 1987Conference at University of Western Carolina: Jack Wasn’t Feeling Well
- September 5, 1987Surgeon Finds Two Hernias in Lower Abdomen
- September 18, 1987Recovery Room after Hernia Surgery
- September 19, 1987Leadership Training Retreat: Swelling Gets Worse
- September 29, 1987Guests of Paul and Nancy Tsou in McClean, Virginia
- October 5, 1987Jack’s Medical Check-Up
- October 6, 1987Jack is Diagnosed with Cancer: Lymphoma
- October 7, 1987Jack’s Kidneys Fail from Pressure of Tumor
- October 8, 1987Operate on Tumor: Doctors Afraid Heart Will Fail
- October 9, 1987Four Days in CCU, Six Months Chemo
- October 10, 1987Ella and Francis Visit to Say Goodbye
- October 19, 1987Jack Decides for Life
- October 20, 1987Drs. Friedman and Cornfield Propose Intensive Five Day Chemo Regimen Every 19-21 Days
- October 21, 1987Letter: “Don’t Trust Medical Profession — Stop Chemo"
- October 22, 1987Jack Decided for Intensive Course of Chemotherapy
- October 27, 1987Jack Begins First Five Day Chemo
- October 28, 1987Jack Started Writing Again
- October 31, 1987Jack Goes Home Five Days after Chemo
- November 10, 1987Jack Returns to Hospital with 102 Degree Fever
- April 3, 1988Jack Preached His First Sermon in Six Months
- August 12, 1991“Last Night I Wept and Cried: It’s too Much!"
- August 14, 1991Jack Journals about His Relationship with Ira
- January 1992Jack Get’s Second Opinion (Frustrates Dr. Arnie Gash)
- March 11, 1994Jack and Joni Eareckson Tada Speak at Conference on Assisted Suicide at Westminster Seminary
- June 16, 1994Annual Judicial Prayer Breakfast: Destiny of a Nation in an Age of Self Fullfillment
- March 6, 1995Jack has Small Stroke and Spends Nine Days in Hospital
- April 2, 1996Jack’s Open Heart Surgery Scheduled
- April 4, 1996Jack is Removed from Ventilator
- April 8, 1996Jack Dies in Clinica San Antonio in Malaga Spain from Complications from Open Heart Surgery
- April 17, 1996Cecil Miller: Led a World Mission
- April 19, 1996Funeral Service for Jack Miller