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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