In latest media appearances, NRB President & CEO Troy A. Miller discussed the need for Christians to publicly express their faith, the trajectory of biblical literacy, and the history of faith in the United States. Conversations also touched on the resilience of the Israeli people, the shift in Gen Z’s values, and the battle for American liberty.
Troy A. Miller, NRB president & CEO, spoke with Marion MacKenzie on “The UPside Conversations” about the state of faith in America.
“We live in the greatest time for Christian communication,” Miller said. “Nearly two thirds of the country looked at Christian media not only as trustworthy, but also as valuable to their lives.”
With the eyes of the nation looking to Christian media, communicators have a responsibility to lead their listeners from belief into practice. The “Orthodoxy gap,” between Christians professing faith in key doctrines and Christians living our biblical commands points to a need for discipleship.
“It’s so important for us as Christian communicators to realize we have a gap, and we have a very hungry audience,” Miller said. “Disciple the members of your congregation. Disciple your audience as Christian communicators. Help them understand, not just from a devotional standpoint, but how do they live out the Christian life?”
Miller also discussed updates on NRB’s legal challenge of Johnson Amendment, as well as NRB’s own history from the founding in 1944 through the establishment of permanent headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 2025.
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Miller spoke with Jerry Newcombe on the Providence Forum about the trajectory of biblical literacy in America.
“Most of the people living in the18th century … would be considered biblical scholars today,” Miller said. “They didn’t just read the Bible in a daily devotion. They studied it to know how it impacted their lives and their interaction with people around them.”
Miller referenced a study from Back to the Bible that found that while many Americans agree with core Christian doctrines, they do not understand how the Bible speaks to cultural hot topics like social justice, sexuality, and economics. Moreover, less than one in three Christians claim to read their Bibles regularly, let alone study it.
“We live in a time when the resources are so plentiful today for us to be able to study the Bible,” Miller said. “Quite honestly, we have to have people courageous enough to stand up and say, … ‘Biblical literacy is the foundation of this country, and it is the only thing that is going to turn this country around.’”
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Miller also joined Allison Sinclair and Aime Beth Schefer on Rightside Media to discuss the importance of humanizing political opponents, the need for biblical literacy, and the promising value shift in Gen Z.
“Our forefathers didn’t look at their faith as private; it was very public,” Miller said. “It was lived out in their lives every single day. They knew their Bibles inside out, backwards, forwards, upside-down.”
Miller called on pastors to nurture biblical literacy and rebalance the seeker-friendly movement by encouraging biblical discipleship and study.
However, Miller emphasized the need for humanization throughout these conversations.
“As much as we may not like the messages from some people, we have to be reminded they’re still made in the image of God,” Miller said. “They need to hear the truth as much as the audience that they’re speaking to.”
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Miller spoke with Kathryn’s Raaker on her show about the need for civic education and biblical literacy, the problems with polarization and violence-inciting rhetoric, the worldview that backs harmful economic policies, and the upcoming NRB Convention.
“The foundation of our constitutional republic is built on biblical principles and biblical literacy,” Miller said, “understanding the moral implications from the Judeo-Christian Scriptures and where the founding of our country came from and who our rights come from and why freedom and liberty are so important to us.”
Miller also discussed NRB’s recent filing with the FCC arguing that Jimmy Kimmel’s comments to the first lady may constitute an incitement to violence.
“I’m saying that that kind of rhetoric is instigating people out there to take these kinds of actions,” Miller said. “You can’t yell ‘fire!’ on the broadcast airwaves and have things happen and not expect to be held accountable for that.”
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Miller joined Jenna Ellis on American Family Radio to discuss America’s exceptional liberty.
“Liberty is very unique in America,” Miller said. “It’s based on this fact that our founding fathers believed and understood that liberty wasn’t granted by a government, that liberty was granted to humanity by its Creator.”
Miler called out the bargain Americans seem to be making by trading liberty for emotional security.
“Now the government sort of wants to step in and be the arbitrator or be the dictator, the communicator of how we should feel and how we should act and what liberty means to us,” Miller said.
However, Miller also recognized recent positive trends in Americans’ engagement with Christian teaching, values, and events, pointing out the responsibility of Christian communicators to encourage these movements.
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Miller spoke with Jeff Stein on News Talk 1540 KXEL about Miller’s visit to Jerusalem, the Christian founding of America, and the importance of biblical literacy.
“We’re reminded with the 250th anniversary that faith did play a very integral part of the formation of this country,” Miller said. “Some of the ignorance is caused by the fact that we don’t teach … about our Christian history, our Christian roots here.”
Miller, currently in Israel, also observed the resilience of the Israeli people as they continuing living ordinary lives in the face of extraordinary danger.
“I think it’s very much tied to their faith and their trust in the Lord,” Miller said. “To live this every day with your children, your wife, your family, it’s a testament to their faith and a testament to the spirit God has put in the Jewish people and this nation.”
Considering America, Miller called on Christians — especially pastors and communicators — to boldly express their faith in the public sphere.
“For us as people of faith, we’re called on to have courage … and we can’t do that if we self-censor if we keep our Chrisitan faith to ourselves personally.”