A Christmas Eve to Remember
FDR and Churchill address the American nation on Christmas Eve 1941. Before the “war on Christmas,” or the “war on religious liberty” in America, or the hasty dismantling of nativity scenes at military...
View ArticleWhat is Your One Sermon?
“We are always preaching out of that life which Christ has crafted. In this, then, we have only one sermon.” Dear Pastoral Students: I want to bring you a charge as we begin this season of study. My...
View Article“In Jesus Name I Pray:” Exclusivity In Public Prayer and The Restrictive...
English: Bureau of Engraving and Printing engraved vignette of Robert W. Weir’s painting Embarkation of the Pilgrims. Engraving by W.W. Rice. Scanned from an original impression, part of a Treasury...
View ArticlePreaching on Mission (Matthew 4:12 – 17): Keynote Message at the National...
There has never been a more important time to talk to preachers about preaching on mission. The landscape of Old Christendom is like an abandoned strip mine, with huge, gaping, ugly craters, filling...
View ArticleTrinityTide Prayer for Today
lmighty God, give us the increase of faith, hope, and love; and, that we may obtain what you have promised, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you...
View ArticleAn Advent Message: Mary’s Song
The following post is the first in a series of Scriptural messages called “The Songs of Christmas: Advent Meditations on the Incarnation.” Each week a new Advent message will be prayerfully presented....
View ArticleThe Light of the World
Bodie Island Lighthouse, North Carolina “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life’” (John 8:12)....
View Article“In Jesus Name I Pray:” Exclusivity In Public Prayer and The Restrictive...
English: Bureau of Engraving and Printing engraved vignette of Robert W. Weir’s painting Embarkation of the Pilgrims. Engraving by W.W. Rice. Scanned from an original impression, part of a Treasury...
View ArticleEver-Growing, Ever-Green: A Message on Aging from Psalms 92.14
I was to preach a message to our congregation on the subject of aging. It was to be a senior saint’s Sunday. But for me it turned out to be a Sunday of vigil, over my mother-in-law, who was preparing...
View ArticleAdvent Readings and Lightings: Pastoral Preparations for the Coming Season
I wanted to give an aid for congregations and pastors, particularly those in free church backgrounds, who want to move away from the commercialization of the season to focus on the Incarnation. That is...
View ArticlePreaching on Mission (Matthew 4:12 – 17): Keynote Message at the National...
There has never been a more important time to talk to preachers about preaching on mission. The landscape of Old Christendom is like an abandoned strip mine, with huge, gaping, ugly craters, filling...
View ArticleWhat is Your One Sermon?
Dear Pastoral/Chaplain Students in the Gospel of Christ: I want to bring you a charge as we approach the conclusion of this season of study. My charge to you is to preach one sermon. This is what I...
View ArticleA Summer Sermon: Trusting God in Your Wilderness
“Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway” (1844) by J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), National Gallery, London. It is hot all over. The other day we were in my SUV and my wife asked me if I had the...
View ArticleBut All the Heav’nly Quire Stood Mute: An Anglican Pastoral Visit and...
I have had the most wonderful pastoral visit by an Anglican pastor. My friend and colleague is an Army chaplain, a true, faithful shepherd of souls, and, as I would soon learn, a very capable Milton...
View Article“Be a Shepherd:” Thoughts on a Letter to a Young Pastor in the Springtime
Since getting sick (I am getting more stable now, thank you for your prayers) I get to go back through old manuscripts, old sermons, and, especially satisfying, old letters. Here is one. I am preparing...
View ArticleHow a Wounded Bird Flies
http://michaelmilton.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Michael-Milton-How-a-Wounded-Bird-Flies.mp3 2013-2014 © Words and Music by Michael Milton, Bethesda (BMI). A song written and recorded to help...
View ArticleThe Simple Things, The Profound Things: A Charge to Pastor and People on...
Image via Wikipedia The first things that are said at the beginning of a new relationship are the most important. We know that in courtship, in relationships with friends, and even in job interviews...
View ArticleLest We Forget: Rudyard Kipling’s Recessional as Prophetic Poetry for our Own...
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). Photography by E.O. Hoppé (1912). Creative Commons. Public Domain. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) really knew how to spoil a party. One would have thought the cryptic faith...
View ArticlePresident Reagan’s Christmas Faith in the White House
“The Child born in Bethlehem…was and is the promised Prince of Peace…” These words were spoken by President Ronald Reagan in his first Christmas address from the White House in 1981. In his first year...
View ArticleA Christmas Eve to Remember: A nation stunned by war received a surprise gift...
Before the “war on Christmas,” or the “war on religious liberty” in America, or the hasty dismantling of nativity scenes at military bases and city halls (while scenes of city workers carrying off...
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