Recent Posts Tagged With presbyterian church in america

• Men’s Rally and Preaching at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS

  Posted on Friday January 29th, 2010 at 12:11 pm in religion, preacher, christianity, God, gospel, Worship, preaching, seminary, jackson, ms, reformed, pca

  Mid-South Men’s Rally and Preaching at First Presbyterian Church The following is taken from a press release from Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC: Dr. Michael A. Milton, President and James M. Baird, Jr. Professor of Pastoral Theolo...

• Reaching Up! A New Year’s Sermon

  Posted on Thursday December 31st, 2009 at 06:00 pm in preacher, jesus, christian, christianity, Bible, theology, preaching, ministry, charlotte, christians, jesus christ, kingdom of god

  We are taking down the Christmas tree today on this New Years Eve. I just watched (why was I watching and not doing…?) my wife standing on a kitchen chair and reaching, stretching, reaching up, to get ahold of that beautiful, golden ribbon and ...

• A Theology of Mincemeat Pie: A Christmas Parable for Prodigals

  Posted on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 at 05:46 pm in christian, christianity, Bible, God, Christ, gospel, preaching, ministry, jesus christ, scotland, christmas, advent

  I grew up eating mincemeat pie. Aunt Eva made them every Christmas, and as a child, I loved those pies. They were made of a finely chopped, cooked mixture that included raisins, currants, apples, suet, sugar, spice, candied peel, and often meat, bran...

• Elizabeth’s Song: An Advent Sermon

  Posted on Sunday December 20th, 2009 at 02:14 am in jesus, christian, Church, Spirituality, Messiah, Faith, visitation, preaching, jesus christ, christmas, sermons, advent

  The next movement in the Symphony of Christmas after Mary’s opening happens as Mary travels from Nazareth to the hill country of Judea.  One commentator has written that: “[Mary] probably traveled fifty to seventy miles from Nazareth to Zechari...

• Renewing Your Commitment to Christ’s Call: John 21:1-22

  Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 07:26 pm in christian, Bible, God, Christ, gospel, prayer, preaching, pastors, ministry, jesus christ, pastor, renewal

  The following sermon was given to Military Chaplains and Spouses on Spiritual Retreat at The Cove (Billy Graham Evangelical Association, Asheville, NC) in December, 2009. We all love to beat up on Peter. He is unbridled, braggadocios, embarrassingly...

• Hikikomori and the Call for Ministers to Japan

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 12:15 pm in christianity, japan, gospel, rts, hikikomori, reformed theological seminary, world missions, michael a. milton, mike milton, presbyterian church in america, reformed faith, japanese youth

  We all need time in which to be alone. But this has been taken to extreme proportions with boys and young men in Japan. Have you heard about Hikikomori, which means withdrawn? We all understand how a child might want to be alone after receiving a ba...

• Small Things, Big Things Dedicated

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 01:29 pm in christian, christianity, Bible, God, Christ, pastors, ministry, charlotte, chattanooga, jesus christ, sermons, seminary

  This month P&R Publishing will release Small Things, Big Things: Inspiring Stories of God’s Everyday Grace. The stories are varied. But each story is really a message in itself that seeks to tug at your heart, tap on your head, and awaken y...

• Bible Women

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 07:44 am in religion, christian, india, christianity, Bible, God, Christ, reflection, preaching, jesus christ, women in ministry, churches

  When I was in India teaching I encountered many strange and exotic things. It is said that India assaults all of your senses at once. This was, in a way, true for me. Yet in the company of God’s people, as my family and I went to great, expansive m...

• World Missions Strategy, Mark Baxter and Scriptures to Pray

  Posted on Saturday September 19th, 2009 at 03:12 pm in christianity, Christ, prayer, preaching, jesus christ, reformed, missions, pca, presbyterian, ywam, reformed theological seminary, world missions

  Christ will win. A new heavens and a new earth is on its way. The resurrection of Jesus Christ has inaugurated a glorious rule and reign that will end with the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the judgment, the acquittal of the elect and Christ making ...

• Will Snooper Be in Heaven? St. Francis, Eschatology, and a Theology of Creation

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 07:20 am in religion, christian, christianity, Bible, Christ, Church, gospel, theology, preaching, charlotte, jesus christ, reformed theology

  What is a Biblical theology of “animals in heaven?” The following essay will appear in © 2009 Small Things, Big Things: Inspiring Stories of God’s Grace (P&R Publishing, to be released November 1, 2009: a preview page and pre orde...

• Sheepdogs for Christ: An Orientation Devotion from Psalm 40.1-3

  Posted on Tuesday August 25th, 2009 at 09:06 am in christian, christianity, Bible, God, Christ, Church, gospel, Worship, theology, preaching, charlotte, north carolina

  This Orientation Devotional was originally given on August 24, 2009, as “The Two Things to Remember in Seminary from Psalm 40.1-3″ by Michael A. Milton, Ph.D., President and Professor of Practical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary...

• The Field of Music: Cultivating Hearts for the Implanting of the Word of God

  Posted on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 at 10:04 pm in music, christian, christianity, Bible, Christ, gospel, iowa, jesus christ, reformed, liturgy, pca, presbyterian

  And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place, which he had prepared for it. 1 Chronicles 15.3 Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, should direct the music, for he understood it. 1 Chronicles 15.22 ...

• Moody Appearance

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 12:27 pm in christianity, Bible, Christ, prayer, theology, charlotte, scripture, pastor, seminary, reformed theology, pastoral ministry, pca

  I appreciate prayer for upcoming appearances on “Prime Time America” on Moody Radio Network stations across N. America at the following times: Part 1: Wed, 7/22 @ 4:30 PM CST Part 2: Thu, 7/23 @ 4:30 PM CST Listeners can tune in on any Mo...

• Thinking about the Cedar Falls Bible Conference, Willa Cather and Ha Erets

  Posted on Sunday July 12th, 2009 at 03:33 pm in religion, preacher, christian, christianity, Bible, Christ, reflection, Spirituality, gospel, theology, preaching, pastors

  This summer I’m preaching at the annual Cedar Falls Bible Conference in Cedar Falls, Iowa. They hold it at a campground just like they’ve been doing since the turn of the last century. Some of the same families who were there when these hearty, g...

• Remembering the Coronation of our Lord

  Posted on Thursday May 21st, 2009 at 07:51 am in religion, preacher, christian, christianity, Bible, Christ, Church, gospel, prayer, Worship, preaching, north carolina

  Today is Ascension Thursday. There will be few who will remember it, sadly. I personally believe that this Day is one of the most glorious in the Church calendar. Our Savior not only lived a life we could not live, and died a death that should have b...

• Fallow Ground: The G20 and a Humble Plan Submitted for Worldwide Economic Recovery

  Posted on Saturday April 4th, 2009 at 02:02 pm in christianity, Bible, Christ, Economy, north carolina, rts, nc, reformed, pca, presbyterian, reformed christianity, reformed theological seminary

    The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but is swept away through injustice (Proverbs 13:23 ESV). My Aunt Eva’s lessons in economics from years gone by are still fresh in my mind today. She didn’t have a degree in that subject...

• Sustained by Your Divine Calling

  Posted on Monday March 16th, 2009 at 02:54 am in rts, 2 timothy, titus, 1 timothy, pca, reformed theological seminary, chaplains, michael a. milton, mike milton, pastoral theology, presbyterian church in america, rts-charlotte

  Amidst the awesome beauty of God’s creation at Garmisch, Germany, I gathered with some chaplains and wives from Europe to reflect upon the essentials of ministry from the Pastoral Epistles. During our time in God’s Word, we discovered fou...

• Ever-Growing-Ever-Green: A Message on Aging from Psalms 92.14

  Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2009 at 03:58 pm in christian, aging, christianity, Bible, God, Christ, Church, preaching, charlotte, jesus christ, sermons, reformed

  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 to leave this world, and as I had learned th...

• Only the Word: Letters to Our Students

  Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 06:39 am in preacher, Bible, preaching, pastors, jesus christ, scripture, pastor, seminary, rts, reformed theology, reformed, pastoral ministry

  Our Dear Students “Modern pastoral theology is characterized largely by the study of what Anton T. Boisen, founder of the Clinical Pastoral Education movement in the Unites States, called ‘living human documents’ - that is, the stud...

• Letters to Our Students: The Ground of Your Ministry

  Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 10:45 am in religion, preaching, pastor, reformed, preachers, presbyterian, seminary students, preach, reformed theological seminary, pca ministers, presbyterian church in america, presbyterian churches

  I write to encourage you to see that in every class you take at this seminary you are tethering your life to the Biblical and theological rock that will guide you in every area of ministry for the rest of your life....

• Some thoughts on a New Years Sermon Planner

  Posted on Thursday December 25th, 2008 at 07:58 am in preacher, preaching, pastors, seminary, sermon, preachers, pastoral ministry, pca, presbyterian, preach, seminaries, seminarians

  1. Preach, ordinarily, sequentially through books, or least chapters of larger sections. This should form your extended series with others series brought in to add variety and different sorts of Biblical vitamins to the spiritual diet of the saints. ...

• Follow Your Call Released Today and Dedicated to Christ

  Posted on Monday December 15th, 2008 at 09:06 am in religion, music, indie music, folk, Folk Music, new music, seminary, rts, RECORDS, christian music, presbyterian, reformed theological seminary

  By grace, God has allowed me to express ministry for His glory and, hopefully, others’ good through a variety of ways. One of those has been through music. Today, I give thanks to God, that a second album of reflections in music is released. Fo...

• An Encouraging New Album from Eric Parker

  Posted on Sunday November 30th, 2008 at 03:57 pm in religion, christian, christianity, Bible, Spirituality, theology, new music, albums, music reviews, progressive rock, jesus christ, cd reviews

  I want to begin with a disclaimer. Eric Parker was one of my parishioners at my last pastoral post, and is the owner of Music for Missions, which has provided a record label for my own musical offerings for two times now (He Shall Restore, released b...

• The Refrain of Thanksgiving

  Posted on Thursday November 27th, 2008 at 08:37 am in religion, gospel, preaching, reflections, scripture, sermons, thanksgiving, spiritual formation, reform, rts, reformed theology, psalms

  Thanksgiving comes into our lives each year like a comfortable old friend. There is refrain to it all. But what are the words to that refrain in your life? In Psalm 136 the refrain is the refrain of God’s grace: “Give thanks…for his...

• Portrait of a Minister Approved by Christ Jesus: 1 Timothy 4.6-16

  Posted on Wednesday November 5th, 2008 at 10:54 am in christian, christianity, Bible, theology, preaching, pastors, jesus christ, seminary, rts, reformed, pca, presbyterian

  In seminary we talk about “outcomes.” We mean to say that we have a portrait in our minds of the graduate, the minister of the Gospel, that we want to see at the end of theological seminary. Indeed, our work then begins with that end in ...

• Follow Your Call: A New Musical Release

  Posted on Tuesday October 28th, 2008 at 10:15 pm in religion, music, christian, indie music, new music, jesus christ, songs, rts, singer-songwriter, new release, reformed, christian music

  After three years of off and on recording, Follow Your Call is set for national release on December 15th, 2008. For the second time I work with Eric Parker and Music for the Missions label. We give thanks to the Lord and entrust the work to the Lord ...

• 1 Corinthians Chapter 15 and the Eschatological Impact of Reformed Theological Seminary

  Posted on Monday October 6th, 2008 at 12:28 pm in religion, preacher, jesus, christian, Bible, Christ, Church, reflection, Vision, theology, preaching, future

  This address was prepared for the administration, faculty and staff, students and supporters of RTS Jackson. I have come here tonight to talk about eschatology. I wonder what you are thinking as I say that. Maybe you are thinking, “I wonder if he h...

• Pastoral Cords Not Easily Dissolved

  Posted on Sunday September 7th, 2008 at 09:49 pm in painting, christian, preaching, jesus christ, scotland, pastor, churches, tn, pca, presbyterian, congregations, johnson city

  I am preaching the Bible Conference at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Johnson City, TN. This morning, just before I was to enter the pulpit in this wonderful congregation, I spotted some of my former parishioners in the pews. At the moment when I...

• Discerning God’s Call for Your Life on iTunes U

  Posted on Wednesday July 30th, 2008 at 09:14 am in itunes, preaching, sermons, vocation, pastor, Calling, ministers, reformed, humanities, lectures, god's will, god's call

  One of the blessings of ministering through Reformed Theological Seminary is the unique relationship with Apple’s iTunes and iTunes U. Through that front page link on iTunes, one may go to “humanities” and then into  ”Univers...

• When Your Code Cracks, Your Creed Crumbles

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 07:17 am in christian, Bible, reflection, preaching, pastors, romans, jesus christ, scripture, rts, reformed theology, anglican, creed

  The worldwide Anglican Communion is meeting at Lambeth. The controversies over the ordination of a homosexual to bishop in the Episcopal Church US are threatening to fracture that Communion. Meanwhile, the African bishops and other evangelicals aroun...