Let Us Wake Before We Die: Saying Your Prayers on Easter Sunday

And so it is Easter. We read from the familiar passages, but may the Lord of life come upon us in a surprisingly new way this year! Listen as if for the first time for the inerrant,infallible Word of the living God! But as you listen, it is this Continue Reading

You Are the Living Legacy of Those who have Gone Before: Another Motivation to Go the Distance in Ministry

Dearest Students in the Gospel Ministry: I want to write you as this new semester begins and tell you a story about myself and then ask something of you. But first let me give you a Scripture to start your studies with: “But as for you, continue in Continue Reading

The Blessings of Being in Seminary

The following message was delivered at New Student Orientation, on August 23, at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC Seminary: A Ministry of Preparation Recently I participated in the ordination of a young man to the Gospel ministry, to pastor a Continue Reading

Guffaw the Goat and “The Prodigal Son” for Children

I wrote this story for Vacation Bible School at First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga. I loved telling it as much as writing it. I have enjoyed writing Gospel stories where I use animals to draw the children into the story. I pray it might be of some Continue Reading

A Thanksgiving Thought

One of my favorite preachers is the 19th century Scottish preacher-boy, Robert Murray M’Cheyne, who ministered at St. Peter’s, Dundee. M’Cheyne once wrote: “Unfathomable oceans of grace are in Christ for you. Dive and dive again, you will  Continue Reading

On Success in the Ministry

  In my readings on vacation, I came across this quotation which I find most appropriate for today's climate in the ministry. I commend it to you all: "We must make srue that we do not decide that we shall succeed. If we decide to succeed then we may Continue Reading

Save the Date

One blushes at the term "inauguration," especially in the political season we find ourselves in right now! But that is the term. And we are humbled to share this and ask for Christ's glory and others' good as this date approaches. I pray it will be a Continue Reading

Little Girl Arise! How Jesus Ministers to Women Today

I offer this sermon, preached on a Mother's Day Sunday at First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga, as "sermon fodder" for preachers as well as for devotional reading for all.   Mark 5.22-43 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, Continue Reading

A Confident Vision for a Great Harvest: Selections from John 4:1-42

Dr. Michael Milton, President and Professor of Practical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NCA Sermon given at First Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee and scheduled to be included in a new book called Sacred Assembly: A Continue Reading

Check out “The Call with Mike Milton”

If you are a regular reader of this blog site I greatly appreciate the honor of being read! Please consider also linking to:The Call with Mike Milton. This site is the official blog site of the President of Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Continue Reading