My Beloved Students in Christ: I greet you in the precious name of our blessed Savior, The Lord Jesus Christ. I want to thank you for your prayers for me and my family. I have received the most touching letters from our students that will always remind Continue Reading
March 22, 2013 2 Comments
Thoughts on Faith from a Garden in March and Pastoral Ministry
For a gardener, like myself, March is an in-between month. The dried, gray-brown stalks on the oak leaf hydrangea, left over from last autumn, stand at attention, like a proud, old war veteran in his outdated, ill-fitting military uniform. And like a Continue Reading
March 12, 2013
Difficult but Necessary: Relinquishing Leadership in Winter to Renew in Another Season of Ministry
March 11, 2013 Dearly Beloved in the Lord: I greet you in the name of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. I write you to also make an announcement that must come on the heels of a series of providences that both surprised me and have tried me—body and Continue Reading
December 13, 2012
There’s Green and Then There is…Evergreen: The Secular Environmental Movement and Biblical Care for Creation
The current cultural climate is a veritable greenhouse for growing ever-mutating myths about Christians, particularly evangelicals, and their concern for the earth.[1] The charge that there is a “huge burden of guilt”[2] to be born by evangelical Continue Reading
November 27, 2012 7 Comments
Advent 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 a hard sell to be sure. But the way to do it is Continue Reading
November 24, 2012
My Hope with Billy Graham: A Theological Affirmation
My Hope with Billy Graham: A Theological Affirmation By Drs. Lon Allison, Timothy K. Beougher, Alan Myatt, and Michael A. Milton “Daddy thinks the Lord will allow him to live to 95.” It was not a prophecy but a hope. And the hope was, Franklin Continue Reading
October 8, 2012
Discerning God’s Call for Your Life
One of my favorite stories about calling comes from south Louisiana. A Pentecostal preacher was having some chest pains and was rushed to the hospital. It was quickly determined by the medical personnel that he needed open-heart surgery. So they put him Continue Reading
September 19, 2012
When Sam Heard God
From the RTS Communications Office: Dr. Milton wrote this in honor of The Rev. Sam Patterson, founder of RTS, as he reflected on the inaugural events. A framed copy has been provided to Sam’s daughter in his honor. When Sam Heard God A Message from Continue Reading
