Preaching for Mission: Matthew 4:12 – 17

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We often recall that Jesus ascended with his last words being what we call the Great Commission. What were Jesus' first words in his public preaching and teaching ministry? The answer to that question can change the way you order your ministry and your Continue Reading

The Power to Pastor

Ministry demands an enormous reservoir of physical, spiritual, and mental energy. Where does yours comes from? The energy to minister comes from many places. Not all of them are good. We can minister out of ambition, or self inflated estimation of our Continue Reading

The Inviolable Laws of Nature and Nature’s God and Marriage

When the rats begin to scramble on board the ship, it is a sure sign that the boat is sinking. First the self-described personal freedom loving libertarians and now Karl Rove believes that Conservatives can embrace same-sex marriage, or, just leave it to Continue Reading

Press Release of Single: A Promise is Stronger than Blood

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MICHAEL MILTON RELEASES NEW SINGLE TODAY INSPIRED BY HIS ADOPTION AS A CHILD Singer/Songwriter/Author/Theologian Writes 'A Promise is Stronger Than Blood,' Offers Free Download Of Personal Song NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 26, 2013) - Continue Reading

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stalks on the oak leaf hydrangea, left over from last autumn, stand at attention, like a proud, old war veteran in his outdated, ill-fitting military uniform.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

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

Praying for New Song to Support Adoption and Sanctity of Life: “A Promise is Stronger than Blood”

Please pray for the production of this new single to be released. The goal is to bring awareness to the sanctity of life, to support the beauty of adoption, and to give the song away to Christian adoption agencies to help encourage their ministries. I Continue Reading

Walking the Tight Rope Between Reserve Chaplaincy and the Pastorate

I trust the following question and answer about chaplain ministry and the local pastorate will provide some opportunity for prayerful reflection by those considering the call. Dear Dr. Milton: May I ask you a question about the chaplaincy? The biggest Continue Reading

The Wordsmith Journal Magazine Interview

The following interview was conducted by veteran journalist Mary Nichelson of TheWordsmithJournalMagazine.com and appears at http://www.thewordsmithjournalmagazine.com/interviews.html. Quoting from the site: "Mary supports publishers by interviewing Continue Reading

Considering a Call Amidst the Clamor of Bigger is Better

Dear Students of the Pastoral Ministry: Charles Haddon Spurgeon had it right when he commented on Zechariah 4:10: "It is a very great folly to despise 'the day of small things,' for it is usually God’s way to begin His great works with small Continue Reading