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
February 18, 2013
A Promise is Stronger than Blood: The Doctrine of Adoption in Romans 8
There is a crisis with adoption. There is a crisis in that there are more would-be parents desiring children than there are children available. This is so because of abortion. This is so because of unjust laws. Recently the president of Russia declared Continue Reading
January 20, 2013
Remembering Presidential Inaugural Prayers: Part 1
The inauguration of the new president is a remarkable time. The Constitution of the United States calls for the inaugural vows to be taken by the new president on January 20. It is customary, extending back to George Washington, to call upon a clergyman Continue Reading
January 14, 2013
A Promise to the Persecuted Church Today
Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting a new student at RTS who has sacrificed much to come to this seminary to prepare for a life of service to the Church back in his persecuted nation. It took some creative and Providential work to get that young man Continue Reading
December 7, 2012
A Letter to Momma and Papa from December 6 1941
Today as America remembers the attack of the sudden and unproved attack of the Japanese Imperial Naval Air forces upon the Pear Harbor U.S. military installations, some families preserve more personal memories of that day. Or the day before. There was a Continue Reading
November 23, 2012
The War that Wasn’t: An Appeal for Congressional Recognition of Cold War Veterans
Those members of the armed services who risked their lives, sacrificed their years, and gave their gifts and offered their education to defend our nation against one of the most menacing enemies of liberty in the annals of human history, namely the Soviet Continue Reading
November 10, 2012
The Last Lion and Veteran’s Day
Veteran's Day and the release of the last installment of the late William Manchester's sweeping epic-multivolume-series on Sir Winston Churchill has caused me to reflect on the old Lion of Britain. The last of Manchester's magnus opus was an unfinished Continue Reading
October 18, 2012
Lest We Forget: Rudyard Kipling’s Recessional as Prophetic Poetry for our Own Day
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) really knew how to spoil a party. One would have thought the cryptic faith of Kipling was a devout Calvinism when he wrote the remarkable poem, Recessional, for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897.# For some, the Continue Reading
Being a Pastor and Speaking Out in Today’s Culture
A pastor I know recently told me that he was criticized for being “too political.” He has heard such an indictment all his ministry, he said. Today he leads a major ministry in America and battles daily for the rights of pastors to speak so that Continue Reading