Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Milford

Matthew 6:5-18 [NLTse] 5 “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get. 6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door [...]

Introduction During last October’s Congregational Meeting Ron Syme suggested that we spend a day together fasting as a congregation. The Elders considered the idea at our October meeting and believed the Lord was indeed calling us to a congregational fast, but not for 2014. So at our recent January Meeting we considered the idea of [...]

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 [NLTse] ELDER: 12 You say, PASTOR: “I am allowed to do anything”— ELDER: but not everything is good for you. And even though PASTOR: “I am allowed to do anything,” ELDER: I must not become a slave to anything. 13 You say, PASTOR: “Food was made for the stomach, and the stomach for [...]

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 [NLTse] ELDER: 12 You say, PASTOR: “I am allowed to do anything”— ELDER: but not everything is good for you. And even though PASTOR: “I am allowed to do anything,” ELDER: I must not become a slave to anything. 13 You say, PASTOR: “Food was made for the stomach, and the stomach [...]

Introduction Baptism and the Lord’s Supper: Protestant Christians practice only these two Sacraments, what we believe to be “visible signs of God’s invisible grace”. Roman Catholics, however, practice seven Sacraments: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, but also Confirmation, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Ordination, and Marriage. We Protestants don’t believe these others to be Sacraments [...]

I love the way one part of the Bible fills us and completes other parts of the Bible! This past week I was reading and studying Jeremiah 30-31 even as I was reading and studying this passage from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Jeremiah, in chapters 30-31, has been imprisoned in the kings courtyard – [...]

The Gospel According to Mark 1:1-8 [NLTse] This is the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. It began 2 just as the prophet Isaiah had written: “Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You, and He will prepare Your way. 3 He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way [...]

According to Matthew 25:14-30 [NLTse] 14 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone.15 He gave five bags of silver[b] to one, two bags of silver to another, and [...]