Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Milford

According to Luke 6:12-26 [NLTse] 12 One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and He prayed to God all night. 13 At daybreak He called together all of His disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles. Here are their names: 14 Simon (whom He named Peter), Andrew (Peter’s [...]

PASTOR: As we come to our morning’s reading, keep in mind that the Lord Jesus and His followers have just received word about John the Baptist being killed in prison. The Lord Jesus suspended their public ministry so He and the disciples could have some time alone. But the crowds found out and followed them [...]

The Gospel According to Luke 1:1-4 [NLTse] 1 Many people have set out to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled among us. 2 They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples.[a] 3 Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write a careful account [...]

Leviticus 26:1-13 [NLTse] 1 “Do not make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones in your land so you may worship them. I AM the Lord your God. 2 You must keep My Sabbath days of rest and show reverence for My sanctuary. I AM the Lord.  

In just a few moments a bunch of our congregation’s teenagers are going to be promising themselves to Jesus Christ. Some of these teens were promised to Christ by their parents when they were baptized while very young. These teens will be “confirming” those baptismal vows now that they have reached the age of responsibility, [...]

Leviticus 17:1-16 [NLTse] 1Then the Lord said to Moses, 2“Give the following instructions to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel. This is what the Lord has commanded. 3“If any native Israelite sacrifices a bulla or a lamb or a goat anywhere inside or outside the camp 4instead of bringing it to [...]

Leviticus 16:1-10 [NLTse] 1The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons, who died after they entered the Lord’s presence and burned the wrong kind of fire before Him. 2The Lord said to Moses, “Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; [...]

Our first Gospel lesson today comes from the Book of John, Chapter 3, beginning in the 1st verse: Jesus Teaches Nicodemus  1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who [...]