Milford Presbyterian Church Sermons

Sunday, April 8, 2018. All In: The Way of Discipleship (Part 1). Mark 1:16-20. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. When Jesus gathered his first disciples, his command to them was, “Follow me.” And they did. The command remains the same today to those of us who would be disciples: Follow me. But what does it mean now to follow him? Are we sure that is a commitment we are prepared to make?

Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018. Wanderers (Part 7). Mark 16:1-8 and Hebrews 11:8-13; 12:1-2. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. The tomb is empty. The women who discover this news flee in terror. Now the way is open, the trail out of the wilderness has been blazed, death has been defeated. But will we walk that path? Will we follow the trailblazer?

Meditation from Maundy Thursday worship, based on 1 Corinthians 11:23-26.

Palm Sunday, March 25, 2018. Wanderers (Part 6). Mark 11:1-11 and Jeremiah 29:8-14. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. Wandering in the wilderness can strip us of our sense of purpose in life. Finding our way out of the wilderness means finding our own purpose in the bigger, better purposes of God.

Sunday, March 18, 2018. Wanderers (Part 5). Genesis 1:26-27, 31 and Isaiah 43:1-3. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. One of the easiest things to lose in the wilderness is our identity: to forget who we are. Our identity is not rooted first of all in our own uniqueness, but in the fact that we are created in God’s image; God has called us by name, and we belong to God.

Sunday, March 11, 2018. Wanderers (Part 4). Matthew 4:1-11 and Hebrews 4:14-16. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. The Holy Spirit leads Jesus into the wilderness to be tested. God also uses our own wilderness wanderings to test us, to help us hold fast to our confession, and to lead us into more faithful living.

Sunday, March 4, 2018. Wanderers (Part 3). Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. As Israel wanders in the wilderness, God provides food and water. In our modern-day wandering, God provides us with the sustenance that we need for every step of our journey.

Sunday, February 25, 2018. Wanderers (Part 2). Exodus 25:1-9. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. Even though God punishes Israel’s unfaithfulness by sending them into the wilderness to wander, God does not allow them to wander alone. God’s presence goes wherever the people go. God goes wherever we go.

Sunday, February 18, 2018. Wanderers (Part 1). Numbers 13:30 - 14:4, 26-35. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. The people of Israel waited generations, watched the mighty hand of God bring about their deliverance, and stood on the brink of enjoying the fulfillment of God’s promise to them. And they decided the risk of entering the Promised Land was too great, and that going back to Egypt was a better plan. Their punishment for their lack of trust was to wander in the wilderness for 40 years. Lent is a time for us to acknowledge our own wandering spirits and to let the faithless parts of us perish in the wilderness.

Sunday, February 11, 2018. Culture Shock (Part 5). Jeremiah 29:4-7 and John 3:12-17. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. Though there is no one right way for Christians to think about their relationship with the world, there is one wrong way. We do well to take God’s deep love for the world and everyone in it as our starting point.