Grace Bible Church of Milford

Grace Bible Church of Milford A growing body of believers committed to worshipfully serving Christ on the East side of Cincinnati

Grace is a family of needy people whom God has graciously introduced to His Son, Jesus Christ. We gather weekly in hunger for the truth of God's Word that fuels our fellowship and enriches our ministry to each other. We delight together to offer to God worship and prayer services shaped by Scripture. Sunday Morning Bible Study: 9:30AM

Sunday Morning Worship: 10:30AM

Mid-Week Bible Study & Prayer: Wednesdays 7:15PM

06/23/2026

“The man who has not repented, but who is only experiencing remorse, when he realizes he has done something against God, avoids God. . . . The man who has not been dealt with by the Spirit of God and has not been convinced and convicted, tries to get away from God, to avoid him at all costs. He does not think, he does not read the Bible, he does not pray; he does everything he can not to think about these things. But the extraordinary thing about the man who is convicted of sin by the Holy Spirit is that though he knows he has sinned against God, it is God he wants—‘Be merciful to me, O God.’ He wants to be with God—that is the peculiar paradox of repentance, wanting the one I have offended!” (D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, on Psalm 51:11).

06/15/2026

The testimony of a Scottish pastor, Alexander Stewart (1794-1847), concerning the work God was doing in him and his congregation is most encouraging. Stewart had entered the ministry without knowing Christ, but God had opened his heart to the truth, and he hungrily heard God’s voice in the Bible’s pages. In a personal letter, he explained the new desire that drove their renewed Bible study: “The great point which claims the attention of each of us, is not what is the opinion of such a favorite author, or such an esteemed friend? . . . But, what says the divine oracle? What has the Lord, our Creator, our Sovereign, our Judge, been pleased to tell us? Whatever information He has thought fit to communicate, it surely demands that we attend to it most seriously, to receive it submissively, and to apply it directly and diligently to our own use” (adapted from James Sievewright, Alexander Stewart: A Transformed Life and Ministry, 103).

Missionary Spotlight - Mark LehmanMark has served the Lord faithfully in Taiwan and throughout Asia for more than 30 yea...
06/07/2026

Missionary Spotlight - Mark Lehman

Mark has served the Lord faithfully in Taiwan and throughout Asia for more than 30 years. He has seen the country’s missionary need transition from primarily planting churches to assisting national churches and church leaders. Having grown up in Taiwan himself, he speaks the language and knows the region well, and is able to move easily among Asian cultures. Mark’s ministry is diverse and broad, and he has regular ministry using both virtual and physical presence with people across many Far Eastern countries. Grace Bible Church is blessed to be able to partner to help Mark do the work that God has uniquely equipped and called him to do.

06/01/2026

“We train [ourselves for godliness] not just because we have sick souls, however, but because spiritual growth doesn’t happen by accident” (Gary Thomas, Seeking the Face of God, 38)

05/25/2026

“I profess to believe that one thing is needful and sufficient, and yet my thoughts are prone to wander after a hundred more. If it be true that the light of [God’s] countenance is better than life, why am I solicitous about anything else? If He be all-sufficient and give me liberty to call Him mine, why do I go a begging to creatures for help?” (John Newton, Cardiphonia, 412).

05/18/2026

“I know that some Christians have allergic reactions when they are told that they are subject to God’s moral law in Exodus 20. This, they fear, is legalism and an effort at salvation by works. But that fear misunderstands the function of the Ten Commandments. The law (Exod. 20:3-17) comes in the context of grace (Exod. 20:1-2). Yahweh lays down His pattern in the Book of Exodus: He delivers His people (e.g., chs. 1-15), then He demands (10 commandments); He works His redemption before He sets down His requirements. He first sets Israel free and then tells them how that freedom is to be enjoyed and maintained. Glad obedience to Yahweh’s moral law is simply our ‘logical act of worship (cf. Rom. 12:1)” (Dale Ralph Davis, 1 Kings: The Wisdom and the Folly, 83).

05/11/2026

We are especially grateful for God’s gift of mothers. Through them, He gives us life. John Newton, the author of the well-known hymn Amazing Grace, reflected on how the care of God for his children often resembles a mother’s care: “the Lord deals with us as we sometimes see mothers with their children. When a child begins to walk, he is often very self-important: he thinks he needs no help, and can hardly bear to be supported by the finger of another. Now in such a case, if there is no danger of harm from a fall, as if he is on a plain carpet, the mother will let him alone to try how he can walk. He is pleased at first—but shortly, down he goes! A few experiments of this kind convince him that he is not so strong and able as he thought, and make him willing to be led. But was he upon the brink of a river or a precipice, from whence a fall might be fatal, the tender mother would not trust him to himself—no not for a moment!” (John Newton in a personal letter, October 15, 1774).

04/28/2026

The Church of England pastor, John Newton, summarizes in a personal letter how God guides His children: “He guides and directs His people, by affording them, in answer to prayer, the light of His Holy Spirit, which enables them to understand and to love the Scriptures. The word of God is not to be used as a lottery; nor is it designed to instruct us by shreds and scraps, which, detached from their proper places, have no determinate import; but [the Word] is to furnish us with just principles, right apprehensions to regulate our judgments and affections, and thereby to influence and direct our conduct” (from Select Letters of John Newton, “Divine Guidance,” Letter 13).

04/20/2026

Joseph’s response as he revealed himself to his once treacherous brothers displays the work that God had done in Joseph’s heart during the long 22-year interval. He said to those who betrayed him, So it was not you who sent me here, but God. James S. Stewart (1896-1990), a Scottish preacher from last century asks his readers: Are we able to “really confront the [changes] of life with a faith like that? To know that, whatever happens to you in this world your life can be not the sport of fate but a plan of God; to see the dark, somber threads being taken by the Master’s hand and woven along with the brightly colored ones into the final pattern; to know that no grim array of harsh-featured circumstance can pluck you or your loved ones out of the great Father’s care or defeat His final purpose of love; to know that things can never go so far wrong that the living God cannot control and bend them to His will, and that there are no thorns so sharp that God’s fingers cannot weave them into a crown of glory—this, and this alone, is life, joy, victory and serenity” (James S. Stewart, River of Life, “Sport of Fate or Plan of God?,” 74, a sermon on Genesis 45:8).

04/13/2026

The thoughtful reflection that we bring to our Scripture reading enhances the ministry of the Scripture in our hearts. Miles Coverdale (1488-1569), an early translator of the Bible into the English language, advised Bible readers to bring questions to each passage they read: “It shall greatly help you to understand Scripture if you mark not only what is spoken or written, but of whom, and unto whom, with what words, at what time, where, to what intent, with what circumstance, considering what goes before and what follows” (Miles Coverdale, “Prologue to the Reader,” in his 1535 English Bible translation).

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1004 Main Street
Milford, OH
45150

Opening Hours

Wednesday 7pm - 9pm
Sunday 9:30am - 2pm

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+15136080347

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