Live in the Love of Jesus!

Deo Gloria Sermon for April 28, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: 1 John 3:18-24 Theme: Live in the Love of Jesus! Trust it. Reflect it.   What are you looking for in life?  What’s your goal?  What do you hope to accomplish?  Many people, of course, have big dreams of success.  They hope to […]

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Pastor Slaughter Easter 4 April 21, 2024 Theme: Listen to Jesus by Listening to the Word Text 1 John 4:1-6   The gospel for today pictures Jesus as our Shepherd and we are his sheep. We listen to our Savior Jesus. How do we actually listen to him when we don’t see him. It’s not […]

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Deo Gloria Sermon for April 7, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: John 20:19-31 Theme:  Jesus’ Resurrection is Real—No Doubt About It! It is the ultimate sign of who he really is. It gives us real blessings. It gives us an important mission.   In 1957 Lieutenant David Steeves walked out of the California Sierra […]

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I Know That My Redeemer Lives!

Pastor Slaughter Easter Festival March 31, 2024 Theme: I Know That My Redeemer Lives Text Job 19:23-27   I remember it was like yesterday. It was my vicar (Intern) year. I was in Grove City Ohio. I was visiting one of the members. He got sicker and sicker while I was there. He was one […]

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Rejoice! Your King Has Come!

Deo Gloria March 24, 2024 Sermon for Palm Sunday Pastor Martin Bentz   Text:  Zechariah 9:9+10 Theme: Rejoice!  Your King Has Come. His approach is unpretentious. His agenda is salvation. His message is peace.   When I hear the word “king,” I tend to think of kings from back in the days of the Middle […]

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Follow the Savior to the Cross!

Deo Gloria Sermon for February 25, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Mark 8:31-38 Theme: Follow the Savior to the Cross! The way he must go to save us The way we must go to follow him   March is right around the corner and along with it March Madness.  Basketball fans across the country […]

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Repent and Return to the Lord!

Deo Gloria February 14, 2024 Ash Wednesday Introductions to the Lessons Pastor Martin Bentz   Joel 2:12-19 Lent is a season of repentance.  But what really is repentance?  Is it giving something up, like not eating meat on Fridays, for example, or not eating jelly-filled donuts?  Is it putting ashes on our foreheads or wearing […]

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A Glimpse of Glory

Pastor Slaughter February 11, 2024 Transfiguration Theme: A Glimpse of Glory Text: Mark 9:2-9   Today is the last day of the Season of Epiphany. As we made the journey from the River to the mountain we saw the amazing work that Christ accomplished of the world and how he calls us and uses us […]

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Find Strength in the God of All Grace!

Deo Gloria Sermon for February 4, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: 1 Peter 5:6-11 Theme: Find Strength in the God of All Grace! To deal with the trials and sufferings of this life To stand firm against your enemy, the devil   She really struggles sometimes.  She struggles with the demands and the pressures […]

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Jesus Speaks with the Voice of Authority!

Deo Gloria Sermon for January 28, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Mark 1:21-28 Theme:  Jesus Speaks With the Voice of Authority! He speaks God’s Word with authority. He speaks to evil spirits with authority.   “When E.F. Hutton speaks, people listen.”  Do you remember that commercial?  Two people would be meeting for dinner at […]

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