Sermon 9/28/20          Philippians 2:12-18                  Shine Like Stars            Pastor Nelson 12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for September 18, 2022 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: 1 Timothy 6:6-10,17-19 Theme: Pursue Godliness with Contentment! Godliness is the source of true contentment. The danger of pursing money. Godly people pursue godly things.   It happens every time the lottery jackpot surpasses the $500 million mark: people start buying lottery tickets […]

Pastor Slaughter 9-11-22 Pentecost 14 Text: Luke 15:1-10 Theme: Is It Worth It?   Is it worth it? Well it depends on what the “It” is. Let’s say you are walking down the rode and you look down and you see it. A nice shiny penny. Is it worth it to stoop down and pick […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for September 4, 2022 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Luke 14:25-35 Theme: Calculate the Cost of Following Jesus! Calculate…      1.  Your cost Your cross His cross   Calculators sure aren’t what they used to be.  I remember doing some back to school shopping with our daughter, Katie, once.  Among other things we […]

Pastor Slaughter Pentecost 12 8-28-2022   Theme: Pride & Humility Text: Luke 14:1, 7-14   Pride and Humility. On the one hand I don’t think we need to be confronted with topics of pride and humility. I think most people in this world would agree that one is a good character trait and the other […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for August 21, 2022 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Luke 13:22-30 Theme: Make Every Effort to Enter the Kingdom of God! The door is narrow. The time is now.   Being on a sports team takes a lot of hard work and effort.  Many schools may be starting in another week or […]

Pastor Slaughter 8-14-22 Pentecost 10 Sermon Text: Luke 12:49-53 Theme: Hard Truth: Jesus Came to Divide   This section of Luke’s gospel and the these upcoming Sundays began with Jesus knowing the time of his departure was near. In Luke 9:51, ‘When the days were approaching for him to be taken up, Jesus was determined […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for August 7, 2022 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Hebrews 11:1-3,8-16 Theme: Faith Changes Everything! How we view our origin How we view life in this world How we view the next life   Have you ever had one of those life-changing experiences—an event or an experience that forever changed the way […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for July 24, 2022 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Luke 11:1-13 Theme: Lord, Teach Us to Pray! As children approach their dear Father According to God’s will With confidence that God will hear and answer   Imagine you had a friend or relative who was a personal friend of Elon Musk.  And […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for July 17, 2022 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Luke 10:38-42 Theme: Make Time to Listen to Jesus! There are many things that distract us. Only one thing is needed.   About 80 years ago a fascinating interview took place between Mr. Charles Schwab, then president of Bethlehem Steel Company, and Ivy […]