Deo Gloria Sermon for July 13, 2025 Pastor Martin Bentz   Ruth 1:1-19a Theme: Display Uncommon Love and Kindness to Others—Like Ruth!   She wasn’t related to Job, but she could just as well have been.  Like Job, she experienced more than her share of heartache and tragedy and loss in her lifetime.  It started […]

Deo Gloria June 22, 2025 Sermon Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: 2 Timothy 1:3-10 Theme: Do Not Be Ashamed to Testify About Our Lord!   The apostle Paul was in prison—no, not under house arrest like last time.  This was the real deal, with bars and chains and Roman guards.  You see, his recent trial […]

Pastor Slaughter Holy Trinity Sunday June 15, 2025   Theme: The Triune God Must Really Love You! Text: Romans 5:1-5   I am going to share with you something a little personal. Some advice my friend shared with me, during one of the most stressful times in my life. It was a year after I […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for June 8, 2025 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: John 14:23-27 Theme: Our Loving Lord Has Not Left Us Alone! We have his Word. We have his Spirit. We have his peace.   There’s nothing worse than being left alone.  Just ask Macaulay Culkin.  It happened to him twice on the silver […]

Deo Gloria May 25, 2025 Sermon Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: John 16:16-24 Theme: The Joy of Easter Never Ends! Because we will see our Savior again Because we can ask the Father for anything   It was 9 years ago already, back in 2016.  The Chicago Cubs finally did it.  After a 108 year […]

Pastor Slaughter May 18, 2025 Easter 5 Confirmation   How will they know that you are Jesus’ Disciples? Text: John 13: 31-35   Here you are today. You survived another Slaughter casteism class. I have one last question for you now that examination is done. Don’t worry you won’t have to answer it in font […]

Deo Gloria May 11, 2025 Sermon for Good Shepherd Sunday Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: John 10:22-30 Theme: Safe in the Shepherd’s Arms Safe because our Shepherd knows his sheep Safe because he gives them eternal life Safe because he and the Father are one   Did you see the pictures in the news, pictures […]

Pastor Slaughter Easter 2 4-27-25 A Meaningful Mission 1)It’s not a mission that everybody is going to like to hear 2) It’s a mission that no one can stop 3) It’s a mission rooted in reality Text: Acts 5:12, 17-32   I don’t know about you, but I have noticed (and maybe this is me […]

Deo Gloria March 20, 2025 Easter Sermon Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 Theme: Rejoice in Jesus’ Resurrection! Your sin has been forgiven. Death has been defeated. Eternal life is yours.   “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”  That’s a pretty bold statement, don’t you think: “Death has been swallowed up in […]

Gloria Deo April 17, 2025 Sermon for Maundy Thursday Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Theme: God Has Negotiated a New Contract for Us! The need for this contract The terms of this contract The negotiator of this contract   Contracts and contract negotiations are commonplace occurrences in America.  They are as American as […]