Deo Gloria Sermon for August 4, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Mark 6:45-56 Theme: Don’t Be Afraid! Your Savior, Jesus, is not a ghost. He is more than able to help and to heal. What is that strikes fear in your heart? The flash of lightning and the booming of thunder like we […]
Pastor Slaughter Pentecost 10 July 28, 2024 What motivates a Christian to give generously? Text: 2 Corinthians 9:8-11 Christian giving. Sometimes it gets a bad rap, doesn’t it? Jesus himself talked a lot about it. One site says nearly 15% of what Jesus said was about money and possessions. There are over 2000 verses […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for July 21, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Mark 6:30-34 Theme: Serve with the Compassion of Christ! Your infant daughter has been sick for the past few days. She hasn’t gotten much sleep and you haven’t either. Even coffee isn’t doing the trick anymore. You’re beat. You’re exhausted. Your nerves […]
Deo Gloria July 14, 2024 Sermon Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Titus 1:5-9 Theme: Those Who Serve as Pastors… Must meet the qualifications God lays out for them. Must hold firmly to the trustworthy message of God’s Word. In the past couple of weeks we’ve heard a lot in the news about the qualifications […]
Pastor Slaughter Pentecost 7 June 30, 2024 Hope in the middle of Suffering! Text: Lamentations 3:22-33 A WELS man had one too many drinks and thought he could drive home. He really had no reason being behind the wheel of that car that day. He ended up hitting a car and killing that […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for June 20+23, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Acts 27:13-26 Theme: When All Hope is Gone, Find Hope in God’s Gracious Promises! The plaque is mounted on a wall in a bathroom of the maritime museum in Grand Marais, MI. Apparently that bathroom used to be the radio room of […]
Pastor Slaughter Pentecost 4 6-16-2-24 Text: Colossians 1:3-8 I thank God for the gospel bearing fruit in you…in the world How might you expect a kingdom to grow? Having a strong military force not only to defend but to expand. Maybe you think about making all the right political moves, making those right […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for June 9, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Genesis 3:8-15 Theme: An All Too Familiar Game of Hide and Seek Guilty sinners hide from God. A gracious God seeks them out—and saves them. They were hiding among the trees in the garden. Sounds kind of fun. We all enjoyed playing […]
Pastor Slaughter Pentecost 2 6-2-2024 Theme: It’s all about Jesus Text: Colossians 2:13-17 I had a really interesting conversation with a family member when I went to Arizona for my niece’s graduation. My family member isn’t a Christian (still working on that) but I didn’t think twice when she said this but working on […]
Deo Gloria May 26, 2024 Sermon for Trinity Sunday Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Romans 8:12-17 Theme: You are Children of the Triune God! The Father is your Abba. The Son is your co-heir. The Spirit is your leader. Do you realize how lucky you are? Actually “lucky” isn’t the right word. Do you […]