Pastor Slaughter Pentecost 15 9-1-2024 Reality Check 1)On what makes us unclean, 2) On what makes us clean. Text: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Have you ever had to have a reality check in life before? I had one a few years ago. My Explorer would not start, so I changed the battery. Still […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for August 25, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: John 6:60-69 Theme: You Don’t Want to Leave Too, Do You? Many forsake Jesus because of his hard teachings. Jesus has the words of eternal life. We’ve all known people like that. Maybe they sat in the same pew you do once […]
Pastor Slaughter August 11, 2024 Pentecost 12 Theme: Why did you come here today? Text John 6:24-35 Why did you come here today? Was it to hear a message? To see some people, you know? Because that is what you are supposed to do? Or maybe if you come here today maybe God will […]
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 […]