Deo Gloria Sermon for February 17, 2019 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: 1 Corinthians 15:12,16-20 Theme: What If There is No Resurrection? The depressing consequences The hope-filled reality   What if?  Have you ever thought about that?  What if there was no resurrection from the dead?  What if there was no afterlife, no life beyond the […]

Preacher: Pastor Tim Redfield Date: February 7/10, 2019 Text: 1 Corinthians 14:12-20 Our gospel lesson for today made me think about how God works with us. Now, that doesn’t mean that Jesus gives us a miraculous catch of fish and that he calls all of us to be fishers of men. And yet, look at […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for February 3, 2019 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:13 Theme: Jesus Reveals His Glory Through You! He gives you gifts to use for service. He gives you love to govern your actions.   Complete this sentence: Jesus revealed his glory….  OK, how many of you came up with the […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for January 27, 2019 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Theme: We are the Body of Christ! We work with one another. We work for one another.   Rugged individualism—the belief that an individual can succeed on his or her own without the help of anyone else; a spirit of […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for January 20, 2019 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Theme: Appreciate the Gifts God Has Given You! The gift of faith The gift of spiritual gifts   Did you get any good gifts for Christmas this year?  An iPhone perhaps?   A CD of your favorite singer or group?  A […]

Preacher: Pastor Tim Redfield Date: January 3/6, 2019 Text: Matthew 2:1-12   When we think about the Wise Men, there is a lot of speculation about who they were and where they came from. The reason for this is that Scripture doesn’t give us many of the details. People wonder about the number. Were there […]

Luke 1:68-75 68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. 69 He has raised up a horn[a] of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), 71 salvation from our […]

Hebrews 2:10-18 10 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. 11 Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is […]