Pastor Slaughter April 16, 2023 Easter 2   Theme: Peace be with you Text: John 20:19-31   I want you to think about a time when someone you loved and cared deeply about died. And if you are younger and haven’t had that experience, I want you to imagine what that might feel like. After […]

Deo Gloria April 9, 2023 Easter Sermon Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Matthew 28:1-10 Theme: He Lives – The Most Significant Event Ever! Don’t be afraid, every promise was kept. Go and tell, our relationship with God is restored.   In 1883, on an August morning, the earth broke open and made the loudest sound […]

Pastor Slaughter Good Friday April 7, 2023 His Final Steps Led to the Place Called the Skull Luke 23: 26-33   The Roman soldiers led Jesus down the half mile walk to the Place of the Skull. But the man who had been brutalized within an inch of his life was too weak to walk […]

Deo Gloria April 6, 2023 Sermon for Maundy Thursday Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Mark 14:12-17 Theme: His Final Steps Led to the Upper Room A room where his disciples carefully prepared for the Passover A room where Jesus, our Passover Lamb, carefully prepared to die   It is called the Cenacle, a word derived […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for March 26, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Romans 8:11-19 Theme: If the Spirit of God Lives in You… Then you have an obligation Then you are a son of God   Whenever friends or relatives of ours come and stay with us for a while, it sort of changes the […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for March 12, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Romans 5:1-8 Theme: Since We Have Been Justified… We have peace. We have hope. We have love.   How many of you have ever served on a jury?  I had the opportunity a number of years ago but ended up being dismissed probably […]

Pastor Slaughter Second Sunday of Lent 3-5-2023   Theme: Saved through Faith not by Works Text: Romans 4:1-5, 13-17   Have you ever thought you were doing something helpful but were actually not helping at all? I remember when I was Vicaring. I was visiting someone in the nursing home. On that particular day, he […]

Pastor Slaughter First Sunday of Lent 2-26-23   Theme: A Champion for the Defeated Text: Matthew 4: 1-11   Lines are drawn, armies are gathered. People are sharpening their weapons, mending their armor getting ready for war. There is a hush in the air as the two opposing sides draw near. They each chose their […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for February 12, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Matthew 5:21-37 Theme: Jesus Makes the Impossible Possible!   Has this ever happened to you: You thought you did really well on a test—“Yeah, aced that one”—only to find out later, when you got the test back, that you bombed it?  I know […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for February 5, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Matthew 5:13-20 Theme: Let Your Light Shine! That others might see your good deeds That others might see the source of real righteousness   Bill was going off to college, and his parents were concerned.  No, they weren’t concerned about his academics.  Bill […]