Pastor Ben Sadler
Ben Sadler has served as a full-time pastor since 2010. He began his ministry at a Spanish-speaking congregation in Florida. From 2014 to 2019, he served at Goodview Trinity Church in Minnesota. Currently, he is at Victory of the Lamb in Wisconsin. He is married to Emily, and they have three children. Ben loves to spend time with his family, ride his road bike, read, write, and preach.
Your future self: Hope for the New Year
I love New Year’s! It’s a time of forgetting what is behind and pressing on toward what’s ahead (Philippians 3:13 paraphrase). A time of…
Finding a better New Year’s resolution
I love New Year’s resolutions. I love to make goals and set new habits. I’m that guy. Usually, my New Year’s resolutions involve something…
The good of work and the gift of rest
“How are you doing, Michael?” “I’m busy.” Busyness is our way of virtue signaling. We are letting our fellow Americans know that we uphold…
The most important thing about you
The theologian A. W. Tozer famously said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us”…
You are what you look at
“The eye is the lamp of the body.” This strange image comes from Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7, specifically 6:22). He…
What is the real message of Easter?
For over a thousand years, Jewish believers worshiped God on Saturday, also called the Sabbath. But after Jesus rose from the dead, early Christians…
We must learn to judge like Jesus
You’ve probably heard that Jesus once said, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged” (Matthew 7:1). But what does that mean? Keep…
Are you ready for creation’s final concert?
Sometimes I think singing isn’t as much a part of our culture as it used to be. The evidence is everywhere. About a month…
It’s all God’s grace!
We are forgiven and accepted by God because of the finished work of Jesus. It’s all God’s grace. And yet, God’s grace isn’t reduced…
YOU are the moon
“You are the light of the world.” If Jesus didn’t say it, we might think it was false teaching. But he did say it…
Withholding judgment until judgment day
I’ve reached a new milestone: I care about my lawn. I never thought I would be one of those people. But I want my…
Stop saying, “It’s okay,” because it’s not okay
About 13 years ago, when I was interning at a church, my boss/pastor said that we would not just preach about forgiveness; we would…