Deo Gloria Sermon for September 15, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Ephesians 6:10-18 Theme: Put on the Full Armor of God! It’s been called the greatest battle ever fought on American soil. It was certainly one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, resulting in over 40,000 soldiers killed and wounded. It […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for September 8, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Mark 7:31-37 Theme: Ephphatha! Be Opened! This past weekend my wife and I got to spend quite a bit of time with our granddaughter. She stayed with us for a couple of days while her parents attended a funeral in Appleton, WI. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for May 12, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: 1 John 5:1-6 Theme: Celebrate the Victory! Possessed by faith Expressed in love It was an exciting day on the MSU campus back on April 1st. Fans were yelling and cheering, waving banners and blowing horns—and for good reason. Their basketball teams […]