Deo Gloria Sermon for November 19, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Romans 12:1-8 Theme: Offer Your Body as a Living Sacrifice to God! With gratitude for God’s mercy With a renewed mind With proper humility With gracious gifts I imagine a few of you might do some shopping later this week. Last year […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for November 5, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: 1 John 3:1-3 Theme: Don’t Lose the Wonder of God’s Love! He has made us children of God. He has even greater things in store. I’m sure many of you saw it too. It was a couple of weeks ago now, but the […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for October 15, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Matthew 22:1-14 Theme: Come to the Banquet! Don’t reject the invitation of the king. Be sure to wear your wedding clothes. The invitation came in an elegant, ivory-colored envelope. It was printed on cream-colored, parchment-like paper with deep purple ink. It read […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for October 1, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Matthew 21:23-32 Theme: God Wants More Than Lip Service! “Do what I say, not what I do.” Do you like it when people tell you that? Do you like it when your parents tell you you shouldn’t swear but they do? Do […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for September 17, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Genesis 50:15-21 Theme: A Lesson on Getting Even and Forgiveness I’m sure you’ve seen the game being played. Perhaps you’ve even played it yourself. It goes something like this: a brother and sister are sitting on the couch in the living room, […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for September 3, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Matthew 16:21-26 Theme: No Pain, No Gain! The things of men: no pain is gain The things of God: gain only through pain “No pain, no gain.” It’s a slogan we heard an awful lot during early football practice. I guess, for […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for August 13, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Romans 8:28-39 Theme: If God is For Us, Who Can be Against Us? God already has given up his own Son for us. God has justified us. The Judge himself is pleading our case. Nothing can separate us from the love of God. […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for August 6, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Matthew 14:13-21 Theme: Rely on Jesus to Provide What You Need! He cares about people like you. He is more than able to provide. It’s an issue she struggles with at times as a widow and a senior citizen. You see, they […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for July 23, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 Theme: What Do We Do About the Weeds? Do you have any weeds in your garden? I know we have plenty in ours. And it’s not like we planted any this spring either. When I went to the store back […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for July 9, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Matthew 11:25-30 Theme: Come to Jesus for Rest! He leads you to a true understanding of the Father. He gives you true rest for your soul. Summer time is vacation time. You pack up the camper or the SUV and you head […]