Deo Gloria May 28, 2023 Sermon for Pentecost Sunday Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Acts 2:1-21 Theme: God Pours Out His Spirit on His People! To equip them to proclaim his Word That others may believe and be saved Imagine you applied for a summer job at Target. And you were hired. You were […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for May 14, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Acts 17:22-31 Theme: God is Calling You to Repent! From your ignorant and foolish ways Because he will judge the world in righteousness Can you believe it? Seriously, can you believe it? Are they really that ignorant? Are they really that foolish? […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for April 23, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Luke 24:13-35 Them: We Will Live Happily Ever After! Because Jesus gives us hope Because Jesus gives us understanding Because Jesus gives us joy Children love fairy tales. I know our children did when they were little. Stories about handsome princes and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for January 29, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Matthew 5:1-12 Theme: You Are Blessed! How many of you would consider yourself to be blessed? How many of you would feel blessed after you just lost your job? How many of you would feel blessed as you’re facing major surgery? How […]