Deo Gloria Sermon for April 28, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: 1 John 3:18-24 Theme: Live in the Love of Jesus! Trust it. Reflect it. What are you looking for in life? What’s your goal? What do you hope to accomplish? Many people, of course, have big dreams of success. They hope to […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for April 7, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: John 20:19-31 Theme: Jesus’ Resurrection is Real—No Doubt About It! It is the ultimate sign of who he really is. It gives us real blessings. It gives us an important mission. In 1957 Lieutenant David Steeves walked out of the California Sierra […]
Deo Gloria March 24, 2024 Sermon for Palm Sunday Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Zechariah 9:9+10 Theme: Rejoice! Your King Has Come. His approach is unpretentious. His agenda is salvation. His message is peace. When I hear the word “king,” I tend to think of kings from back in the days of the Middle […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for February 25, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Mark 8:31-38 Theme: Follow the Savior to the Cross! The way he must go to save us The way we must go to follow him March is right around the corner and along with it March Madness. Basketball fans across the country […]
Deo Gloria February 14, 2024 Ash Wednesday Introductions to the Lessons Pastor Martin Bentz Joel 2:12-19 Lent is a season of repentance. But what really is repentance? Is it giving something up, like not eating meat on Fridays, for example, or not eating jelly-filled donuts? Is it putting ashes on our foreheads or wearing […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for February 4, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: 1 Peter 5:6-11 Theme: Find Strength in the God of All Grace! To deal with the trials and sufferings of this life To stand firm against your enemy, the devil She really struggles sometimes. She struggles with the demands and the pressures […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for January 28, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Mark 1:21-28 Theme: Jesus Speaks With the Voice of Authority! He speaks God’s Word with authority. He speaks to evil spirits with authority. “When E.F. Hutton speaks, people listen.” Do you remember that commercial? Two people would be meeting for dinner at […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for January 14, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: John 1:43-51 Theme: Come and See! The one who fulfills the writings of Moses and the Prophets The one who knows us inside and out The one who bridges the gap between God and mankind He wanted to say something. It seemed […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for December 31, 2023 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Luke 2:25-40 Theme: How Do You Respond to the Birth of the Savior? With Praise With Peace With Proclamation ‘Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The tree was […]
Deo Gloria December 24, 2024 Message for Christmas Eve Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Luke 2:10+11 Theme: Good News – A Savior Has Been Born! Baby news is happy news, isn’t it? It’s been a few years ago now, but I can still remember how happy we were when our children were born, how […]