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 […]

Maundy Thursday Text: Luke 22:7-18 Theme: His Food Our Fill   Have you ever been so hungry that you are just starving? I mean you are at that point where you are hangry. Like those snicker commercials where the tag line was “You’re Not You when you’re hungry.” Advertisers were trying to convince us that […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for Maundy Thursday, April 1, 2021 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: John 13:1-5,12-17 Theme: Hands of Humility (Jesus)   It was a celebration.  The two of them were seated at a restaurant with white linen tablecloths, fine china, and champagne flutes.  They began to peruse the menu and waited for their server. […]

Deo Gloria April 9, 2020 Sermon for Maundy Thursday Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Luke 22:47+48 Theme: The Battle is Personal The struggle within Judas The struggle within us   It’s called a Trojan horse.  You get an official looking email, informing you that you’ve won $10 million dollars or that some long, lost, overseas […]