Deo Gloria Sermon for March 23, 2025 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Luke 13:1-9 Theme: Repent or Perish! Pay attention to the warning signs. Don’t wait until it’s too late. We hear about them all the time, don’t we: tragedies, catastrophes, natural disasters of various kinds? Earlier this year, for example, we saw the […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for March 16, 2025 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Philippians 3:17-4:1 Theme: Stand Firm in Your Faith! Keep your eyes on good examples. Keep your mind on your heavenly home. Here we are in the doldrums of winter. Winter isn’t quite over yet, spring isn’t quite yet here. One day it […]
Deo Gloria March 2, 2025 Sermon for Transfiguration Sunday Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Luke 9:28-36 Theme: A Glimpse of Glory For the disciples For Jesus For us The story we have before us this morning is an unusual story to say the least. If you didn’t know better, you might think it was […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for February 16, 2025 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Theme: Find Your Strength in God’s Grace! Thorns keep us humble. God’s grace gives us strength. How many of us like to brag about our weaknesses? “Hey, guess what? I can bench press all of 50 pounds. I used […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for February 2, 2025 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: 2 Timothy 3:14-17 Theme: Continue in the Truths of God’s Word! You know those from whom you learned them. They come from God’s inspired Word. They are able to make you wise for salvation. I know no one likes to think about […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for January 12, 2025 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Titus 3:4-7 Theme: God Saved Us! The motive The means The purpose “Saving Jessica Lynch”—did you see the movie? OK, it wasn’t exactly a blockbuster like Moana 2 or Wicked, but I would guess you probably heard about her amazing story, about […]
Deo Gloria December 31, 2024 New Year’s Eve Sermon Pastor Martin Bentz Text: 1 Peter 1:22-25 Theme: Another Year Passes—God’s Word Still Stands! The Word of God is living and active. The Word of God gives life. The Word of God lasts forever. “They sure don’t make toys the way they used to.” […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for December 25, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Exodus 33:18-23; 34:5-7 Theme: Lord, Show Us Your Glory! I don’t know which is more incredible: the fact that Moses asked or the fact that God granted his request. I mean, let’s not forget what just happened. While Moses was up on […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for December 22, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Micah 5:2-5a Theme: Sometimes Big Things Come in Small Packages! A great King A mighty Shepherd All the presents had finally been opened—at least she thought they had. That’s when John reached under the tree and picked up a small, little package […]
Deo Gloria December 4+11, 2024 Midweek Advent Service Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Isaiah 11:1-10 Theme: Christmas Trees The Tree of Promise People often plant trees with a certain amount of hope. They plant an apple tree, for example, in hopes of getting some apples from it in a few years. They plant a […]