Deo Gloria Sermon for July 21, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Mark 6:30-34 Theme: Serve with the Compassion of Christ! Your infant daughter has been sick for the past few days. She hasn’t gotten much sleep and you haven’t either. Even coffee isn’t doing the trick anymore. You’re beat. You’re exhausted. Your nerves […]
Deo Gloria July 14, 2024 Sermon Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Titus 1:5-9 Theme: Those Who Serve as Pastors… Must meet the qualifications God lays out for them. Must hold firmly to the trustworthy message of God’s Word. In the past couple of weeks we’ve heard a lot in the news about the qualifications […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for June 20+23, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Acts 27:13-26 Theme: When All Hope is Gone, Find Hope in God’s Gracious Promises! The plaque is mounted on a wall in a bathroom of the maritime museum in Grand Marais, MI. Apparently that bathroom used to be the radio room of […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for June 9, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Genesis 3:8-15 Theme: An All Too Familiar Game of Hide and Seek Guilty sinners hide from God. A gracious God seeks them out—and saves them. They were hiding among the trees in the garden. Sounds kind of fun. We all enjoyed playing […]
Deo Gloria May 26, 2024 Sermon for Trinity Sunday Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Romans 8:12-17 Theme: You are Children of the Triune God! The Father is your Abba. The Son is your co-heir. The Spirit is your leader. Do you realize how lucky you are? Actually “lucky” isn’t the right word. Do you […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for May 12, 2024 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: 1 John 5:1-6 Theme: Celebrate the Victory! Possessed by faith Expressed in love It was an exciting day on the MSU campus back on April 1st. Fans were yelling and cheering, waving banners and blowing horns—and for good reason. Their basketball teams […]
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 […]