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 […]
Deo Gloria April 12, 2020 Sermon for Easter Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Revelation 19:11-16 Theme: Victory! This is a day of victory, a day of celebration in honor of our great champion, Jesus Christ, who is pictured here in our text. But before we take a closer look at this picture, let’s look […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for March 29, 2020 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: John 11:17-27,38-45 Theme: Do You Believe in a Life-giving Savior? Jesus says he is. Jesus proves he is. There’s nothing like the death of a friend or a loved one to make you stop and think. There’s nothing like a visit to […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for March 22, 2020 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: Romans 8:1-10 Theme: Jesus Christ Has Set You Free! From death For life Through the Holy Spirit Does the name Harold Morris ring a bell? Maybe you’ve read his book Twice Pardoned, or maybe you’ve heard him on the radio or […]
Date: March 8, 2020 Text: John 4:5-26 This year for Lent we are focusing on Jesus as a Warrior. I will carry this idea into many of my messages this year because it is a good way to talk about how he defeated sin, death, and the devil for us. Today we see it from […]
Date: March 1, 2020 Text: Matthew 4:1-11 Our midweek Lenten theme this year ties in very well with the focus for this Sunday. The focus for the midweek services is “The Son of God goes forth to War.” It is an interesting theme because we don’t always think about Jesus as the conquering warrior. We […]
Date: February 13/16, 2020 Text: 1 Corinthians 2:6-13 Is there anyone that doesn’t like to have things their way? It is part of our society. We want exactly what we want and we are going to get it. Think about how this can easily be displayed. We will seek out whatever product we want and […]
Date: January 30 / February 2, 2020 Text: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 How do you choose what you are going to buy? If you are looking for a new car, what leads you to pick one car over another? Or if you are looking for a new house, what would lead you to buy one house […]
Date: January 16/19, 2020 Text: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Would you like it if people thought of you as helpless? Do you want to be someone who is considered weak? Most people would say, “No.” There is an urge inside us to want to solve our problems on our own. We want to have the strength […]
Deo Gloria Sermon for March 15, 2020 Pastor Martin Bentz Text: John 9:1-7,13-17,34-39 Theme: Jesus is the Light of the World! He restores physical sight. He imparts spiritual sight. I don’t know about you, but I can hardly imagine a physical ailment worse than blindness. I’m sure it wouldn’t be much fun being […]