Sermons

VIDEO and AUDIO of my sermons at Calvary Presbyterian Church can be found here. Be sure to go to SORT OPTIONS and under "Speakers" there will be sermons under both "Pastor Wes Martin" and "Rev. Wes Martin."

My most recent Equipping class teaching (Sunday school) can be found here and here.

Preaching Jesus with clarity, warmth, and just enough weirdness to make it stick.

I'm a good preacher. I sometimes preach too long. I'm learning to be better.

I preaches with clarity, conviction, and comedic warmth. I brings Reformed theology to everyday people with grace-saturated honesty, bold gospel application, and a signature mix of biblical depth and self-effacing humor. My style welcomes doubters and disciples alike into a thoughtful and transformative encounter with God’s Word.

My preaching is gospel-centered, relationally honest, and theologically rooted in the Reformed tradition. I aim to make the deep truths of Scripture clear, compelling, and connected to real life—especially for thoughtful listeners, weary saints, and curious skeptics.

I normally preach through books of the Bible, showing how each passage points to the person and work of Jesus Christ. You’ll hear a blend of biblical depth, pastoral warmth, and the occasional absurd-but-memorable illustration. I try to speak to both the head and the heart—bringing comfort to the broken, challenge to the complacent, and clarity to the confused.

I’m not interested in hype or performance. I want people to encounter the grace of God and walk away thinking, “Jesus is better than I realized.”

I preach to help people see Jesus as more beautiful and believable than they ever expected—especially those who are tired, skeptical, burned out, or trying too hard.

My voice is relational, energetic, and emotionally engaged—marked by a shepherd’s heart, a storyteller’s instinct, and a theologian’s grounding. I don’t preach to impress or perform—I preach to invite. I want my listeners to feel loved by Jesus, challenged by grace, and safe enough to be honest.

I use humor to disarm, stories to connect, and vivid language to make the gospel linger. But I’m learning to speak more simply, to let one truth carry the weight, and to trust that silence, story, and stillness can do what extra words never could.

I aim for clarity without flattening, emotional resonance without manipulation, and theological depth without drowning. I want people to leave not quoting me—but remembering Christ, craving grace, and quietly believing again.

I’m becoming a preacher who speaks less but says more. Who trusts the Spirit to apply what I can’t control. Who tells one true thing with everything I’ve got—and lets that be enough.

I'm trying to get there by God's grace. And I trust the Holy Spirit that the Word of God will not return void, even though I'm not all I want to be as a preacher yet.