Deo Gloria December 24, 2019 Message for Christmas Eve Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: John 3:16 Theme: God So Loved the World!   What’s the best Christmas gift you ever received?  Hum, that might be difficult to answer.  Most of us have received so many presents over the years.  Was it the ring you got […]

Deo Gloria December 18, 2019 Advent Sermon Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Matthew 25:31 Theme: The Spirit of Advent Yet to Come               Try talking to people now days about angels and you’ll probably get a variety of reactions.  Some will smile at you as if to say, “Dear man, do you still believe […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for December 15, 2019 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Isaiah 35:1-10 Theme: God is Coming!  Don’t be Afraid! He’s coming to save us. He’s coming to fix us.   “He’s coming!”  Do those words strike fear in your heart, or do they bring you comfort?  I suppose it depends on the situation.  […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for December 8, 2019 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Matthew 3:1-12 Theme: Get Ready for Christmas by Making Changes! Confess your sins. Trust in Jesus for forgiveness. Produce fruit.   It’s 6:00 in the evening and the phone rings.  Probably another tele-marketer, right?  Reluctantly you answer the phone and you find out […]

Deo Gloria November 27+28, 2019 Sermon for Thanksgiving Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Psalm 100 Theme: Give Thanks to the LORD!   I’d like you to take a moment this morning and think of three things you are especially thankful for.  All right, now I want you to share those things with the person sitting […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for November 17, 2019 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10 Theme: God’s Judgment is Right! When he brings punishment on unbelievers When he gives relief to believers   It happens in the Olympics.  It happens in the NFL.  It happens in the World Series.  It happens in your son or […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for October 20, 2019 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Mark 12:41-44 Theme: Should Jesus Really Be Watching My Wealth?   It’s one of God’s attributes, one of those big “omni” words students learn about in catechism class: omnipresent.  It means that God is present everywhere, that he is with us wherever we […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for October 13, 2019 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: Matthew 25:14-30 Theme: What Really Matters is Knowing the Master!   The day was September 22, the year, 1776.  He had been discovered and arrested as a spy, and he was due to be hanged on a British gallows.  That was when Captain […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for September 22, 2019 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: John 14:6 and Matthew 7:13+14 Theme: Do All Roads Lead to Heaven?   It’s the common belief in many Protestant churches now days and the prevailing sentiment among many throughout our society: “All steeples point to heaven.”  Or another way of saying it, […]

Deo Gloria Sermon for September 15, 2019 Pastor Martin Bentz   Text: 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21; Genesis:18:20+21; Micah 5:2; John 17:17 Theme: Is the Bible True?   Last week we tackled an extremely important question, a question that has tremendous implications for our lives: Is God real?  Today we’re going to examine an […]