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"Trolling Jesus" John 6:35-51 Sermon Pr. Ted Giese Sunday August 12th 2018 Season of Pentecost

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday August 12th 2018: Season of Pentecost / John 6:35–51 "Trolling Jesus" Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to Me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in Me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen...


"Forgiveness Served on a Silver Platter" Mark 6: 14-29 Sermon Pr. Ted Giese Sunday July 15th 2018 Season of Pentecost

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Sunday July 15th, 2018, Mark 6:14–29 “Forgiveness Served on a Silver Platter” King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at...


The Foam of His Gasping - Psalm 76 Sermon, June Prayer Service

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday June 6th 2018: Season of Pentecost / Psalm 76 "The Foam of His Gasping"           In Judah God is known;                    His name is great in Israel.           His abode has been established in Salem,                   ...


Sermon / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday Prayer Service / Wednesday December 6th 2017 - / Psalm 71 / A Prayer of Trust at All Times and in All Circumstances

Mount Olive Lutheran Church - Also Preached @ New Beginnings Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday December 6th & Sunday the 10th 2017: Season of Advent / Psalm 71 "A Prayer of Trust at All Times and in All Circumstances"           In You, O LORD, do I take refuge;...


Sermon / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Season of Pentecost / Sunday October 29th 2017 - / Matthew 22:34-46 / Who is the Christ?

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday Oct 29th 2017: Season of Pentecost / Matthew 22:34-46 "Who is the Christ?" But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question to test Him....


Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Denis Villeneuve - Movie Review

Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Directed by: Denis VilleneuveWriters: Hampton Fancher, Michael Green (screenplay by) Hampton Fancher (story by) Philip K. Dick (based on characters from the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?") Stars: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Dave Bautista, Robin Wright, Ana...


Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Season Of Pentecost Proper 12 Sunday July 30th 2017 - / Romans 8:28-39 / Present Sufferings and Future Glories in Christ

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday July 30th 2017: Pentecost / Romans 8:28-39 "Present Sufferings and Future Glories in Christ" And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom...


Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Sunday May 7th 2017 - / Psalm 23 / I shall not want

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday May 7th: Easter 2017 / Psalm 23 "I shall not want"  The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.                    He makes me lie down in green pastures.           He leads me beside still waters.                    He restores...


Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Easter Sunday April 16th 2017 - / Mark 16:1-8 / Fear, Love, and Trust in Jesus above all things - First Commandment

(The focus for our Wednesday evening Services, and for Holy Week and Easter, will be the 10 Commandments. Local pastors were provided with a sermon corresponding to their assigned commandment, the sermons are from a sermon series, written by Rev. Brent Kuhlman for Concordia Pulpit...


Christ Jesus For You - Preaching on the 10 Commandments - 9 Sermons from 5 pastors.

The Ten Commandments  (The focus for our Wednesday evening Services, and for Holy Week and Easter, has been the 10 Commandments. Local pastors were provided with a sermon corresponding to their assigned commandment, the sermons are from a sermon series, written by Rev. Brent Kuhlman of...


Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / March 8th 2017 - / John 20:1-8, 7th Commandment, Wednesday Midweek Lenten Service

(This sermon is adapted from a sermon, in a sermon series, written by Rev. Brent Kuhlman for Concordia Pulpit Resources, which our Circuit selected for us to use in our Lenten Services. The focus for our Wednesday evening Services, and for Holy Week and Easter, will be the...


Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Sunday January 8th 2017 - / Matthew 3:13-17 / God Came When We Least Expect it. God Will Come When You Least Expect it

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday January 8th 2017: Baptism of Our Lord / Matthew 3:13-17 " God Came When We Least Expect it. God Will Come When You Least Expect it" Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented...


Under the Banner - Psalm 60 Sermon November Prayer Service

Prayer Service November 2nd Season of Pentecost - 2016. Pr. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Psalm 60 - Under the Banner [TO THE CHOIRMASTER: ACCORDING TO SHUSHAN EDUTH. A MIKTAM OF DAVID; FOR INSTRUCTION; WHEN HE STROVE WITH ARAM-NAHARAIM AND WITH ARAM-ZOBAH, AND WHEN JOAB...


Vanish Like Water - Psalm 58 Sermon August Prayer Service

Prayer Service August 3rd Season of Pentecost - 2016. Pr. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Psalm 58 - Vanish Like Water           Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?                    Do you judge the children of man uprightly?           No, in your hearts...


What can flesh do to me? - Psalm 56 Sermon June Prayer Service

Prayer Service June 1st Season of Pentecost - 2016. Pr. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Psalm 56 - What can flesh do to me?           Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;                    all day long an attacker oppresses me;           my enemies trample...


Forgetting God - Psalm 50 Sermon November Prayer Service

Prayer Service November 4th - 2015. Rev. Ted A. Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Psalm 50 - Forgetting God The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. Our God...


Black Mass (2015) Directed By Scott Cooper - Movie Review

Black Mass Directed by: Scott Cooper Writers: Mark Mallouk, Jez Butterworth (screenplay); Dick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill (book) Stars: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, David Harbour, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Julianne Nicholson, Luke Ryan Run Time:...


The City of Our God - Psalm 48 Sermon From September Prayer Service

Prayer Service September 2nd - 2015. Rev. Ted A. Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Psalm 48 - The City of Our God           Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised                    in the city of our God!           His holy mountain, beautiful...


Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / August 30th / Mark 7:14-23 / The Heart of a Man

The Heart of a Man: Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Mark 7:14-23 And [Jesus] called the people to Him again and said to them, “Hear Me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a...


Jurassic World (2015) by Colin Trevorrow - Movie Review

Jurassic World (2015) Directed by: Colin Trevorrow Written by: Colin Trevorrow, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, BD Wong, Judy Greer, Vincent D'Onofrio Run Time: 124min. Rated: PG (Canada) PG-13 (MPAA) for intense...