Sermons
Sermon \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ March 8th, 2015 \ 1 Cor 1:31 \ Misplaced Loyalty
Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord. (N.I.V.) This morning, we turn to the book of First Corinthians in the New Testament. You’ve probably heard people say – “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” As we will see in the next few minutes, when it comes to human...
Lenten Exchange Mid-Week Psalm 42 & Isaiah 45:1-9 - Pastor Ted Giese
"Hope in God - He Breaks Down Every Gate" Prayer Service, Lenten Mid-Week 2, March 4th - 2015. Rev. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Psalm 42, Isaiah 45:1-8, Matthew 16:13-19 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul...
Trust the LORD: Second Sunday In Lent - Genesis 17 & Mark 8 / Rev. Ted A. Giese
2 Sunday in Lent, 2015 March 1st. Rev. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Mark 8:27-38; Genesis 17:1-7, 15, 16; Romans 5:1-11 And Jesus went on with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And...
Lenten Exchange Mid-Week Isaiah 43:1-7 - Rev. Daryl Solie
The Old Testament Reading According to Isaiah the 43th Chapter verses 1 to 7. But now thus says the LORD, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you...
Jesus Resists Satan: First Sunday in Lent - Mark 1:9-15 / Rev. Ted A. Giese
"Jesus Resists Satan" First Sunday in Lent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Mark 1:9-15 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when He came up out of the water, immediately He saw the heavens being torn open and...
Sermon \ February 15th, 2013 \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ Mark 9 \ The High Point of Faith
After six days, Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. (N.I.V.) Along with many Christians around...
Who Considers the Poor? - Psalm 41 Sermon From February Prayer Service
"Who Considers the Poor? Jesus or Judas?" / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wed February 4th 2015: Season of Epiphany, Psalm 41 Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him; the LORD...
Sermon \ February 1st, 2015 \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ Psalm 111 \ Glorious & Majestic
1 Praise the LORD. I will extol the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly. 2 Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them. 3 Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever. (N.I.V. © 2010) Psalm...
Funeral Sermon For Rena Galenzoski / Friday January 30th 2015
Funeral Sermon for Rena Galenzoski / January 30th 2015 / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went...
Funeral Sermon \ John Wilde \ January 30th, 2015 \ Pastor Terry Defoe
The Bible text I’ve chosen for my message this afternoon is found in the book of Second Timothy in the New Testament, where the early Christian leader, the Apostle Paul says: "...the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith....
Sermon \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ January 25th, 2015 \ New Beginnings Lutheran Church \ Psalm 62 \ Calm in the Storm
1 … my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. 2 … he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. 5 … my hope comes from him. 7 … he is my mighty rock, my refuge. 8 Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him… 11 One thing God...
Sermon / Pastor Terry Defoe / January 18, 2015 / Come & See / John 1:45-46
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote — Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip. (N.I.V.) The first...
Wet With The Sins of The World: Baptism of Our Lord - Mark 1:4-11 / Pastor Ted A. Giese
"Wet With The Sins of The World" Baptism of Our Lord /Season of Epiphany / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Mark 1:4-11 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all...
Drawn up From the Death Trap - Psalm 40 Sermon from January Prayer Service
"Drawn up From the Death Trap" / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wed January 7th 2015: Season of Epiphany, Psalm 40 I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit...
Gospel Light: Epiphany Day - Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12, Ephesians 3:1-12 / Pastor Ted Giese
Gospel Light WASCANA Circuit Epiphany Service Hosted by Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Regina - Rev. Ted A. Giese / Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12, Ephesians 3:1-12 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. ...
The Expected Yet Unexpected Gift: First Sunday After Christmas - Luke 2:22-40
The Expected Yet Unexpected Gift - Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / December 28th, 20014, First Sunday After Christmas - Luke 2:22-40 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord (as...
Flesh And Blood Jesus: Christmas Day - John 1:1-14
"Flesh And Blood Jesus" / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Christmas Day 2014 / John 1:1-14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing...
Nothing Will be Impossible With God: Fourth Sunday in Advent - Luke 1:26-38
"Nothing Will be Impossible With God" / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / 4th Sunday in Advent 2014 / Luke 1:26-38 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house...
Sermon / Dec. 14th, 2014 / A Messiah's Job Description / Is. 61:1-2 / Pastor Terry Defoe
1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day...
Who Does The Preparing? You or God?: Second Sunday in Advent - Mark 1:1-8
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Mark 1:1-8 / Adent 2 - December 7th 2014 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send My messenger before your face, who...