Audio Sermons
Funeral Sermon for Sara Turnquist / Saturday 22nd 2014
Funeral Sermon for Sara Turnquist / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / John 10:14-18, 27-30 / Nov 22nd 2014 [Jesus says] "I am the Good Shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me, just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep....
Sermon / Pastor Terry Defoe / Nov 16, 2014 / Matthew 25 / Talents
A man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one, he gave five talents of money, to another, two talents, and to another, one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. (N.I.V.) Living the Christian life means receiving from...
Funeral Sermon For Helen Harlos / Friday November 14th 2014
Helen Edith Harlos Funeral Sermon / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Revelation 21:1-6 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down...
Funeral Sermon For Walter Huber / Thursday November 13th 2014
Walter Oscar Huber Funeral Sermon / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / John 14:1-7 / November 13th 2014 Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a...
O Lord - Be Not Far From Me - Psalm 38 Sermon From November Prayer Service
"O Lord - Be Not Far From Me" / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wed November 5th 2014: Season of Pentecost, Psalm 38. O LORD, rebuke me not in Your anger, nor discipline me in Your wrath! For Your arrows have sunk...
Hope in Death - Asleep in Christ: Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost - 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18
Hope in Death - Asleep in Christ: Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost - 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18 / Pastor Ted Giese / Mount Olive Lutheran Church But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since...
Called Children of God: All Saints Day (Observed) - 1 John 3:1-3 / Pastor Ted Giese
Called Children of God: All Saints Day (Observed) - 1 John 3:1-3 / Sunday November 2nd 2014 / Pastor Ted Giese See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know...
Sermon / October 26th, 2014 / By Grace Alone / Romans 3:20-22 / Pastor Terry Defoe
20 … no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin. 21But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known… 22This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ… (N.I.V) On October...
Sermon / October 19th, 2014 / A Man of Integrity / Matthew 22 / Pastor Terry Defoe
Matthew's Gospel, chapter 22. Verses 15 to 17: 15The Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16“Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. 17Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right...
A Wedding Invitation - Thanksgiving: 18th Sunday After Pentecost - Matthew 22:1-14 / Pastor Ted Giese
A Wedding Invitation - Thanksgiving: 18th Sunday After Pentecost - Matthew 22:1-14 / Pastor Ted Giese And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited...
Fret Not - Rest In The LORD - Psalm 37 Sermon From October 2014 Prayer Service
"Fret Not - Rest In The LORD" / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wed Oct 1st 2014: Season of Pentecost, Psalm 37. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like...
Sermon / September 28th, 2014 / Psalm 25 / A Teachable Spirit / Pastor Terry Defoe
4 Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; 5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you – all day long. 7. Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD. (N.I.V.) It’s...
Mercy Faithfulness Righteousness Justice - Psalm 36 Sermon From September 2014 Prayer Service
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Psalm 36 / Wednesday September 3rd 2014 / Season of Pentecost - Mercy Faithfulness Righteousness Justice Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear...
The Cross - Jesus Comes into His Kingdom: Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost - Matthew 16:21-28 / Pastor Ted Giese
The Cross - Jesus Comes into His Kingdom: Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost - Matthew 16:21-28 / Pastor Ted Giese From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third...
Simon Bar-Jonah A Son of Faith: Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost - Matthew 16:13-20 / Pastor Ted Giese
Simon Bar-Jonah A Son of Faith: Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / August 24th 2014, The 11th Sunday After Pentecost, Matthew 16:13-20. Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they...
Sermon / August 17, 2014 / Pastor Terry Defoe / Matthew 15 / Great Faith
21 … Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.” (New International Version © 2011) In our text this morning, the...
Sermon / August 10, 2014 / Pastor Terry Defoe / A Contrary Wind / Matthew 14:25-27
25 Shortly before dawn, Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. 27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” Holy Bible,...
Prayer for the Persecuted Church - Psalm 35 Sermon From August 2014 Prayer Service
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Psalm 35 / Wed August 6th 2014 / Season of Pentecost A Prayer from David - a Prayer for the Persecuted Church: Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!...
Sermon / August 3rd, 2014 / Pastor Terry Defoe / Matthew 14:15-16 / On the Job Training
15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said: "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food." 16 Jesus replied, "They do not need to go away. You give them something...
Funeral Sermon for Madeline Sandoff / Saturday August 2nd 2014
Funeral Sermon for Madeline Sandoff / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Luke 15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear Him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So [Jesus] told them...