Faith
"April Faiths Day" / Sermon / Pr. Lucas Albrecht / Easter Sunday April 1st 2018 - / Mark 16:1-8
Text: Mark 16:1-8Theme: April Faith’s Day___________________________Intr – Happy fool’s day! Now, that’s a very unusual way to begin an Easter Sermon, isn’t it? I do agree. Well, this is a very unusual happening as well. Last time Easter fell on April 1st was back in 1945. None of...
He speaks / Sermon / Pr. Lucas Albrecht / Season Of Lent / Maundy Thursday March 29th 2018 / Luke 22:70
Text: Luke 22.70ffTheme: He speaks (Sanhedrin: “We’ve heard it from His Own Lips”) ___________________________Intr – Perhaps it has been around for a long time, but lately it became even more evident in our society. Many things that are said, written, published out there are not...
The mind of Christ / Sermon / Pr. Lucas Albrecht / Season Of Lent / Sunday March 25th 2018 - / Phillipians 2:5-11; John 12:12-19
Text: Philippians 2:5-11; John 12:12-19Theme: The mind of Christ ___________________________Intr – I read here and there every so often a certain type of news that goes more or less like this: _The president/prime-minister of such and such country was in very simple clothes and didn’t...
To serve / Sermon / Pr. Lucas Albrecht / Season Of Lent / Sunday March 18th 2018 - / Mark 10:32-45
Text: Mark 10:32-45Theme: to Serve[1]___________________________Intr – I don’t know how familiar you are with TV reality shows like “Big Brother”. In a nutshell: they work with the idea of people living in a certain space - in the case of BB, a house – where the pre-selected participants...
Sermon / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Season of Lent / Sunday February 25th 2018 - / Romans 5:1-11 / "God proves His love"
Text: Romans 5:1-11Theme: “God proves His love” ______________________ _______________________ Intr – Some time ago, I watched a TV documentary about the life of Peter Norman. I learned then that he was part of an historic moment at the 1968 Summer...
Sermon / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Season of Epiphany / Sunday February 11th 2018 - / Mark 9:2-9 / "Christ's act - Him be hearing"
Text: Mark 9:2-9Theme: Christ’s act - Him be hearing___________________________Intr – During Superbowl LVII this year, as it is common for all Superbowl Sundays, the next big thing after the result of the game is talking about the ads that seem to endlessly run in the commercial breaks. (It...
Sermon / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Season of Epiphany / Sunday February 4th 2018 - / 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 / "For the sake of the Gospel"
Text: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23Theme: “For the sake of the Gospel”___________________________Intr – Why do you go to the football stadium? Why do you go to the hockey arena? Why do you sit down for hours at a baseball game? There may be lots of reasons for that. Fun, friendship, a couple of...
Sermon / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Season of Epiphany / Sunday January 28th 2018 - / Mark 1:21-28 / "Only God's Words (Authority)"
Text: Mark 1:21-28Theme: Only God’s Word (Authority)___________________________Intr - When we go online and log in to social networking websites, like Facebook or Instagram for example, one of the main things we get are tons of cards and banners bringing us virtual wit and wisdom for...
Sermon / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Season of Epiphany / Sunday January 21st 2018 - / Mark 1:14-20 / "About fishing people"
Text: Mark 1:14-20Theme: About fishing people___________________________Intr – Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: fishing is a once in a lifetime thing for me, since I went fishing just once so far. That makes me no pro at the art of getting the fish out of the water straight to...
Sermon / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Wednesday Prayer Service / Wednesday January 3rd 2018 / Psalm 72 / The Great King
Text: Psalm 72Theme: The Great King___________________________Intr – Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: have you ever heard about some of the so called “Great” guys in history? People who have the adjective “Great” attached to their names, like for example Alexander, the Great from...
Sermon / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / New Year's Eve / Sunday December 31st 2017 - / Galatias 4:4-7 / "Who to walk with"
Text: Galatians 4:4-7Theme: Who to walk with ___________________________ Intr – At some point in their life, children learn how to walk. That usually happens around 10-12 months, give or take a little. At first they crawl; then they kind of get up on their feet yet a little bit unsteady,...
Sermon / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Christmas Eve / SundayDecember 24th 2017 - Luke 2 / "The one-way trip"
Text: Luke 2 – Christmas EveTheme: The One-Way trip ___________________________Intr – Launched in 2013, it attracted more than 100,000 people eager to enroll and participate in it. It was billed as an adventurous, game changing, innovative project. They call it Mars One. What is it all...
Sermon / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Second Sunday in Advent / December 10th 2017 - / Mark 1:1-8 / To be prepared
Listen to the Audio Sermon Text: Mark 1:1-8 – 2nd Sunday in AdventTheme: To be Prepared ___________________________ Intr – To be alert, in many situations in our daily life, is something quite important. But to be prepared is even more. Wait… is there a difference between to...
Funeral Sermon, Lilli Schulz / Saturday November 25th 2017
Funeral Service of Lilli SchulzRevelation 2:10: “Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.”___________________________Intr – Good Christian friends: Revelation 2:10. That is the Bible verse I came across this week while thinking about this moment for today. Not from...
Sermon / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Wednesday Prayer Service / Wednesday November 1st 2017 - / Psalm 70 / Urgency and Simplicity
Text: Psalm 70 Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me! Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt! Let them turn back because of their shame who say, “Aha, Aha!” May all who seek...
Sermon / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Season of Pentecost Sunday October 1st 2017 - / Philippians 2:1-18 / How Do You Measure Your Days - How Do You Bend Your Knee?
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday October 1st 2017: Pentecost / Philippians 2:1-18 "How Do You Measure Your Days - How Do You Bend Your Knee?" So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and...
Sermon / Pr. Lucas Albrecht/ Season Of Pentecost Proper 18 Sunday September 17th 2017 - / Matthew 18:1-20/ Wear it
Text: Matthew 18:21-35Theme: Forgiveness - Wear it___________________________ Intr – Someone comes to you and says: “you know, a co-worker said yesterday that he thinks I don’t really deal well with the responsibilities of my position. That’s so rude!” And you happen to know that person well...
Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Season Of Pentecost Proper 16 Sunday August 27th 2017 - / Matthew 16:13-20 / Jesus Asks His students a Question: "Who do you say that I am?"
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday August 27th 2017: Pentecost / Matthew 16:13-20 Jesus Asks His students a Question: "Who do you say that I am?” Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man...
Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Season Of Pentecost Proper 15 Sunday August 20th 2017 - / Matthew 15:21-28 / Little Faith Great Faith? How Much Faith Do You Need?
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday August 20th 2017: Pentecost / Matthew 15:21-28 "Little Faith Great Faith? How Much Faith Do You Need?" And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came...