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Christmas Eve 2014 / Pastor Terry Defoe / Luke 2:10-12 / "For You!"
10 … the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in...
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...
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...
Sermon / May 4th, 2014 / Luke 24 / The Road to Emmaus / Pastor Terry Defoe
13 Now that same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with...
Sermon January 5, 2014/ Vicar James Preus/ Jesus Fulfills The Law For Our Sake / Luke 2:40-52
And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. 43 And when the feast was ended, as they...
Luke 21 Sermon From Sunday Nov. 17th Jesus is Your Redemption
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Sunday November 17th 2013 / Luke 21:5-28 / "Jesus is Your Redemption" And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, [Jesus] said, “As for these things that you see, the days will come...
God is the God of the Living/ Vicar James Preus/ Sunday November 10, 2013
Luke 20:27-40 27 There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, 28 and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the manmust take the widow and raise up offspring for...
Sermon - October 27th, 2013 - Luke 18:9-13 - Pharisee & Tax Collector
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am...
Sermon - October 20, 2013 - Prayer? Hang in There!
now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart... (New American Standard Bible) I begin my message this morning with an illustration related to prayer. It’s told by a Lutheran pastor in the U.S. He says: Several years ago,...
Sermon From September 29th 2013 / �What is in a Name?�
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Season of Pentecost / Sunday September 28th / Luke 16:19-31. “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,...
Sermon From September 22nd 2013 / �Jesus & Money�
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Luke 16: 1-15 / Sunday September 22nd 2013. [Jesus] also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What...
Sermon from September 15, 2013/ Jesus Receives Sinners
September 15, 2013 Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina, SK Luke 15:1-10 Jesus Receives Sinners Vicar James Preus "Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear Jesus. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” ...
Sermon from August 25, 2013/ The Narrow Door
August 25th, 2013/ Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK/ Luke 13:22-30/ "The Narrow Door"/ Vicar James Preus 22 Jesus went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said...
Sermon From August 18th 2013 / Division and Fire
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / August 18th / Proper 15 in the Season of Pentecost, Luke 12:49-56 “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is My distress until it is...
Sermon August 4th, 2013 True Riches Luke 12:13-21
16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ 18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store...
Sermon From July 21st 2013 / �Hospitality and Martha.�
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / July 21st / Ninth Sunday of Pentecost, Luke 10: 38-42. Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened...
Sermon From July 14th 2013 / �And Who is My Neighbour.�
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / July 14th / Eighth Sunday of Pentecost, Luke 10:25-37. And behold, a lawyer stood up to put [Jesus] to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”...
Funeral Sermon for Brian Patterson / Friday June 21st 2013
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Friday June 21st 2013: Season of Pentecost, Funeral Sermon for Brian Patterson. Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his...
Sermon from Thursday March 28th / Maundy Thursday
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / March 28th / Maundy Thursday in the Season of Lent, Luke 22:7-20. Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we...
Sermon from Sunday March 10th 2013 4th Sunday in the Season of Lent
The Prodigal Sons Our sermon text this morning is found in Luke's Gospel, chapter 15. I'm reading the first three verses: 1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man...