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The Agony in the Garden
Recently I had the privilege to take part in Canadian Lutheran World Relief's (CLWR) 2014 Global Encounter, held in Israel and Palestine. In addition to visiting places like the Augusta Victoria Hospital and various Lutheran schools which are supported in part through funding from CLWR, I also...
Easter Sunday Sermon / Pastor Terry Defoe / Darkness Dispelled! / Matthew 28:5-7
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you...
The Face That Gives Me Peace / Good Friday April 18th, 2014 / John 1 / Pr. Ted Giese
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Good Friday 2014 / April 18th / The Light of Men Shines / John 1:1-5 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...
Weekly Bulletin April 20th
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Book Of The Month For April 2014: Making the Case for Christianity
Book Of The Month For April 2014: Making the Case for Christianity "Making the Case for Christianity: Responding to Modern Objections" by Maas, Korey; Francisco, Adam; Editors Overview Accessible to readers of all levels, Making the Case for Christianity introduces specific...
Sunday School Parent Connection: Apr 13 - Palm Sunday
Mount Olive's Sunday School Parent Connection A partnership between teachers and parents to educating our children and nourishing their spiritual growth! PALM SUNDAY Thank you to all the parents and grandparents for bringing the kids early yesterday and help dress the kids for...
Slow Patient Promise Fulfilled / Sermon / Palm Sunday April 13th, 2014 / John 12 / Pastor Ted A. Giese
Slow Patient Promise Fulfilled / Palm Sunday / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / April 13th 2014 / John 12:12-19 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to...
Weekly Bulletin April 13th
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Sermon April 6/ Vicar James Preus/ Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life/ John 11
17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and...
Sunday School Parent Connection: Apr 6 - Jesus Raises Lazarus
Mount Olive's Sunday School Parent Connection A partnership between teachers and parents to educating our children and nourishing their spiritual growth! JESUS RAISES LAZARUS Today’s Sunday School lesson was the raising of Jesus' good friend, Lazarus. In resurrecting Lazarus...
Noah (2014) Directed by: Darren Aronofsky - Movie Review
Noah (2014) Directed by: Darren Aronofsky Writer: Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel (screenplay) Stars: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, Ray Winstone Run Time: 138 Min Rated PG (Canada) Rated PG-13 (MPAA)for violence, disturbing images and brief suggestive content....
Weekly Bulletin April 6th
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Jesus, Death & Trust - Psalm 31 Sermon From April 2014 Prayer Service
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Psalm 31 / April 2nd 2014 In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me! Incline your ear to me; rescue...
Presidential letter from on behalf of Concordia Lutheran Mission Society
Presidential letter from on behalf of Concordia Lutheran Mission Society dated March 15, 2014 Click Here to...
Sin, Blindness & Jesus / Sermon / Lent 4 March 30, 2014 / John 9 / Pastor Ted Giese
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / John 9 / March 30th 2014 Lent 4 / Sin, Blindness & Jesus As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not...
Sunday School Parent Connection: Mar 30 - Jesus Heals a Blind Man
Mount Olive's Sunday School Parent Connection A partnership between teachers and parents to educating our children and nourishing their spiritual growth! JESUS HEALS A BLIND MAN Today in Sunday School the children learned about Jesus healing a blind man (John 9). Jesus...
Weekly Bulletin March 30th
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300: Rise of an Empire(2014) Directed by: Noam Murro - Movie Review
Click the banner below to listen to interviews about films from a Christian perspective with Pastors Ted Giese and Todd Wilken on IssuesEtc.org. Last part of the radio interview covers 300: Rise of an Empire the first part covers Divergent 300: Rise of an Empire(2014) Directed by:...
Sermon/ Lenten Preaching Exchange/ O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken/ Vicar James Preus
“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit” Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior! O dearest Jesus, what law hast Thou broken That...
Divergent (2014) Directed by: Neil Burger - Movie Review
Click the banner below to listen to interviews about films from a Christian perspective with Pastors Ted Giese and Todd Wilken on IssuesEtc.org. First Part of the Radio Interview covers Divergent the last part covers 300: Rise of an Empire Divergent (2014) Directed by: Neil...