Pastor Ted Giese
Funeral Sermon For Walley Wild / July 8th 2014 / Ephesians 2:4-10
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Walley Leslie Wild - Funeral Sermon / July 8th 2014 Tuesday. "God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have...
Running Scared? Trust the LORD - Psalm 34 Sermon From July 2014 Prayer Service
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Psalm 34 / Wednesday July 2nd 2014 / Season of Pentecost I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let...
Transformers 4 Age of Extinction (2014) Directed by Michael Bay - Movie Review
Transformers 4 Age of Extinction (2014) Directed by: Michael Bay Writer: Ehren Kruger Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Titus Welliver, Peter Cullen, Mark Ryan, Ken Watanabe Run Time: 165 Min Rated: PG (Canada) PG-13 (MPAA) for intense sequences...
Jesus is Being Honest With You: Third Sunday After Pentecost - Matthew 10:34-42 / Pastor Ted Giese
Jesus is Being Honest With You - Matthew 10:34-42 / Third Sunday After Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina / Rev. Ted A. Giese “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father,...
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Directed by Dean DeBlois - Movie Review
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Directed by Dean DeBlois Writer: Dean DeBlois, (screenplay), Cressida Cowell ("How to Train Your Dragon" book series) Stars: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig, Craig Ferguson, Kit Harington, DjimonHounsou Run Time:...
Called by the Gospel: A Pentecost Day Sermon - John 7:37-39 / Pastor Ted Giese
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Day of Pentecost / Sunday June 8th 2014 / John 7:37-39 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of...
That Frustrating Jesus - Psalm 33 Sermon From June 2014 Prayer Service
That Frustrating Jesus - Psalm 33 / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wed June 4th 2014 Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody...
Maleficent (2014) Directed by: Robert Stromberg - Movie Review
Maleficent (2014) Directed by: Robert Stromberg Writer: Linda Woolverton (screenplay), Charles Perrault, The Brothers Grim (story) Stars: Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning Run Time: 97 Min Rated: PG (Canada) PG (MPAA) for sequences of fantasy action and violence,...
Stable & Steadfast: A Confirmation Sermon - 1 Peter 3:13-22 / Pastor Ted Giese
Stable & Steadfast - A Confirmation Sermon / 1 Peter 3:13-22 / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / May 25th 2014 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no...
Godzilla (2014) Directed by: Gareth Edwards - Movie Review
Godzilla (2014) Directed by: Gareth Edwards Writer: Max Borenstein (screenplay), Dave Callaham (story) Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Brian Cranston, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins Run Time:123 Min Rated: PG (Canada) Rated PG-13 (MPAA) for intense sequences of destruction, mayhem...
May Pop Culture and the Bible, Bible Study: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Sunday May 17th 6:45pm What Is: Pop Culture And The Bible, Bible Study? It's an opportunity for Youth/Young Adults to practice putting their faith to work while looking at pop culture. We generally watch movies and then explore how Scripture intersects with what we've watched. This way...
The Good Shepherd - John 10:1-10 Sermon / Sunday May 11th 2014 / Season of Easter
The Good Shepherd - John 10:1-10 / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Season of Easter / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Sunday May 11th 2014 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he...
Debt Forgiveness - Psalm 32 Sermon From May 2014 Prayer Service
Debt Forgiveness - Psalm 32 / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Easter Wednesday May 7th 2014 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts...
Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) Directed by: Marc Web - Movie Review
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) Directed by: Marc Web Writer: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci (screenplay), Stan Lee, Steve Ditko (Comic Book) Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Sally Field Run Time: 142 Min Rated PG (Canada) Rated PG-13 (MPAA) for sequences of...
Heaven Is For Real (2014) Directed by: Randall Wallace - 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. Heaven Is For Real (2014) Directed by: Randall Wallace Writer: Randall Wallace, Chris Parker (screenplay), Todd Burpo,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...