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Death on the Nile (2022) By Kenneth Branagh - Movie Review

Death on the Nile (2022) By Kenneth Branagh - Movie Review

Death on the Nile (2022) Directed by: Kenneth Branagh Writers: Michael Green (screenplay by) Agatha Christie (based upon the novel by) Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Emma Mackey, Rose Leslie, Annette Bening, Tom Bateman, Sophie Okonedo, Letitia Wright, Ali Fazal, Russell...


Forgiveness for Unclean Lips / Isaiah 6 & Luke 5:1–11 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday February 6th 2022 / Epiphany / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Forgiveness for Unclean Lips / Isaiah 6 & Luke 5:1–11 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday February 6th 2022 / Epiphany / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday February 6th 2022: Season of Epiphany / Isaiah 6 & Luke 5:1–11 "Forgiveness for Unclean Lips" On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on [Jesus] to hear the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and He saw...


Don't Look Up (2021) By Adam McKay - Movie Review

Don't Look Up (2021) By Adam McKay - Movie Review

Don't Look Up (2021) Directed by: Adam McKay Writers: Adam McKay (screenplay) David Sirota (story by) Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, Himesh...


The Light of Christ Makes Some Glad Others Angry / Nehemiah 8 & Luke 4:16–30 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday January 23rd 2022 / Epiphany / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

The Light of Christ Makes Some Glad Others Angry / Nehemiah 8 & Luke 4:16–30 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday January 23rd 2022 / Epiphany / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday January 23rd 2022: Season of Epiphany / Nehemiah 8:1–3, 5–6, 8–10 & Luke 4:16–30, "The Light of Christ Makes Some Glad Others Angry." And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra...


Paul Nelson Funeral Sermon - Revelation 21:1–6 January 15th 2022 / All Things New

Paul Nelson Funeral Sermon - Revelation 21:1–6 January 15th 2022 / All Things New

Funeral Sermon Paul Nelson Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Saturday January 15th 2022: Season of Epiphany / Revelation 21:1–6 "All Things New" 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...


The Best Day of Your Life / Luke 3:15–22 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday January 9th 2022 / Baptism of our Lord / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

The Best Day of Your Life / Luke 3:15–22 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday January 9th 2022 / Baptism of our Lord / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday January 9th 2022: Season of Epiphany – Baptism of Our Lord / Luke 3:15–22 "The Best Day of Your Life" As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ,...


Joy is made of more than Happiness / Hebrews 1:1-6 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday December 25th 2021 / Christmas Day / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Joy is made of more than Happiness / Hebrews 1:1-6 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday December 25th 2021 / Christmas Day / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · Christmas Day Sermon 2021 Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Dec 25th 2021: Christmas Day, Hebrews 1:1-6 “Joy is made of more than Happiness.” Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these...


Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) by Jon Watts - Movie Review

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) by Jon Watts - Movie Review

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) Directed by: Jon Watts Writers: Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers (screenplay) Stan Lee, Steve Ditko (based on the Marvel comic book by) Stars: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina,...


Great Expectations / Luke 7:18–35 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday December 12th 2021 / Season of Advent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Great Expectations / Luke 7:18–35 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday December 12th 2021 / Season of Advent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday Dec 12th 2021: Season of Advent / Luke 7:18–35 "Great Expectations" The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are You the one who is to come,...


Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Jason Reitman - Movie Review

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Jason Reitman - Movie Review

Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2021 by Jason Reitman Writers: Gil Kenan, Jason Reitman (written by) Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis (based on the 1984 Ghostbusters, written by) Stars: Mckenna Grace, Logan Kim, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Celeste O'Connor, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson,...


If these were silent, the very stones would cry out / Luke 19:28–40 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday November 28th 2021 / Season of Advent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

If these were silent, the very stones would cry out / Luke 19:28–40 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday November 28th 2021 / Season of Advent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday December 5th 2021: Season of Advent / Luke 19:28–40 "If these were silent, the very stones would cry out" And when [Jesus] had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at...


The French Dispatch (2021) by Wes Anderson - Movie Review

The French Dispatch (2021) by Wes Anderson - Movie Review

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) by Wes Anderson Writers: Wes Anderson (story and screenplay by), Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness, Jason Schwartzman (story by) Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet,...


After the Dystopia, After the Apocalypse / Mark 13:1–13 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday November 14th 2021 / Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

After the Dystopia, After the Apocalypse / Mark 13:1–13 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday November 14th 2021 / Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday November 14th 2021: Season of Pentecost / Mark 13:1–13 "After the Dystopia, After the Apocalypse" And as [Jesus] came out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what...


DUNE: Part One (2021) By Denis Villeneuve - Movie Review

DUNE: Part One (2021) By Denis Villeneuve - Movie Review

Dune: Part One by Denis Villeneuve Writers: Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth (screenplay by) Frank Herbert (based on the novel Dune written by) Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Josh Brolin,...


Freedom in Christ / John 8:31–36 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday October 31st 2021 / Reformation Day - Eve of All Saints Day / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Freedom in Christ / John 8:31–36 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday October 31st 2021 / Reformation Day - Eve of All Saints Day / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday Oct 31st 2021: Reformation Day - Eve of All Saints Day / John 8:31–36 "Freedom in Christ" So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the...


Philip Kam Thong Cheah Funeral Sermon - Acts 8:26–39 October 27th 2021 / Called, Gathered, Enlightened & Sanctified

Philip Kam Thong Cheah Funeral Sermon - Acts 8:26–39 October 27th 2021 / Called, Gathered, Enlightened & Sanctified

Funeral Sermon Philip Kam Thong Cheah Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday October 27th 2021: Season of Pentecost / Acts 8:26–39 "Called, Gathered, Enlightened & Sanctified" Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes...


Thread Through the Eye of the Needle / Mark 10:23–31 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday October 17th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Thread Through the Eye of the Needle / Mark 10:23–31 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday October 17th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday October 17th 2021: Season of Pentecost / Mark 10:23–31 "Thread Through the Eye of the Needle" And Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” And...


No Time To Die (2021) By Cary Joji Fukunaga - Movie Review

No Time To Die (2021) By Cary Joji Fukunaga - Movie Review

No Time to Die (2021) by Cary Joji Fukunaga Writers: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (screenplay by), Ian Fleming (character by) Stars: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey...


Edgar Manz Funeral Sermon - Ezekiel 17:22–24 October 6th 2021 / The Evergreen Salvation of Christ Jesus

Edgar Manz Funeral Sermon - Ezekiel 17:22–24 October 6th 2021 / The Evergreen Salvation of Christ Jesus

Funeral Sermon for Edgar Manz, Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday October 6th 2021: Season of Pentecost / Ezekiel 17:22–24 "The Evergreen Salvation of Christ Jesus" Thus says the Lord GOD: “I Myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it...


Helplessly, in Love / Mark 10:2–16 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday October 3rd 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Helplessly, in Love / Mark 10:2–16 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday October 3rd 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday October 2nd 2021: Season of Pentecost / Mark 10:2–16 (This Sermon also references the Old Testament Reading for the Day: Genesis 2:18-25) “Helplessly, in Love” “Pharisees came up and in order to test [Jesus] asked, “Is it lawful for a...