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The Oscars the 94th Academy Awards 2022

The Oscars the 94th Academy Awards 2022

Listen here for audio of radio interviews about films from a Christian perspective with Pastors Ted Giese and Todd Wilken on IssuesEtc.org where Christianity meets culture. Click on the banner below to listen to a near 1 hour interview about the 2022 Oscars The Oscars can be a complex and...


Forgiveness for All / Luke 15:1-3,11-32 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday March 27th 2022 / Season Of Lent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Forgiveness for All / Luke 15:1-3,11-32 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday March 27th 2022 / Season Of Lent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday March 27th 2022: Season of Lent / Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 "Forgiveness for All" 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...


Nightmare Alley (2021) By Guillermo del Toro - Movie Review

Nightmare Alley (2021) By Guillermo del Toro - Movie Review

Nightmare Alley (2021) Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan (screenplay by) William Lindsay Gresham (based on the novel by) Stars: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Peter MacNeill,...


No Fear of the Fox / Luke 13:31-35 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday March 13th 2022 / Season of Lent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

No Fear of the Fox / Luke 13:31-35 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday March 13th 2022 / Season of Lent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday March 13th 2022: Season of Lent / Luke 13:31-35 “No Fear of the Fox” At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to Him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” And He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast...


Lorna Marie Kreutz Funeral Sermon - Psalm 23 March 12th 2022 / The LORD Is My Shepherd

Lorna Marie Kreutz Funeral Sermon - Psalm 23 March 12th 2022 / The LORD Is My Shepherd

Lorna Marie Kreutz Funeral Sermon / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Saturday March 12th 2022: Season of Lent / Psalm 23 "The LORD Is My Shepherd"            The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not want.           He makes me lie down in green pastures.           He leads...


Malcolm Floyd Bloos Funeral Sermon - John 20:19–31 March 11th 2022 / That you may believe

Malcolm Floyd Bloos Funeral Sermon - John 20:19–31 March 11th 2022 / That you may believe

Malcolm Floyd Bloos Funeral Sermon / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Friday March 11th 2022: Season of Lent / John 20:19–31 "That you may believe" On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews,...


The Batman (2022) By Matt Reeves - Movie Review

The Batman (2022) By Matt Reeves - Movie Review

The Batman 2022 Directed by: Matt Reeves Writers: Matt Reeves, Peter Craig, Bill Finger (Batman created by) Stars: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, John Turturro, Andy Serkis, Peter Sarsgaard, Jayme Lawson, Rupert Penry-Jones Runtime: 175min...


His Pierced Side / Pr. Ted A. Giese preaching for Pr. Arron Gust / Wednesday March 9th 2022 / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

His Pierced Side / Pr. Ted A. Giese preaching for Pr. Arron Gust / Wednesday March 9th 2022 / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Tonight’s sermon is adapted from Lenten material provide by Rev. Mark D. Femmel, assistant pastor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Des Peres, Missouri. Extensively reworked by Pr. Arron Gust of Grace Lutheran Church Regina this sermon was additionally adapted by Pr. Ted Giese of Mount Olive...


His Humbled Head / Mark 15:16–20 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday March 2nd 2022 / Ash Wednesday / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

His Humbled Head / Mark 15:16–20 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday March 2nd 2022 / Ash Wednesday / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday March 2nd 2022: Ash Wednesday / Mark 15:16–20 "His Humbled Head" And the soldiers led [Jesus] away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. And they clothed Him in a...


Glory and Vainglory / Luke 9:28–36 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday February 27th 2022 / Transfiguration Sunday / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Glory and Vainglory / Luke 9:28–36 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday February 27th 2022 / Transfiguration Sunday / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday February 27th 2022: Transfiguration Sunday / Luke 9:28–36 "Glory and Vainglory" Now about eight days after these sayings [Jesus] took with Him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And as He was praying,...


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,...