Sermons
"1 - One Shepherd" - Sermon Series: "Only One" / Luke 15:1-10 / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Sunday September 15th 2019 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
SERMON NOTESText: Luke 15:1-10Theme: “One Shepherd” - Series: Only One[1]___________________________Intr – On Luke’s Gospel today, Jesus introduces His parable with a question: “What men of you…?” I’ll introduce my sermon today with a question as well: what man or woman of you have ever won...
"The Family of Jesus" Sermon / Luke 14:25-35 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 8th 2019 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 8th 2019: Season of Pentecost / Luke 14:25–35 "The Family of Jesus" Now great crowds accompanied [Jesus], and He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and...
Escaping the Snares of Temptation - Psalm 91 Sermon, September Prayer Service
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday September 4th 2019: Season of Pentecost / Psalm 91 "Escaping the Snares of Temptation" He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the...
"Labour and Humility" Sermon / Luke 14:1-14 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 1st 2019 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 1st 2019: Season of Pentecost / Luke 14:1-14 "Labour and Humility" One Sabbath, when [Jesus] went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching Him carefully. And behold, there was a man before Him who...
“A Narrow but Open Door” Sermon / Luke 13:22-30 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday August 25th 2019 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday August 25th 2019: Season of Pentecost / Luke 13:22-30 "A Narrow but Open Door" [Jesus] went on His way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. And someone said to Him, “Lord, will those who are saved be...
“Irene” Sermon / Luke 12:49-53 / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Sunday August 18th 2019 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Text: Luke 12:49-53Theme: “Irene”___________________________Intr – You need to know Irene. Irene is a pleasant, always welcome company for many people, both men and women. Because she is nice, calm, quiet. At the same time she can be very definite, precise and challenging. She hints hours...
“Anxious for the basic” Sermon / Luke 12:22-40 / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Sunday August 11th 2019 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Text: Luke 12:22-40Theme: “Anxious for the basic”___________________________Intr – The headline of the news said: “Broke teen who sold kidney for an iPhone now bedridden for life.” The summary of it is: “A Chinese man is now bedridden for life after he sold his kidney as a teenager to the...
A heart of wisdom - Psalm 90 Sermon, August Prayer Service
Text: Psalm 90Theme: “A heart of wisdom”.[1]___________________________Intr – Psalm 90, our text for today, talks about the transience and frailty of life; broaches the topic of life's end. But here’s a story of survival. Betty Lou Oliver - an incredible story. She survived two...
“Are You Content?” Sermon / Luke 12:13-21 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday August 4th 2019 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday August 4th 2019: Season of Pentecost / Luke 12:13–21 "Are You Content?" Someone in the crowd said to [Jesus], “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” But He said to him, “Man, who made Me a judge or arbitrator...
“Our FATHER” Sermon / Luke 11:1-13 / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Sunday July 28st 2019 / Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
SERMON NOTES Text: Luke 11:1-13Theme: “Our FATHER”___________________________Intr – Looking around in our world, this is the way the Lord’s Prayer seems to be read most of the times in our day: Father somewhere out there:Shallowed be thy name;My kingdom come, my will be done;Don’t give us...
“Listening to Jesus” Sermon / Luke 10:38-42 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday July 21st 2019 / Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / July 21st 2019: Season of Pentecost / Luke 10:38-42 “Listening to Jesus” 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...
"There's a lot to do while you do nothing" Sermon / Luke 10:25-37 / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Sunday July 14th 2019 / Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Text: Luke 10:25-37Theme: “There’s a lot to do while you do nothing.”___________________________Intr – A man was telling his friend about a car wreck. “I was cruising down Main Street when I was hit out of the blue. The other person was totally wrong, he crashed into me; and there...
August F. Zepick Funeral Sermon - John 15:1-11 - July 13th, 2019 / Bearing much fruit
Text: John 15:1-11Theme: “Bearing much fruit”___________________________Intr – Visiting with August many times as I did in the last couple of years I had opportunities to learn a bit about his life in this side of heaven. Also from the family I’ve learned that in his 90 decades of life He was...
Darrell Iles Funeral Sermon - John 14:1-7 July 10th 2019 / Life in Christ
Funeral Sermon for Darrell Iles at Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday July 10th 2019: Season of Pentecost / John 14:1-7 "Life in Christ" Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would...
"Rejection and Acceptance" Sermon / Luke 10:1-20 / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Sunday July 7th 2019 / Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
SERMON NOTES Text: Luke 10:1-20; Psalm 66; Isaiah 66; Galatians 6Theme: “Rejection and Acceptance”___________________________Intr – An 18-year-old girl came to her father with a request: “Dad, you know, the time has come for me to go to college and work on my future. That means I need to invest...
Warning and Hope - Psalm 89 Sermon, July Prayer Service
Text: Psalm 89Theme: “Warning and Hope”. [1]___________________________Intr – Psalm 89 goes along with Psalm 88 in its gloomy depiction of Israel’s unfaithfulness to God, and the somber consequences of this disobedience. Notably, it starts by proclaiming God’s faithfulness. Psalm...
"Cost benefit" Sermon / Luke 9:51-62 / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Sunday June 30th 2019 / Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
SERMON NOTES Text: Luke 9:51-62Theme: “Cost benefit”___________________________Intr – Some tickets for the match between US and France in the Women’s World cup this week was deemed to be sold as a high price as 10k dollars. _Some of the Raptors tickets to the NBA finals some weeks ago...
Jean Keller Funeral Sermon - Psalm 23, John 14 June 28th 2019 / Call
Text: Psalm 23, John 14Theme: “Call”___________________________Intr – How do these calls sound to you, do they make any sense at all? Kelly’s Eye 1 /Garden Gate 8 /Young and Keen 15 /Two Little Ducks 22 /Dirty Gertie 30 /Buckle My Shoe 32 /Clickety Click 66 /Two Fat Ladies 88. If you...
"Against the Spiritual Forces of Evil" Sermon / Luke 8:26–39 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 25th 2019 / Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 23rd 2019: Season of Pentecost / Luke 8:26–39 "Against the Spiritual Forces of Evil" Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met Him a man from the city...
“Who He is and who you are(Holy Trinity)” Sermon / John 8:48-59 / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Sunday June 16th 2019 / Holy Trinity Sunday / Mount Olive Lutheran Church
SERMON NOTES Text: John 8:48-59 ; Psalm 8Theme: “Who He is and who you are(Holy Trinity)”___________________________Intr – Holy Trinity Sunday is the only Sunday dedicated to a doctrine, not to an event, in the Church Calendar. It provides us with a special day to remember and to learn...