Sermons
Sermon / August 17, 2014 / Pastor Terry Defoe / Matthew 15 / Great Faith
21 … Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.” (New International Version © 2011) In our text this morning, the...
Sermon / August 10, 2014 / Pastor Terry Defoe / A Contrary Wind / Matthew 14:25-27
25 Shortly before dawn, Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. 27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” Holy Bible,...
Prayer for the Persecuted Church - Psalm 35 Sermon From August 2014 Prayer Service
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Psalm 35 / Wed August 6th 2014 / Season of Pentecost A Prayer from David - a Prayer for the Persecuted Church: Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!...
Parable of the Hidden Treasure: Seventh Sunday After Pentecost - Matthew 13: 44-52 / Pastor Ted Giese
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Matthew 13: 44-52 / Seventh Sunday After Pentecost / July 27th 2014 / Parable of the Hidden Treasure “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he...
Parable of the Sower / Matthew 13 / Pastor Terry Defoe / Preached at Zion Lutheran Church, North Southey, SK
1 That same day, Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was...
Parable of the Sower: Fifth Sunday After Pentecost - Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23 / Pastor Ted Giese
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23/ Fifth Sunday After Pentecost / July 13th 2014 / Parable of the Sower That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about Him, so that He got into a boat and sat down....
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...
Sermon July 6, 2014/ Matthew 11:25-30/ Jesus Gives Spiritual Rest to the Spiritually Burdened/ Vicar James Preus
25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.[g] 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father,...
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...
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,...
Sermon June 15/ Acts 2:14a, 22-36 and Matthew 28:19/ The Triune God Saves Us!
Acts 2:32-33 32 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. Matthew 28:19 Go...
Funeral Sermon / Ed Johnson / June 9th, 2014 / Psalm 116
My sermon text this morning is taken from the 116th Psalm. I'm reading verses 12 to 14. The Psalm-writer says: How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. I will fulfil my vows to the LORD in the presence...
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...
Sermon June 1/ John 17/ Eternal Life is to Know Jesus/ Vicar James Preus
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that...
Sermon / Lipton, SK / June 1st, 2014 / John 17:1-11 / Jesus' Special Prayer / Pastor Terry Defoe
1 … Jesus … looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only...
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...
Sermon May 18/ John 14:1-14/ Jesus is the Way and the Truth and the Life/ Vicar James Preus
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am...
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...