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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...


Sin, Blindness & Jesus / Sermon / Lent 4 March 30, 2014 / John 9 / Pastor Ted Giese

Posted in 2014 / Lent / Pastor Ted Giese / Sermons / ^Genesis / ^John

  Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / John 9 / March 30th 2014 Lent 4 / Sin, Blindness & Jesus   As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not...


Sermon/ Lenten Preaching Exchange/ O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken/ Vicar James Preus

“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit”   Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior!    O dearest Jesus, what law hast Thou broken That...


Sermon March 23, 2014 / Pastor Terry Defoe / John 4:3-7 / The Woman at the Well/

Posted in 2014 / Audio Sermons / Lent / Rev. Terry Defoe / Sermons / ^John

3 (Jesus) left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. 4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar… 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. 7 When a Samaritan woman came to...


Lenten Midweek Sermon / Pastor Terry / My Song is Love Unknown

  Lent, the season of penance and prayer is upon us. My message tonight is based on a famous Lenten hymn titled My Song Is Love Unknown. It has been called one of the most sublime of all Lenten hymns. It’s based on Galatians chapter 6, verse 14 —  where the Apostle Paul says:   “But God...


Sermon March 16, 2014/ Vicar James Preus/ Mount Olive Lutheran/ John 3:1-17/ God Loves The World To Death

3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to...


Jesus Tempted / Sermon / Lent 1 March 9, 2014 / Matthew 4:1-11 / Pastor Ted Giese

Posted in 2014 / Audio Sermons / Lent / Pastor Ted Giese / Sermons / ^Matthew

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Matthew 4:1-11 / Lent 1 March 9th 2014 / Jesus Tempted   Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. And the tempter came and said to Him,...


Funeral Sermon for Elizabeth Radons / March 8th 2014 / Psalm 23

Posted in Lent / 2014 / ^Psalms / Funeral Sermons / Psalm Sermons / Sermons

Audio Pre-Recorded: Funeral was held at Lee Funeral Home in Regina Saskatchewan.  Funeral Sermon for Elizabeth Radons  / Rev. Ted Giese / March 8th 2014 / Psalm 23 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.                    He makes me lie down in green pastures.           He leads me...


Psalm 30 Sermon From March 2014 Prayer Service - Mourning into Dancing

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Psalm 30 / Ash Wednesday 2014   I will extol You, O LORD, for You have drawn me up                    and have not let my foes rejoice over me.           O LORD my God, I cried to You for help,                    and You have...


Sermon for Transfiguration/ Vicar James Preus/ Mount Olive Lutheran Church/ Jesus Shines His Glory On Us Through His Cross

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and...


Pastor Terry Defoe / Sermon / Free & Joyous Response / February 23rd, 2014

1 "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters – and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk – without money and without cost. 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?  New International Version © Copyright 1973, 1978,...


Sermon February 23/ Vicar James Preus/ Prince of Peace Lutheran Regina, SK/ Matthew 5:38-48/ God Loved Us When We Were His Enemies

38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak...


Sermon February 16/ Vicar James Preus/Mount Olive Lutheran Church/ Jesus Causes Our Talents to Grow/Matthew 25:14-30

14 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded...


Installation Sermon For Pastor Tim Richholt at Wetaskiwin, Alberta / February 9th, 2014 / Pastor Terry Defoe

  Our sermon text this afternoon is found in Second Corinthians, chapter 2. I’m reading verses 1 through 5. The Apostle Paul says:   1…When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2 For I resolved to know nothing while...


Psalm 29 Sermon From February 2014 Prayer Service - All cry, �Glory!�

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Prayer Service Wednesday February 5th 2014 / Psalm 29   Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings,                    ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.           Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name;                    worship...


Sermon / Feb 2, 2014 / 2 Corinthians 8:1-2 / Free & Joyous Response Part One / Macedonian Grace / Pastor Terry Defoe

  1And now, fellow believers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.   This morning, we begin a four-week journey of learning and...


Ruby Wolfe Funeral Sermon / January 29, 2014 / Psalm 46

My message this afternoon is based on these words from Psalm 46 – one of Ruby’s favorite Psalms. The Psalmist says: 1 God is our refuge and strength – an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way, and the mountains fall into the heart of...


Sermon January 26, 2014/Vicar James Preus/ The Light of Jesus Conquers the Tyrants of Darkness/Matthew 4:12-17

      12 Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. 13 And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 15 “The land of Zebulun and...


Sermon / Pastor Terry / January 12th, 2014 / Isaiah 42 / God's Gift: Our Servant

Posted in 2014 / Audio Sermons / Epiphany / Rev. Terry Defoe / Sermons / ^Isaiah

 1 “Here is my servant, whom I uphold,    my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him,     and he will bring justice to the nations. 2 He will not shout or cry out,     or raise his voice in the streets. 3 A bruised reed he will not break,     and a smoldering wick...


Epiphany "The Birth of Jesus Had an Impact on Everyone" Sermon Matthew 2:1-12

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / WASCANA Circuit of Central District of Lutheran Church Canada Epiphany Service January 6th 2014 / Matthew 2:1-12 ESV   Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came...