Sermons
An Unwanted Gift? Joseph's Change of Mind / Christmas Eve Sermon Dec 24th 2013 Matthew Chapter 1:18-25
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Christmas Eve December 24th 2013 / Matthew 1:18-25 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And...
Funeral Sermon for Bill Wirll / Monday December 22nd 2013
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Bill Wirll Funeral Sermon / 2 Timothy 4:6-8 / Monday December 23rd 2013 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept...
Romans 1 / Sermon from Sunday December 22nd / Advent 4 / Mission Letter
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Advent 4 2013 / Romans 1:1-7 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, who was descended...
Sermon December 15, 2013/ Vicar James Preus/ Jesus Gives Us A New Identity/ Matthew 11:2-15
And when John heard in prison of the works of Christ, he sent by means of his disciples 3and said to him “Are you the Coming One or should we expect another? 4And Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see. 5The blind regain their sight and the lame...
My Church: Visit Mount Olive - I do sincerely believe you will feel blessed as a result - Valiera Lawson
Dear Friends, My husband and I began attending Mount Olive Lutheran Church over two years ago. We feel very blessed that the Holy Spirit has led us here. Each time we attend services, we feel fed and nourished by the Word of God. Our ministers, Pastor Terry Defoe, Pastor Ted Giese, and...
Sermon December 8, 2013 Endurance & Encouragement Romans 15:4
4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. (New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011) We have come to the second...
Psalm 27 Sermon From December 2013 Advent Prayer Service - Wait for the LORD
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Advent Prayer Service Wednesday December 4th 2013 / Psalm 27 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I...
Sermon December 1, 2013/ Vicar James Preus/ Jesus Comes To Save Us/ Matthew 21:1-11
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything...
Sermon - November 24th, 2013 - How Goes the Battle? - Malachi 3:14-15
14 “You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty? 15 But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’”...
Luke 21 Sermon From Sunday Nov. 17th Jesus is Your Redemption
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Sunday November 17th 2013 / Luke 21:5-28 / "Jesus is Your Redemption" And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, [Jesus] said, “As for these things that you see, the days will come...
God is the God of the Living/ Vicar James Preus/ Sunday November 10, 2013
Luke 20:27-40 27 There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, 28 and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the manmust take the widow and raise up offspring for...
Psalm 26 Sermon From November 2013 Prayer Service
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Psalm 26 / Wednesday Evening Prayer Service November 6th 2013. Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind....
All Saints Day (Observed) Nov 3rd / Rev. DJ Kim / Sermon / James 2:14-26 / Lord's Prayer
Rev. D. J. Kim, Lutheran Church Canada Central District Missionary at large and chaplain with the Regina Police Services and the Royal Regina Rifles Reserves, preached on All Saints Day (Observed). He also sang the Lord's Prayer during the prayers of the church. No Manuscript is available for...
Sermon - October 27th, 2013 - Luke 18:9-13 - Pharisee & Tax Collector
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am...
Sermon - October 20, 2013 - Prayer? Hang in There!
now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart... (New American Standard Bible) I begin my message this morning with an illustration related to prayer. It’s told by a Lutheran pastor in the U.S. He says: Several years ago,...
Sermon From October 13th 2013 / �Thanksgiving and Mercy�
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Thanksgiving Sunday October 13th 2013 / 2 Timothy 2:1-13 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able...
Sermon from October 6, 2013/ Jesus Alone is Our Rock, Salvation, and Fortress
Sermon Rough Draft: Psalm 62/ Sunday October 6, 2013-09-30/ Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina, SK/ Vicar James Preus For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. 3 How long...
Psalm 25 Sermon From October 2013 Prayer Service �Redeemed in Christ
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday October 2nd 2013: Season of Pentecost, Psalm 25. To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. O my God, in You I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult...
Sermon From September 29th 2013 / �What is in a Name?�
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Season of Pentecost / Sunday September 28th / Luke 16:19-31. “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,...
Quest: Christianity and the Movies, Extras, Part III
“Christianity and the Movies” Pr. Giese’s Online Class through Concordia Lutheran Seminary To participate live in the last parts of this Online Quest Course tune in Tuesday October 1st at 7pm: click here. In part three of this Quest course we looked at two areas. 1) First was the Word...