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“Patience Tested” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Season of Lent Sunday Sermon February 25th 2024 – Mark 8:27-38; Genesis 17:1-7, 15, 16; Romans 5:1-11

“Patience Tested” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Season of Lent Sunday Sermon February 25th 2024 – Mark 8:27-38; Genesis 17:1-7, 15, 16; Romans 5:1-11

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday February 25th 2024: Season of Lent / Mark 8:27-38; Genesis 17:1-7, 15, 16; Romans 5:1-11 “Patience Tested”         And Jesus went on with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way He asked His disciples, “Who...


“The King Mocked” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Sermon Wednesday February 21st 2024 - Matthew 27:27–31

“The King Mocked” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Sermon Wednesday February 21st 2024 - Matthew 27:27–31

Lenten Exchange guest preacher Rev. Jim Chimirri-Russell from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Regina, Saskatchewan.  Matthew 27:27–31 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before Him. And they stripped Him and put...


A Place for You / John 14:1-14 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday May 7th 2023 / The Season Of Easter / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

A Place for You / John 14:1-14 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday May 7th 2023 / The Season Of Easter / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday May 7th 2023: Season of Easter / John 14:1-14, “A Place for You” 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 I have told you that I go to prepare...


Minnie Schmidt Funeral Sermon - Hebrews 13:6–8 May 1st 2023 / The Lord is My Helper

Minnie Schmidt Funeral Sermon - Hebrews 13:6–8 May 1st 2023 / The Lord is My Helper

Minnie Schmidt Funeral Sermon - Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Monday May 1st 2023: Season of Easter / Hebrews 13:6–8 “The Lord is My Helper” We [in Christ] can confidently say,          “The Lord is my helper;                     I will not fear;           what can man...


Reconciled to God by the Death of His Son / John 19:16–30 & 2 Corinthians 5:17–21 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Friday April 7th 2023 / Holy Week, Good Friday in the Season of Lent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Reconciled to God by the Death of His Son / John 19:16–30 & 2 Corinthians 5:17–21 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Friday April 7th 2023 / Holy Week, Good Friday in the Season of Lent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Friday April 7th 2023: Holy Week Good Friday in the Season of Lent / John 19:16–30 & 2 Corinthians 5:17–21 “Reconciled to God by the Death of His Son” [Pilate] delivered [Jesus] over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and He went...


Christian Suffering, Endurance, Character and Hope / Romans 5:1–8 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday March 12th 2023 / Season of Lent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Christian Suffering, Endurance, Character and Hope / Romans 5:1–8 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday March 12th 2023 / Season of Lent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday March 12th 2023: Season of Lent / Romans 5:1–8 "Christian Suffering, Endurance, Character and Hope" Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Him we have also...


You Don’t Need What the Devil’s Selling / Matthew 4:1–11 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday February 26th 2023 / Season of Lent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

You Don’t Need What the Devil’s Selling / Matthew 4:1–11 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday February 26th 2023 / Season of Lent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday February 26th 2023: Season of Lent / Matthew 4:1–11 "You Don’t Need What the Devil’s Selling." 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...


The Cost of Discipleship / Luke 14:25–35 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 4th 2022 / Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

The Cost of Discipleship / Luke 14:25–35 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 4th 2022 / Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 4th 2022: Season of Pentecost / Luke 14:25–35 "The Cost of Discipleship" 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...


Division, Fire, Truth and Peace / Luke 12:49-56 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht/Pastor Ted Giese / Sunday August 14th, 2022 / Season of Pentecost / Rev. Ted Giese’s 15th Ordination Anniversary

Division, Fire, Truth and Peace / Luke 12:49-56 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht/Pastor Ted Giese / Sunday August 14th, 2022 / Season of Pentecost / Rev. Ted Giese’s 15th Ordination Anniversary

Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · August 14 2022 Mount Olive Lutheran Church Sermon Sermon – August 14th, 2022 – Rev. Ted Giese’s 15th Ordination AnniversaryMount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina, SKText: Luke 12:49-53Theme: Division, Fire, Truth and Peace[1] ___________________________Intr...


Roberta Anita ‘Missy’ Natyshak Funeral Sermon - Job 19:23-27 June 24th 2022 / My Redeemer Lives

Roberta Anita ‘Missy’ Natyshak Funeral Sermon - Job 19:23-27 June 24th 2022 / My Redeemer Lives

Roberta Anita ‘Missy’ Natyshak Graveside Funeral Sermon / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Friday June 24th 2022: Season of Pentecost / Job 19:23-27, "My Redeemer Lives"           “Oh that my words were written!                    Oh that they were inscribed in a book!           Oh that with an iron...


Kai Blake Grant-Mcnab Funeral Sermon - Jeremiah 31:15–17 June 21st 2022 / Hope for Your Future

Kai Blake Grant-Mcnab Funeral Sermon - Jeremiah 31:15–17 June 21st 2022 / Hope for Your Future

Included in the above audio file, following the sermon, is a piece of music sung by Pr. Lucas Albrecht, “Your True Promises.” Funeral Service for Kai Blake Grant-Mcnab / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Tuesday June 21st 2022: Season of Pentecost / Jeremiah 31:15–17 "Hope for Your Future" (Kai died...


My Rock and My Fortress / Psalm 71:1–6 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 19th 2022 / Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

My Rock and My Fortress / Psalm 71:1–6 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 19th 2022 / Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 19th 2022: Season of Pentecost / Psalm 71:1–6 "My Rock and My Fortress"           In You, O LORD, do I take refuge;                    let me never be put to shame!           In Your righteousness deliver me and...


Our Lamb / Isaiah 53 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Friday April 15th 2022 / Good Friday / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Our Lamb / Isaiah 53 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Friday April 15th 2022 / Good Friday / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · Sermon on Good Friday, April 15, 2022 Text: Isaiah 53Theme: “Our Lamb”___________________________ Intr – If you own a dog, or a cat, if you have a pet on any kind (if you don’t, think about people you know that own one), you know how much esteemed they are in...


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...


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,...


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...


For every day/ Matthew 1:18-25; 1 John 4; Isaiah 7; Psalm 110 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Christmas Eve 2021 /  Mount Olive Lutheran Church

For every day/ Matthew 1:18-25; 1 John 4; Isaiah 7; Psalm 110 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Christmas Eve 2021 / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · Christmas Eve Sermon December 24, 2021     SERMON NOTES (listen to the audio sermon for more)   Text:  Matthew 1:18-25; 1 John 4:7-16; Psalm 110:1-4; Isaiah 7:10-14 Theme: “For Every Day” ___________________________ Intr – (There are 97 Tim Horton’s coffee...


Humility and Faith in the face of Suffering and Death / Mark 9:30–37 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 19th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Humility and Faith in the face of Suffering and Death / Mark 9:30–37 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 19th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 19th 2021: Season of Pentecost / Mark 9:30–37 (This Sermon also references the Old Testament and Epistle Readings for the Day: Jeremiah 11:18-20 & James 3:13-4:10) “Humility and Faith in the Face of Suffering and Death.”...


Erna Manz Graveside Service Sermon - John 11:25 / June 12th, 2021 / “Though you have losses, yet you shall still receive”

Erna Manz Graveside Service Sermon - John 11:25 / June 12th, 2021 / “Though you have losses, yet you shall still receive”

Text: John 11:25Theme: “Though you have losses, yet you shall still receive”____________________________ Intr – A funeral makes us think about loss. We lose someone we love, and grief and sadness might be our partners for the next so many days, months, or even years. And when we think about...