Author Archives: Rev. Paul Rydecki

The idolatry of worry, and its remedy

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Right Click to Save Sermon for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity Galatians 5:25-6:10  +  Matthew 6:24-34 It’s time for our weekly dose of honesty from the lips of Jesus, and for our annual dose of that honesty when it comes … Continue reading →

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The ten, the nine, and the one

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Right Click to Save Sermon for the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Galatians 5:16-24  +  Luke 17:11-19 How do you measure the health of a church? A friend asked me this week, “How is your church doing? Is it growing?” People … Continue reading →

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Fear the Good Samaritan. And thank God for Him.

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Right Click to Save Sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Galatians 3:15-22 + Luke 10:23-37 Even people who don’t know the Bible or pay much attention to the words Jesus spoke are familiar with the term “Good Samaritan.” They think … Continue reading →

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The One who wounds is also the One who heals

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Right Click to Save Sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2 Corinthians 3:4-11  +  Mark 7:31-37 We have before us today in the Gospel the simple, friendly account of how Jesus healed a man who was deaf and mute. … Continue reading →

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Only one kind of sinner will be justified

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Right Click to Save Sermon for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 1 Corinthians 15:1-10  +  Luke 18:9-14 There are two kinds of sinners portrayed for us in today’s Gospel, and also in the Epistle: those who are not easily identified … Continue reading →

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