Author Archives: Rev. Paul Rydecki

Made like us so that we could be made like Him

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for the Sunday after Christmas Isaiah 11:1-5  +  Galatians 4:1-7  +  Luke 2:33-40 This morning we continue our Christmas celebration with Simeon and Anna, those elderly Old Testament saints who had spent so … Continue reading →

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Christ now stands in our midst

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for Rorate Coeli – Advent 4 Isaiah 40:1-8  +  Philippians 4:4-7  +  John 1:19-28 On this Sunday before Christmas, our final preparation to celebrate the birth of Christ and to receive the coming … Continue reading →

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Rejoicing in a God who allows His servants to suffer

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for Gaudete – Advent 3 Malachi 3:1-6  +  1 Corinthians 4:1-5  +  Matthew 11:2-10 There sits John the Baptist in Herod’s dungeon, awaiting his eventual beheading. He has done everything God sent him … Continue reading →

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Atheists to skip church on Christmas

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Dear saints at Emmanuel and at Sts. Peter and Paul, The image above is an actual billboard that atheists are posting this year in a few cities across the country. Here is a partial explanation of it from the American … Continue reading →

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Praying always to be counted worthy

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for Populus Sion – Advent 2 Micah 4:1-7  +  Romans 15:4-13  +  Luke 21:25-36 Christ is coming! But not in humility, as He came the first time, humble, lowly, despised and rejected. Christ … Continue reading →

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