Author Archives: Rev. Paul Rydecki

Christ’s first coming is marked by lowliness

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for Ad Te Levavi – Advent 1 Jeremiah 33:14-18  +  Romans 13:11-14  +  Matthew 21:1-9 This season of Advent, like the season of Lent, is a season of earnest repentance as we allow … Continue reading

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It is good to give thanks to the Lord

Sermon for Thanksgiving Service 2014 Deuteronomy 8:6-18  +  Ephesians 1:3-14  +  Luke 1:46-55 In this final service of the Church Year, before beginning the new Church Year this Sunday, it’s good and right for us to look back on the … Continue reading

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Prepared for a long wait

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for the Last Sunday after Trinity Isaiah 65:17-19  +  1 Thessalonians 5:1-11  +  Matthew 25:1-13 The Christian life is a life of waiting. Ever since the angels on Ascension Day told Jesus’ disciples … Continue reading

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The blessed and the cursed

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for the Second to Last Sunday after Trinity Isaiah 40:9-11  +  2 Thessalonians 1:3-10  +  Matthew 25:31-46 Starting last week already we began to focus in earnest on the Second Coming of Christ, … Continue reading

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As those who are fleeing to the mountains

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for Trinity 25 Isaiah 49:12-17  +  1 Thessalonians 4:13-18  +  Matthew 24:15-28 Our Lord urgently warns us today about future events that His Christians will face—or at least, future events from the perspective … Continue reading

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