Author Archives: Rev. Paul Rydecki

Luther Sermon for Lent 5

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

SERMON FOR JUDICA, FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT by Martin Luther TEXT: John 8:46-59 (KJV) CHRIST’S DEFENSE AGAINST HIS ENEMIES. 1. This Gospel teaches how hardened persons become the more furious, the more one teaches them and lovingly stirs them to do … Continue reading →

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Sermon on the Augsburg Confession, Art. X: The Lord’s Supper

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

(Preached during the week of Laetare 2014) Building on the feeding of the five thousand which we heard about on Sunday, Jesus speaks those beautiful words that we heard this evening in the Gospel: All that the Father gives Me … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the lesser to the greater

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for Laetare – Fourth Sunday in Lent 2014 Isaiah 49:8-13  +  Galatians 4:21-31  +  John 6:1-15 There is more to life than what you see and experience. There’s more than getting up, eating, … Continue reading →

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Sermon on the Augsburg Confession, Article IX: Baptism

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

(Sermon preached during the week of Oculi 2014) Last week we considered Article VIII of the Augsburg Confession, What the Church Is.  As we learned, the true Church is the kingdom of heaven, made up of all believers in Christ … Continue reading →

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Luther Sermon for Epiphany 3

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

SERMON FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY by Martin Luther (A part of this sermon, §§ 19-46, Andreas Osiander had printed in 1529 in separate pamphlet form against the Anabaptists, “because it was not possible for every person to purchase … Continue reading →

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