Author Archives: Rev. Paul Rydecki

Wake, awake! Watch for the Bridegroom!

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for the Last Sunday of the Church Year Isaiah 65:17-25  +  1 Thessalonians 5:1-11  +  Matthew 25:1-13 What beautiful images are set before us today in the lectionary, like a banquet of words … Continue reading

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The final separation

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for Second to Last Sunday of the Church Year Daniel 7:9-14  +  2 Peter 3:3-14  +  Matthew 25:31-46 Everyone knows that the day of judgment is coming.  God has hardwired it into the … Continue reading

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Warnings and comfort in times of tribulation

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for Third to Last Sunday after Trinity Exodus 32:1-20  +  1 Thessalonians 4:13-18  +  Matthew 24:15-28 Today our thoughts begin to turn toward the end of the Church Year, and at the same … Continue reading

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The hidden blessedness of the saints

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for All Saints’ Day Revelation 7:9-17  +  1 John 3:1-3  +  Matthew 5:1-12 Today we celebrate the blessedness of all the saints—saints like Peter and Paul, James and John, Mary and Mary Magdalene; … Continue reading

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Abiding in the Truth: Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone

right-click to save, or push Play Sermon for the Festival of the Reformation Revelation 14:6-7  +  Romans 3:19-28  +  John 8:31-36 The Lutheran Reformation of the Church was about nothing more and nothing less than the Truth, the very truth … Continue reading

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