Author Archives: Rev. Paul Rydecki

Beware of idols in all their forms

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Sermon (audio) Download Sermon Service(video) [vimeo https://vimeo.com/767896708 w=540&h=360] Download Service Download Bulletin Sermon for the Third-to-Last Sunday of the Church Year (Trinity 25) 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18  +  Matthew 24:15-28 We began our service today with a happy thing, with the … Continue reading →

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Observing the path to glory, and the glory

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Sermon (audio) Download Sermon Service(video) [vimeo https://vimeo.com/766732611 w=540&h=360] Download Service Download Bulletin Sermon for All Saints Day Revelation 7:2-17  +  Matthew 5:1-12 Yesterday was All Saints’ Day. Today is celebrated by some, usually in the Roman Church, as All Souls’ … Continue reading →

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Only a forceful Christianity can stand

Posted on October 30, 2022 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Sermon (audio) Download Sermon Service(video) [vimeo https://vimeo.com/765498444 w=540&h=360] Download Service Download Bulletin Sermon for the Festival of the Lutheran Reformation Revelation 14:6-7  +  Matthew 11:12-15 Today we celebrate the Lutheran Reformation of the Church. Not the “Protestant” Reformation. Not the … Continue reading →

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The power and the will to forgive sins

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Sermon (audio) Download Sermon Service(video) [vimeo https://vimeo.com/764396401 w=540&h=360] Download Service Download Bulletin Sermon for Midweek of Trinity 19 Isaiah 44:21-23  +  John 1:35-51 “Who can forgive sins but God alone?” That’s what the scribes wondered in the account from Sunday’s … Continue reading →

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We come to church to hear Jesus

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Sermon (audio) Download Sermon Service(video) [vimeo https://vimeo.com/763175812 w=540&h=360] Download Service Download Bulletin Sermon for Trinity 19 Ephesians 4:22-28  +  Matthew 9:1-8 We probably ought to change the message on our church sign. It’s been there for years now, I think. … Continue reading →

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