Category Archives: Sermons

State of Readiness: Alert

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Right Click to Save Sermon for the Last Sunday after Trinity 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11  +  Matthew 25:1-13 Today is the last Sunday of the Church’s year. We’ve followed and studied the life and teachings of Jesus the Christ for another … Continue reading →

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Christ will judge in favor of His brethren

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Right Click to Save Sermon for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Trinity 2 Thessalonians 1:3-10  +  Matthew 25:31-46 So much time has been spent on election stuff. It has been all-consuming for a lot of people in our country, and the … Continue reading →

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Living as refugees of Jerusalem

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Right Click to Save Sermon for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18  +  Matthew 24:15-28 In those days leading up to His crucifixion, recorded in Matthew’s Gospel, chapters 20-25, Jesus taught His disciples many things about the coming … Continue reading →

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Powerful preaching, forceful faith

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Right Click to Save Sermon for the Festival of the Reformation Revelation 14:6-7  +  Matthew 11:12-15 The story of the Reformation is the story of a priest who became a great preacher, a man who witnessed the corruption of the … Continue reading →

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Caesar has his God-given place

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Right Click to Save Sermon for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity Philippians 3:17-21  +  Matthew 22:15-22 It’s not often that we have the opportunity to consider together the texts appointed for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity. This Sunday is usually … Continue reading →

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