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Author: Pastor Paul Rydecki

Rev. Paul Rydecki is originally from Stevensville, Michigan. Although baptized in the LC-MS, he joined a WELS congregation with his parents at an early age. He graduated from Northwestern College in 1995 and from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 2000, when he was ordained and commissioned as a world missionary to Puerto Rico. After four years in Puerto Rico and three in Mexico, Rev. Rydecki accepted a call in 2007 to Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he now lives with his wife, Amy, and his four sons, Nathan, Jacob, Samuel and Lucas.

Sermon — Pr. Paul Rydecki — Faith is the difference between those who are justified and those who are not

Sermon for Trinity 11 Emmanuel Lutheran Church Las Cruces, New Mexico Genesis 4:1-15  +  Ephesians 2:1-10  +  Luke 18:9-14 As we have learned…

Posted On 20 Aug 201223 Aug 2012

Intrepid Lutherans Conference: A Review

The first annual (hopefully!) Intrepid Lutherans Conference was held on June 1st and 2nd at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  The theme…

Posted On 8 Jun 20129 Jun 2012

Does God Hate the Sin but Love the Sinner?

Troubled sinner: “I’ve done a terrible thing.  God must hate me.” Well-meaning friend: “No, that isn’t true.  God hates the sin, but loves…

Posted On 17 May 201215 May 2012

Church Fellowship – in Story Format

So who wants to talk church fellowship? (Sure, leave it to the WELS pastor to open up this can o’ worms.) This will…

Posted On 25 Apr 201225 Apr 2012

The Journey to the Cross and the Empty Tomb – a Lutheran Translation

I always appreciate the invitations to “journey to the cross this Holy Week,” or to have a “blessed journey to the empty tomb.”…

Posted On 2 Apr 2012

Steadfast WELS — New Bible Translation or Bust – or Both

It was almost a year ago when the Brothers of John the Steadfast alerted their readers to some of the controversy surrounding the…

Posted On 16 Mar 201216 Mar 2012

Steadfast WELS — It begins on paper

I’ve been graciously asked to bring a little bit of WELS history and an occasional WELS perspective to the Steadfast readers. I’m quite…

Posted On 23 Feb 201223 Feb 2012

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