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Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church & School (Sherman Center) is in Random Lake, Wisconsin, and is served by Rev. Christopher R. Gillespie. St. John Lutheran is God's place for Christians to gather around our Lord's Word and be enlightened by His gifts. We are a congregation of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). We unconditionally subscribe to the Unaltered Augsburg Confession. St. John Lutheran School has been approved for accreditation through the accreditation process of the…
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Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Faithful Servant—Matthew 24:43-51
43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Parable of the Fig Tree—Matthew 24:32-42
32 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you also…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin"The Sigh of God" Trinity 12 2026
Of everything Jesus does for the deaf man — the fingers, the spit, the word of power — St. Mark writes down the sigh. A sigh is the sound the curse makes…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinJeremiah: Chapter 18 — August 23, 2026
God sends Jeremiah to a shop near the clay pits — a wheel, a kiln, and a heap out back of the pieces that didn't come out right. The Hebrew word for that…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Great Tribulation—Matthew 24:15-31
15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand)…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin"Dan is a Son and He is Home" — Funeral of Daniel E. Heidemann — August 21, 2026
Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. Let us remember with thanksgiving what God has done…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinJesus Predicts the Signs of the End—Matt. 23:37–24:14
37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinWoe to the Scribes and Pharisees—Matthew 23:1-36
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, 2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore whatever they tell you to…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Greatest Commandment—Matthew 22:34-46
34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinQuestions About the Resurrection—Matthew 22:23-33
Matthew 22:23–33 (NKJV)23 The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, 24 saying: “Teacher, Moses said that if a…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinRender to Caesar the Things That Are Caesar’s—Matt. 22:15-22
15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16 And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin"The Mercy Seat is Jesus Christ" Trinity 11 2026
Two men go up to the temple at the hour of the lamb, blood being shed a few steps away in plain sight. One of them never mentions it — his religion is complete…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinJeremiah: Chapters 16-17 — August 16, 2026
Last week Jeremiah called God a stream that runs dry and his own wound incurable. This week God uses that same word of the human heart — "deceitful above all…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinSt. Mary, Mother of Our Lord: Luke 1:39-55; Galatians 4:4-7
46 And Mary said:“My soul magnifies the Lord,47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.48 For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant;For…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers—Matthew 21:33-46
33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin"You pray to be stood up; Christ stands you up!" Friday of Trinity 10 (observed) 2026
The snare of the last day falls on those sitting — and you sit because you cannot carry what you already hold. Every program you have run, from the budget to…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Parable of the Two Sons—Matthew 21:28-32
28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’ 29 He answered and said, ‘I will not,’…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Fruitless Fig Tree—Matthew 21:18-27
18 Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. 19 And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinJesus Cleanses the Temple—Matthew 21:12-17
12 Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinTwo Blind Men Receive Their Sight—Matthew 20:29-34
29 Now as they went out of Jericho, a great multitude followed Him. 30 And behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinJeremiah: Chapters 13-15 — August 9, 2026
God’s word for what He made Israel to be is clinging: “as the sash clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel… to cling to Me”…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin"The tears of your Savior settle it" Trinity 10 2026
Jesus cries twice in the Gospels — once at a grave, and once outside a church. The grave we understand. The other one is worse, and it is the only thing in…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinJesus Predicts His Passion a Third Time—Matthew 20:17-28
17 Now Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them, 18 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard—Matt. 20:1-16
1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 Now when he had agreed with the…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Rich Young Ruler—Matthew 19:16-30
16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin"Without Leaving the Others Undone" Friday of Trinity 9 2026 (observed)
Jesus comes to dinner and will not wash His hands. The mint was never commanded — grain, wine, flock, that is what God said to tithe — but a tenth of the mint…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinJesus Blesses the Children—Matthew 19:13-15
13 Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, “Let the little…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinJesus Teaches on Marriage and Divorce—Matthew 19:1-12
4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Parable of the Unforgiving Servant—Matthew 18:21-35
22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. 23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinJeremiah: Chapters 11-12 — August 2, 2026
This week the preacher becomes the sufferer. Jeremiah announces the covenant curse (Jer. 11:3) and then learns that the men of his own hometown have marked him…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin"He Was Faithful the Whole Time You Were Not" Trinity 9 2026
Jesus tells the parable of the unjust steward immediately after the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son. Johann Gerhard saw why: Christ knows how…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin"Holiness Runs Down from God and Never Back Up" Friday of Trinity 8 2026
The men haggling in the temple courtyard knew which oaths could be collected on. Swear by the gold and you're bound; swear by the temple and you can walk away…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Transfiguration—Matthew 17:1-13
1 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; 2 and He was transfigured before them. His…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin"You Were Carried Through the Door Before You Could Walk" Trinity 8 2026
Two cries stand side by side in this Sunday's readings: "Lord, Lord" and "Abba, Father." The first belongs to an applicant outside the office door with his…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinTake Up Your Cross and Follow Me—Matt. 16:24-28
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Feeding of the 4,000—Matthew 15:32-39
32 Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin"They kept the husk and threw the kernel away." Friday of Trinity 7 2026
Understand who these men were. They weren’t villains twirling their mustaches. They were the serious ones, the ones who had given their lives to God’s Word —…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinA Canaanite Woman Trusts Jesus’ Word—Matt. 15:21-31
21 Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinOut of Man’s Heart Proceed Evil Thoughts—Matt. 15:1-20
15 Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”16 So Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinJesus Walks on the Water—Matthew 14:22-36
22 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 And when He had sent the…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Feeding of the 5,000—Matthew 14:14-21
14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. 15 When it was evening, His disciples…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinJohn the Baptist Is Beheaded—Matthew 14:1-13
9 And the king was sorry; nevertheless, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he commanded it to be given to her. 10 So he sent and had…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin“He Crossed the Water for This” Friday of Trinity 6 (observed) 2026
The Gerasene demoniac was a man no one could bind. James names the wisdom that builds a life like that: earthly, unspiritual, demonic, breeding envy and…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Parable of the Dragnet—Matthew 13:47-58
47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, 48 which, when it was full, they drew to shore…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinParables of the Kingdom—Matthew 13:36-46
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”37…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Parable of the Wheat and the Tares—Matthew 13:24-35
34 All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them, 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Purpose of Parables—Matthew 13:10-23
18 “Therefore hear the parable of the sower: 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinJeremiah: Chapter 8 — July 12, 2026
“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin"Christ’s clean heart is reckoned to you" Trinity 6 2026
If God came down from His throne to make peace with you, you can walk across the parking lot to make peace with your neighbor. Forgive him as you have been…
Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WisconsinThe Parable of the Sower and the Seed—Matt. 13:1-9
1 On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and…