Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin
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Creation—The First Four Days—Genesis 1:1-19
October 7, 2022
Jesus Takes the Place of the Guilty—Luke 23:13-25
October 6, 2022
"The Faith Needed for Vocation" Wednesday of Trinity 16 2022
October 5, 2022
God’s Wrath Is Poured Out upon Idol Worshippers—Ex. 32:15-35
October 5, 2022
The Worship of the Golden Calf—Exodus 32:1-14
October 4, 2022
God’s Law Threatens and Accuses—Ex. 20:1-6, 18-21; 31:18
October 3, 2022
"With the big-D Death defeated, the big-R Resurrection is yours!" Trinity 16 - October 2, 2022
With all our little deaths dead, crucified with Christ Jesus—sin absolved, the world overcome, the tempter’s voice silenced—we now live raised to new life in the little resurrection—free and forgiven, holy and righteous, hopeful and trusting by the Word of the Gospel. And finally, we know that Jesus has already overcome our death and graves, too. “The hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation” (John 5:28-29).
Bible Study: Ezekiel 1:1-22
October 2, 2022 Handout: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1p5NTPW1qgTZQW6ILP1jgxKtXVSGXUmq0&authuser=pastor%40stjohnrandomlake.org&usp=drive_fs
Sunday’s OT and Epistle—1 Kings 17:17-24; Eph. 3:13-21
October 1, 2022
The Rich Young Ruler—Mark 10:17-31
September 30, 2022
St. Michael and All Angels: Daniel 10:10-14; 12:1-3; Revelation 12:7-12
September 29, 2022
"Let Your Holy Angel Be With me" St. Michael and All Angels (observed) 2022
September 28, 2022
Confess Christ, Take Up Your Cross, Follow Him—Mt. 10:32-39
September 28, 2022
The Fall of Man into Sin—Genesis 3:1-8
September 27, 2022
Ahab Covets Naboth’s Vineyard—1 Kings 21:1-16
September 26, 2022
"Do not worry because you are in Christ Jesus" Trinity 15 2022
To this, nestled amid the excerpt from Jesus’ sermon is the Word we need: “For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” There is a greater need than anything your body wants. There is a pang of hunger that no quick bread can satisfy. There is a covering for your naked shame and guilt that won’t decay and wear out. What you need and what Jesus gives you today, tomorrow, and always is His righteousness.
Sunday’s OT and Epistle—1 Kings 17:8-16; Galatians 5:25—6:10
September 24, 2022
Jesus Prays for His Enemies—Luke 23:33-43
September 23, 2022
Bless Those Who Curse—Matthew 5:33-45
September 22, 2022
St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist—Mt. 9:9-13
September 21, 2022
Jesus Comes to Zacchaeus’s House—Luke 19:1-10
September 20, 2022
Abram Gives Lot the Choice of the Land—Gen. 13:1-12 (13-18)
September 19, 2022
“Rise and go your way. Your faith [in Jesus] has saved you!” Trinity 14 2022
This leper’s sin-ravaged body, covered in bandaged sores, agrees with St. Paul, who later confessed—that all our works are nothing but filthy garments. Jesus had broken this Samaritan out of the prison house of doom, where death had royal scope and room. He healed the leper as a free gift, without any merit or worthiness in him. Jesus healed him because that’s what Jesus does. He has mercy on those whom He has mercy. Why would he go anywhere or to anyone else?
Bible Study: Ezekiel - Introduction
Handout: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nVZFahJ3n0YQXEhTUB92BRLSzgelOu64&authuser=pastor%40stjohnrandomlake.org&usp=drive_fs
Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Proverbs 4:10-23; Galatians 5:16-24
September 17, 2022
Jesus Is Tempted by the Devil—Matthew 4:1-11
September 16, 2022
Joseph Flees from Adultery—Genesis 39:1-21 (22-23)
September 15, 2022
"When You Rise, Make the Sign of the Holy Cross" Holy Cross Day 2022
September 14, 2022
Holy Cross Day: Numbers 21:4-9; 1 Cor. 1:18-25
September 14, 2022
The Parable of the Good Samaritan—Luke 10:25-37
September 13, 2022
Cain Murders His Brother Abel—Gen 4:1-12 (13-15)
September 12, 2022
"Christ Jesus will always have compassion" Trinity 13 2022
Jesus is working by command and parable to utterly humble you into confession. He is not setting up for you another example of pious living that will save you. Instead, He is pointing you away from yourself, your own boasting, and your mistaken righteousness. He’s returning you to faith in Him, who justifies and saves freely out His gracious giving. For Christ alone is your righteousness, your redemption, and your salvation. Jesus alone is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He is the Gate, the Ladder, and Step by which you are brought to the Father.
Sunday’s OT and Epistle—2 Chron. 28:8-15; Gal. 3:15-22
September 10, 2022
Ruth and Her Kinsman Redeemer—Ruth 1:1-19a (1:19b–3:18); 4:1-10 (11-22)
September 9, 2022
The Rebellion of Absalom—2 Samuel 15:2-15 (15:16–18:5) 18:6-15 (16-32) 18:33–19:6
September 8, 2022
"God Gives What Is Good that You Live" Wednesday of Trinity 12
September 7, 2022
Mary Sits at Jesus’ Feet—Luke 10:38-42
September 7, 2022
The Boy Jesus in the Temple—Luke 2:(40) 41-52
September 6, 2022
Do Not Worry about Your Life—Matthew 6:24-34
September 5, 2022
"He Makes the Deaf Hear and the Mute Speak" Trinity 12 2022
Jesus recognizes this man’s bodily need and heals him. The man and his friends have exhausted every possible remedy. There is no technology, no medicine, and no miracle worker that has unshackled him from this burden. He gives the man what neither the man nor anyone else could give him. Jesus doesn’t free him from his body but restores his body in part to the Creator’s original intent. “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.” This kind of healing is never beyond our Creator; thus, we pray daily for the sick, the infirm, and those with any mental or physical disability. We trust that Jesus can and does heal according to His good and gracious pleasure. And you, even if you have your five senses, must remember that the Holy Spirit inspired the prophets to speak of our whole condition as rebels as a kind of deafness. Jesus today is teaching us that not only does He heal mental and physical disability, but He comes to set us free from our spiritual disability. The broader context of Jesus restoring senses is that He is about restoring your fear, love, and trust in Him above all things. He is opening your ears, implanting His Word in your hearts, and loosening your tongue to confess faith in Him.
Bible Study: Zechariah 14
September 4, 2022
Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Isaiah 29:17-24; 2 Cor. 3:4-11
September 3, 2022
Peter Denies His Lord—Matthew 26:69-75
September 2, 2022
Jesus Prays in the Garden of Gethsemane—Matthew 26:36-46
September 1, 2022
"Not the fires of Hell, nor the lion's jaws, not even the Executioner's axe" Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist 2022
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Daniel and the Lions’ Den—Daniel 6:1-23 (24)
August 31, 2022
The Three Men in the Fiery Furnace—Daniel 3:1-28 (29-30)
August 30, 2022
The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist—Revelation 6:9-11; Romans 6:1-5
August 29, 2022
Bible Study: Zechariah 13
August 28, 2022
"God, be merciful to me a sinner!" Trinity 11 2022
It is only the tax collector in the story who understands his real position. The tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ He recognizes that all the categories, classes, and divisions we see in the world in the final estimation don’t mean a thing before God. The stories you tell about yourself—whether ethnicity, nationality, class, gender, or economic success—don’t mean anything when you’re brought before the judgment seat of God on the last day. On that day, the only thing that matters is whether the Father sees in you the reflection of His Son Jesus. Your identity before God is clear and simple. You are a child of God through Holy Baptism. You have been clothed with Christ, washed in His saving blood, branded as one redeemed by Christ the crucified. You might be a worker or employer, long-time American or immigrant, male or female (or some other imaginary gender). According to your baptism, you are all one in Christ Jesus.