Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin

14. March 2021 Laetare John 6:1-15 We do not know what is in store for your body, your life, or your congregation. We trust that He will preserve His Word and your faith until your end or He comes again. The fact that we are here at all today is testimony to the miracle of God’s grace and mercy. God continues to bless our body and life as He always has. But we all the more store up the treasures of Jesus Christ, His Word and the holy Sacraments, confident that with this bread from heaven, the church will remain forever and we can withstand whatever assaults come our way.

Study notes: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1h8_h9yQVgqBMD-GadQZ35ip_dYs9XQhw&authuser=pastor%40stjohnrandomlake.org&usp=drive_fs

Text: Isaiah 49:8-13

Text: Mark 14:32-52

Text: Mark 14:12-31

10. March 2021 Lent Midweek 3 Matthew 11:1–15; Mark 6:14–29   John’s call was to bear witness to Jesus.  This he did in every aspect of his life.  The story of John’s life, from beginning to end, points forward to Jesus.

Text: Matthew 2:7-18

Text: Mark 14:1-11

Text: Mark 11:1-19

7. March 2020 Oculi Luke 11:14-28 Jesus casts out a demon that caused the man to be mute. A demon? I thought those were mythology, a relic of a bygone era? Isn’t that just how those uneducated and unenlightened people wrote off things that they couldn’t explain, like today’s extraterrestrials? Ah, but we still talk about angels. We have images, figurines, and prayers that refer to them. Angels are real but demons are not?

Sunday, March 7, 2021

Text: Jer. 26:1-15; Ephesians 5:1-9

Text: John 6:47-69

Text: John 6:22-44

3. March 2021 Lent Midweek 2 - Zechariah 2 Chron 24:17-22; Matt 23:29-36 Too often, though, people do shoot the messenger. They react with anger and malice towards the bearer of bad news. That was the case with Zechariah. He was merely the messenger, bringing God’s word to His people. If people didn’t like what Zechariah had to say, they should have been mad with God, not with Zechariah. But sometimes people do shoot the messenger.

Text: 1 Kings 21:1-16

Text: John 6:1-21

Text: Numbers 11:4-6, 10, 13, 18-23, 31-34

The new god, science, attempts to downplay or even eliminate both the pains and pleasures of this life. Its seductive promises cause you to hold out for some “pie in the sky” future that will free you from all pain and sorrow. Instead of seeing life's trials as something to struggle with and overcome, and in the process become stronger, the life-denying god encourages you to hate this life and look forward to a better life that's out there, just on the other side of the next scientific breakthrough or technological innovation. But how can this be true? Science has given you so much that improves your life! Except it doesn't and hasn’t because it's not Christ. Jesus is your strength and faith. He is the life-affirming God because Jesus is Life itself, and anything that is not Jesus is not God, and therefore cannot give you true life.

Text: Genesis 32:22-32

Text: Luke 8:40-56

Text: Exodus 32:1-20

Samson is a reminder to us of the faults and flaws shared by all the Lord’s servants. No one is perfect and righteous and holy on their own, and it does us no good to compare Samson with Abraham or Moses or David. They are all equally sinful. And they all equally depend on the grace of God.

Text: Acts 1:15-26

Text: Exodus 17:1-7

Text: Exodus 16:1-15, 31

Baptism, temptation, and cross all go together. This is the way of Jesus and His way is your way. He’s the course set by God the Father. You follow the Son by His Word, led by the Holy Spirit. You are given new life in Baptism. You bear the cross as you are attacked day and night by the flesh, the devil, and this world. And finally, when your last our comes you’ll die just like everyone has always done, except you’ll see the resurrection to eternal life on the last day. There is no other way, or truth, or life that will do.

Text: Genesis 3:1-21; Hebrews 4:14–16

Text: 1 John 4:7-21

We are all dying. That’s the message of the ashes and the cross this day. One day those words will be spoken over your dead body, “Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” as your body is lowered into the ground from which it was made. You were not made to die, of course. Death is not natural. Death is a result of sin and all the brokenness that it brings. Adam and Eve brought death into the world through their rebellion against God, and they passed that sin, that death, that rebellion on to their children. We see the fruits of this sin crystal clear tonight as Cain murders his brother Abel.

Text: John 2:1-11

Text: Exodus 12:1-14, 17

Text: Genesis 3:1-24

Text: Genesis 2:4-17

Text: Isaiah 35:3-7

Text: Acts 20:26-32

Text: Matt 18:21-35

Join us each Wednesday as we study the Book of Hebrews.

Text: Matt 18:14-22

Text: Matt 9:35—10:20, 40

Text: Matt 9:1-13

7. February 2021 Sexagesima Luke 8:4-15 Today’s Gospel is a lovely parable about a sower and His seed. Jesus explains the power of God’s Word to save and likens it to the seed scattered on good ground, who receive His Word, keep it, and it bears fruit in them. But as parables go, there’s always something not quite right or flat out wrong. And that’s precisely the point where the Holy Spirit would captivate our attention.

The Trial by Pilate (intro)

Text: Isaiah 55:10-13

05. February 2021 Funeral of Darlyne Jane Tews John 8:31-32 In Name of the + Jesus. Amen. My brothers and sisters in Christ—family, godchildren, friends—grace, mercy, and peace are yours in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Our text for today is Jane’s confirmation verse: “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31-32)

Text: Luke 5:1-11

Text: 2 Sam 12:1-25

Join us each Wednesday as we study the Book of Hebrews.

Text: 2 Samuel 11:1-27

Text: Luke 2:22-32