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 National Lutheran School Accreditation of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.
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- StandardSummaries onlyJohn the Baptist Sends Disciples to Jesus—Matthew 11:2-19
Published Jul 4, 2026
2 And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples 3 and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”4 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: 5 The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. 6 And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”7 As they departed, Jesus began to say to the
- StandardSummaries onlyConfessing Christ Before Men—Matthew 10:32–11:1
Published Jul 3, 2026
32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; 36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ 37 He who
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Promise of Persecution—Matthew 10:16-31
Published Jul 2, 2026
16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues. 18 You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; 20 for it is not you who speak, bu
- StandardSummaries onlyWednesday of Trinity 4 (observed) 2026
Published Jul 2, 2026
So hear this, you who are afraid your faith is too small, you who lie awake wondering whether you’ve become a cloud without water. That very fear is the Holy Spirit still at work in you. The wilderness generation did not lie awake worrying that they had fallen away; they were sure of themselves. The man who cries “help my unbelief” is not the apostate. He is the one Jesus heals. Your salvation does not hang on the strength of your faith but on the faithfulness of your Savior, and Jude tells you
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Sending Out of the Twelve—Matthew 9:35–10:15
Published Jul 1, 2026
Matthew 9:35–10:15 (NKJV)35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out
- StandardSummaries onlyTwo Blind Men Are Healed—Matthew 9:27-34
Published Jun 30, 2026
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- StandardSummaries only"The Teacher Who Is Mercy Itself" Trinity 4 2026
Published Jun 29, 2026
You have been somebody's disciple since the day you were born, and Jesus warns that you never rise above your teacher — given enough time, you simply become him. The world is a blind guide that trains us to judge first and forgive slowly, and we have become blind guides ourselves, reaching for the speck in a brother's eye with a plank in our own. But there is another Teacher: Jesus is the Father's mercy in the flesh, who takes our score-keeping heart to the cross and trains us in Baptism, Word,
- StandardSummaries onlySt. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles: Acts 15:1-21; Galatians 2:1-10
Published Jun 29, 2026
Acts 15:1–21 (NKJV)1 And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.3 So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conver
- StandardSummaries onlyA Girl Is Raised and a Woman Is Healed—Matthew 9:14-26
Published Jun 27, 2026
READINGMatthew 9:14–26 (NKJV)14 Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. 17 Nor do
- StandardSummaries onlyMatthew the Tax Collector—Matthew 9:9-13 (June 26, 2026)
Published Jun 26, 2026
Matthew 9:9–13 (NKJV)9 As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him.10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic—Matthew 9:1-8 (June 25, 2026)
Published Jun 25, 2026
The First Commandment is not chiefly about the gods we refuse to build, but about the trust of the heart: whatever it clings to in the day of trouble is its god. Jerusalem clung to its walls and its waters and never looked to the Maker, and when God called it to mourning it answered with a feast and the creed of the hopeless — eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. To such hardened impenitence the Law can only speak its terror: no atonement, even to death. Yet atonement is precisely the word the Go
- StandardSummaries only"Cursed on the tree so the barren tree could live." Friday of Trinity 3 (observed) 2026
Published Jun 25, 2026
A fig tree in full leaf promises fruit and has none. Jesus curses it, then walks into a temple just as green — crowded, busy, alive to the eye — and finds the same thing: a house of prayer turned into a market, all show and no figs. James names it a third time: a church that seats the rich man in the good place and the poor man at the footstool. Leaves without fruit. Dead faith — the kind the demons have, who believe and tremble.But the cure is not "grow your figs or be cursed too" — that is onl
- StandardSummaries onlyNativity of St. John the Baptist: Luke 1:57-80
Published Jun 24, 2026
June 22, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyTwo Demon–Possessed Men Are Healed—Matthew 8:28-34
Published Jun 23, 2026
June 23, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyTrinity 3 2026
Published Jun 22, 2026
June 21, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Stills the Storm—Matthew 8:23-27
Published Jun 22, 2026
June 22, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJeremiah: Chapter 4-5
Published Jun 22, 2026
June 21, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Heals Peter’s Mother-in-law—Matthew 8:14-22
Published Jun 20, 2026
June 20, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant—Matthew 8:5-13
Published Jun 19, 2026
June 19, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Cleanses a Leper—Matthew 8:1-4
Published Jun 18, 2026
June 18, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"There's Always More Where That Came From" Friday of Trinity 2 (observed) — June 17, 2026
Published Jun 18, 2026
For twelve years, she had been unclean — exiled from the assembly, emptied by physicians who took everything and healed nothing. So she comes to steal a cure from the fringe of Jesus' garment, certain that God's mercy runs out as everything else has. But His power goes out from Him, and nothing is subtracted: she came to take a cure and leaves a daughter. There is always more where that came from.
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Wise Man Builds His House on the Rock—Matthew 7:15-29
Published Jun 17, 2026
June 17, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Is the Narrow Way—Matthew 7:1-14
Published Jun 16, 2026
June 16, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyLay Up for Yourselves Treasure in Heaven—Matthew 6:19-34
Published Jun 15, 2026
June 15, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"Blessed are you who eats bread in the Kingdom of God now!" Trinity 2 2026
Published Jun 14, 2026
Jesus is not condemning farming, buying or selling, or marriage. Fields, oxen, and wives are gifts of God, given from His own hand. Abraham had fields. Jacob had livestock past counting. God Himself instituted marriage in Eden. The sin is not in the things. The sin is in the ranking. Each man looked at the gift in his hand and the Giver at his door, and he feared losing the gift more than he feared the Giver.
- StandardSummaries onlyJeremiah: Chapter 3
Published Jun 14, 2026
June 14, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Lord’s Prayer—Matthew 6:1-18
Published Jun 13, 2026
June 13, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyLove Your Enemies—Matthew 5:38-48
Published Jun 12, 2026
June 12, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"A mustard seed faith in the Lord of heaven and earth moves mulberry trees" Friday of Trinity 1 2026
Published Jun 11, 2026
The Lord’s Supper is not given to profitable servants who have earned a seat. It is given to unprofitable ones. Given precisely where the Law has done its work — where you know you have been the scandal, where you know your forgiveness came out thin and grudging, where your faith on its best day is the size of a mustard seed. “Lord, increase our faith” (Luke 17:5).
- StandardSummaries onlySt. Barnabas, Apostle: Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3
Published Jun 11, 2026
June 11, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyYou Shall Not Give False Testimony—Matthew 5:33-37
Published Jun 10, 2026
June 10, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyYou Shall Not Commit Adultery—Matthew 5:27-32
Published Jun 9, 2026
June 9, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyYou Shall Not Murder—Matthew 5:21-26
Published Jun 8, 2026
June 8, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"The poor one has a name. Lazarus. God is my help." Trinity 1 2026
Published Jun 7, 2026
June 7, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJeremiah: Chapter 2
Published Jun 7, 2026
June 7, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyChrist’s Righteousness Fulfills the Law—Matt 5:13-20
Published Jun 6, 2026
June 6, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes—Matthew 5:1-12
Published Jun 5, 2026
June 5, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus’ Ministry and the Call of the Fishermen—Matthew 4:12-25
Published Jun 4, 2026
June 4, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"The age to come arriving in this age, located, given out" Wednesday of Holy Trinity 2026
Published Jun 4, 2026
The font is where Nicodemus's question died. Where the Sadducees' question died. You went into that water still carrying the old premise — still asking what resurrection could possibly mean, still uncertain whether the age to come is anything more than this age with the dying removed. And you came out having been given something you did not generate, extra nos, outside yourself, from the One whose Name was spoken over you. The Holy Spirit begot you. The old Adam did not survive. You are already
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Temptation of Our Lord—Matthew 4:1-11
Published Jun 3, 2026
June 3, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Baptism of Our Lord—Matthew 3:13-17
Published Jun 2, 2026
June 2, 2026
- StandardSummaries only“You are the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand this?”
Published Jun 1, 2026
You look, and you live. You do not first understand, and then live. The teacher came carrying everything he knew and was handed two things he could do nothing with: a birth he could not perform and a cross he could only behold. And even the looking is not the last small work left to his credit — the eyes that turn to the lifted Son are opened by the same Spirit who blows where He wills, the birth of water and the Spirit, not of the will of the flesh, not of any man's deciding. It is given the wh
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Genealogy of Jesus—Matthew 1:1-17
Published Jun 1, 2026
June 1, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlySunday’s OT and Epistle—Isaiah 6:1-7; Rom. 11:33-36
Published May 30, 2026
May 30, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Life of the Church—Acts 2:37-47
Published May 29, 2026
May 29, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"The Holy Spirit makes you a temple of His glory" Ember Wednesday of Pentecost 2026
Published May 28, 2026
He is coming upon you, by His Spirit. He is drawing you with the net of His Word. And He is doing more than draw you — He is making His home in you.
- StandardSummaries onlyPeter Calls the Church to Repentance—Acts 2:22-36
Published May 28, 2026
May 28, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyPeter’s Sermon on the Prophet Joel—Acts 2:14-21
Published May 27, 2026
May 27, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyPentecost Tuesday: Isaiah 32:14-20; Acts 8:14-17; John 10:1-10
Published May 26, 2026
Pentecost TuesdayMay 26, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyPentecost Monday: Acts 10:34a, 42-48; John 3:16-21
Published May 25, 2026
Pentecost MondayMay 25, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJeremiah: Chapter 1 — May 24, 2026
Published May 25, 2026
Catechesis Handouts: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pZdcXSqajaj87tLsZPrMEaBw-n8gDQUT&usp=drive_fs
- StandardSummaries only"The Spirit gives you the peace Christ bought" Pentecost 2026
Published May 25, 2026
He who scattered at Babel gathers here at Pentecost. He who divided the tongues there of evil, now unites them here for good. The same Spirit. The same fire. At Babel, God came down and scattered. At Pentecost, God came down to gather, and He gathered by preaching. Not by making the nations speak one language. By making the one Gospel spoken in every language. Every tongue heard the same thing: the Spirit gives you the peace Christ bought.
- StandardSummaries onlySunday’s OT and Second Reading—Genesis 11:1-9; Acts 2:1-21
Published May 23, 2026
May 23, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyMatthias Is Chosen to Fill Judas’s Office—Acts 1:12-26
Published May 22, 2026
May 22, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Opens the Scriptures to the Disciples—Luke 24:44-53
Published May 22, 2026
May 21, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world!” Friday of Exaudi (observed) 2026
Published May 21, 2026
May 20, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyMark Records the Command to Preach the Gospel—Mark 16:9-20
Published May 20, 2026
May 20, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Commission to Baptize and Teach All Nations—Mt. 28:16-20
Published May 19, 2026
May 19, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Prays for All Who Will Believe in Him—John 17:20-26
Published May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlySunday’s OT and Epistle—Ezekiel 36:22-28; 1 Peter 4:7-14
Published May 16, 2026
May 16, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Prays for the Apostles—John 17:11-19
Published May 15, 2026
May 15, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyCatechesis: Ascension of Our Lord—Acts 1:1-14
Published May 14, 2026
May 14, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"Your flesh and blood is at the right hand of the Almighty" Ascension (observed) 2026
Published May 14, 2026
The angels asked: Why do you stand gazing? He is not up there, away, unreachable. He fills all things. He is here — in His word, in His sacrament — as surely as He was on the mountain before the cloud came. The cloud did not remove Him. It revealed Him. As the One who sits at the right hand of the Father. As the One who, in that human nature, fills all things. As your Brother, enthroned.
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus’ High Priestly Prayer—John 17:1-10
Published May 13, 2026
May 13, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyAsk and You Will Receive—John 16:23b-33
Published May 12, 2026
May 12, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyYour Sorrow Will Turn to Joy—John 16:16-23
Published May 11, 2026
Monday, May 11, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJeremiah: Introduction
Published May 10, 2026
May 10, 2026
- StandardSummaries only“The Father Himself loves you… pray!” Rogate 2026
Published May 10, 2026
May 10, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"Water. Word. That is the sign. It was always his" — Funeral of Donald Thiel
Published May 10, 2026
May 8, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlySunday’s OT and Epistle—Numbers 21:4-9; James 1:22-27
Published May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Work of the Holy Spirit—John 16:5-15
Published May 8, 2026
Friday, May 8, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"Christ went where you could not go" Friday of Cantate (observed) 2026
Published May 7, 2026
The new commandment is a finished love. Christ made it on a cross. He gives it to you here in water and word and bread and wine. It is yours. The commandment and the gift are one. Faith and love are baked together like one loaf. Christ holds the one, and you hold the other, and there is no separating them. Christ went where you could not go, so that you could love as you have been loved.
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Comforter in Persecution—John 15:26—16:4
Published May 7, 2026
May 7, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe World’s Hatred—John 15:18-25
Published May 6, 2026
May 6, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyAs the Father Loved Me, I also Have Loved You—John 15:9-17
Published May 5, 2026
May 5, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyI am the Vine—John 15:1-8
Published May 4, 2026
May 4, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"Draw from the well of His salvation, Jesus." Cantate 2026
Published May 4, 2026
This is the advantage. Not God near in the way you wanted. Better than that. The Spirit who convicts — your sin named and buried, Christ’s righteousness declared and given, the ruler’s judgment executed and delivered — doing his work here, in this service, for you.
- StandardSummaries onlyHeidelberg Disputations: Thesis 27-28 — May 3, 2026
Published May 4, 2026
Heidelberg DisputationsHandout: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pZdcXSqajaj87tLsZPrMEaBw-n8gDQUT&usp=drive_fsThesis 27: "Actually one should call the work of Christ an acting work (operans) and our work an accomplished work (operatum), and thus an accomplished work pleasing to God by the grace of the acting work."Thesis 28: "The love of God does not find, but creates, that which is pleasing to it. The love of man comes into being through that which is pleasing to it."
- StandardSummaries onlySunday’s OT and Epistle—Isaiah 12:1-6; James 1:16-21
Published May 2, 2026
May 2, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Peace of Christ—John 14:27-31
Published May 1, 2026
May 1, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"His commandment is eternal life" Friday of Jubilate 2026
Published May 1, 2026
The Father commanded the Son to suffer and enter His glory. The Son obeyed. The Father gave Him over for your trespasses and raised Him for your justification. Christ was raised by the Father, and that resurrection is the Father's seal on every word the Son ever spoke. The empty tomb says: this Word is true. This commandment is life. The grave could not hold the One who carried the Father's commandment, and the grave will not hold those to whom He has spoken it.
- StandardSummaries onlyFellowship with the Holy Trinity—John 14:19-26
Published Apr 30, 2026
Thursday, Apr 30, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyIf You Love Me, Keep My Commandments—Jn 14:12-18
Published Apr 29, 2026
April 29, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyI Am in the Father and the Father in Me—John 14:7-11
Published Apr 28, 2026
April 28, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyHeidelberg Disputations: Thesis 25-26
Published Apr 27, 2026
Heidelberg DisputationsApril 26, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Way the Truth and the Life—John 14:1-6
Published Apr 27, 2026
April 27, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"Come receive what Chronos cannot touch!" Jubilate 2026
Published Apr 27, 2026
Two kinds of time run through this Gospel. Chronos, which counts every loss and draws its conclusions. And kairos, which speaks the word of the risen Christ into the middle of those losses and names them for what they are: labor pains, not graves.
- StandardSummaries onlySunday’s OT and Epistle—Lamentations 3:22-33; 1 Peter 2:11-20
Published Apr 25, 2026
April 25, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Shepherd Knows the Sheep—John 10:22-42
Published Apr 24, 2026
April 24, 2026
- StandardSummaries only“The friends of the Bridegroom cannot mourn as long as He is with them” Friday of Misericordias Domini 2026
Published Apr 23, 2026
The Bridegroom gives you new wineskins. He gave them to you at the font, where He drowned the old garment and clothed you in His own. The robe you wear before God is His obedience, His death, His resurrection. He does not repair what you bring. He replaces it. This is the grace that cannot be patched onto anything — it must be received whole, given whole, or it is lost.
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Is the Good Shepherd—John 10:7-21
Published Apr 23, 2026
April 23, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Is the True Shepherd—John 9:35—10:6
Published Apr 22, 2026
April 22, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man—John 9:13-34
Published Apr 21, 2026
April 21, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyA Man Born Blind Receives His Sight—John 9:1-12
Published Apr 20, 2026
April 20, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"The Shepherd stayed when it cost Him His life" Misericordias Domini 2026
Published Apr 19, 2026
The hireling runs. That is the only fact Jesus gives you about him. He sees the wolf coming, and he runs. The sheep scatter, the wolf takes what it wants, and the hireling is already down the road. Jesus does not tell you the hireling's reasons. He does not need to. The man ran. That is his whole character, stated in a single act. Set that figure next to the Good Shepherd, and you have the entirety of the Gospel for this Sunday: He stayed.
- StandardSummaries onlyHeidelberg Disputations: Thesis 23-24
Published Apr 19, 2026
Heidelberg DisputationsApril 19, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlySunday’s OT and Epistle—Ezekiel 34:11-16; 1 Pet. 2:21-25
Published Apr 18, 2026
April 18, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Is Confronted by the Unbelieving Jews—John 8:42-59
Published Apr 17, 2026
April 17, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Truth Shall Make You Free—John 8:31-41
Published Apr 16, 2026
April 16, 2026
- StandardSummaries only“Fear and joy together. That is the life of faith.” Friday of Quasimodo Geneti (observed) 2026
Published Apr 16, 2026
You want joy without the terror of standing before the God who raises the dead. Or you settle for dread with no hope of mercy. The women leave the tomb with both, and Matthew does not apologize. He tells you: this is what the resurrection does. It gives you fear and joy together, because the One you meet at the empty tomb is both Judge and Savior, both Holy God and your Brother.
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Is the Light of the World—John 8:12-30
Published Apr 15, 2026
April 15, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Woman Caught in Adultery—John 7:52–8:12
Published Apr 14, 2026
April 14, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Nobleman’s Son Is Healed—John 4:43-54
Published Apr 13, 2026
April 13, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"Faith is born from the breath of God" Quasimodo Geneti 2026
Published Apr 12, 2026
April 12, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyHeidelberg Disputations: Thesis 22
Published Apr 12, 2026
Heidelberg DisputationsApril 12, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlySunday’s OT and Epistle—Ezekiel 37:1-14; 1 John 5:4-10
Published Apr 11, 2026
April 11, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Ordains the Apostles—John 20:19-31
Published Apr 10, 2026
April 10, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Eats Broiled Fish in the Upper Room—Luke 24:33-49
Published Apr 9, 2026
April 9, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"The risen Christ opens what we cannot" Easter Tuesday 2026
Published Apr 9, 2026
April 8, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Is Revealed in the Breaking of the Bread—Luke 24:28-35
Published Apr 8, 2026
April 8, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Disciples on the Road to Emmaus—Luke 24:13-27
Published Apr 7, 2026
April 7, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Resurrection—Matthew 28:1-15
Published Apr 6, 2026
April 6, 2025
- StandardSummaries only"The women came to the tomb expecting death. They found life!" Easter Day 2026
Published Apr 6, 2026
April 5, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"Christ is risen. He has called you by name!" Easter Dawn 2026
Published Apr 6, 2026
April 5, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"The Son of David is the answer to every one of David's cries" Good Friday Tenebrae 2026
Published Apr 4, 2026
You have been singing David's words all evening. The psalms of this service are the prayers of a man hunted by enemies — "Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, who plan evil things in their heart" (Psalm 140:1–2). David wrote those words. He knew what it was to have his own counselor betray him, his own son conspire against him, his own people turn their backs. But when Jesus crossed the Kidron, David's prayers found their final answer. The Son of David walked into eve
- StandardSummaries only"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up!" Good Friday Chief Service 2026
Published Apr 4, 2026
You are here this afternoon because the Holy Spirit has not finished building. He still calls by the Gospel. He still places stones. The cornerstone holds. The building rises. The Church endures — not by your effort, not by any human strategy, not by the wisdom of her architects — but by the blood of the Lamb laid into the earth's foundation, and raised again on the third day.
- StandardSummaries onlyHoly Saturday
Published Apr 4, 2026
Saturday, April 4, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"God comes all the way down, down to the floor, down to the cross" Holy Thursday 2026
Published Apr 3, 2026
April 2, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"I looked, but there was no one to help" Holy Wednesday 2026
Published Apr 1, 2026
April 1, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"The righteous Man is inconvenient to us" Holy Tuesday 2026
Published Mar 31, 2026
March 31, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"Zechariah saw it all. Isaiah saw it all!" Holy Monday 2026
Published Mar 30, 2026
March 30, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"Given for you. Given to you. Full of His forgiveness!" Palm Sunday 2026
Published Mar 29, 2026
March 29, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlySunday’s OT and Epistle—Zechariah 9:9-12; Philippians 2:5-11
Published Mar 28, 2026
March 28, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Side Is Pierced—John 19:25-42
Published Mar 27, 2026
March 27, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Is Crucified—John 19:1-24
Published Mar 26, 2026
March 26, 2025
- StandardSummaries only"You do not believe, because you are not of My sheep" Wednesday of Judica 2026
Published Mar 26, 2026
March 25, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Faces Pontius Pilate—John 18:28-40
Published Mar 25, 2026
March 25, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus’ Betrayal and Arrest—John 18:1-27
Published Mar 24, 2026
March 24, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyA New Commandment Is Given—John 13:21-38
Published Mar 23, 2026
March 23, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyHeidelberg Disputations: Theses 21
Published Mar 23, 2026
Heidelberg DisputationsMarch 22, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad" Judica 2026
Published Mar 23, 2026
March 22, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlySunday’s OT and Epistle—Genesis 22:1-14; Hebrews 9:11-15
Published Mar 21, 2026
March 21, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Is Anointed at Bethany—John 12:1-11
Published Mar 20, 2026
March 20, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus’ Death and Burial—Matt. 27:45-66
Published Mar 19, 2026
Thursday, March 19, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"There is mourning, and there is rejoicing, all the way through Lent" Wednesday of Laetare 2026
Published Mar 19, 2026
March 18, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe King of the Jews Is Mocked—Matt. 27:27-44
Published Mar 18, 2026
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Faces Pontius Pilate—Matt. 27:1-26
Published Mar 17, 2026
Tuesday, March 18, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"The One who is going to Jerusalem to die is the one who feeds you" Laetare 2026
Published Mar 16, 2026
March 15, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Faces the Sanhedrin—Matt. 26:57-75
Published Mar 16, 2026
Monday, March 16, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlySunday’s OT and Epistle—Isaiah 49:8-13; Galatians 4:21-31
Published Mar 14, 2026
Saturday, March 14, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Prays in the Garden of Gethsemane—Matthew 26:36-56
Published Mar 13, 2026
Friday, March 13, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Celebrates the Passover—Matthew 26:17-35
Published Mar 12, 2026
Thursday, March 12, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"There is One whose heart was not like yours" Wednesday of Oculi 2026
Published Mar 12, 2026
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyJesus Is Anointed at Bethany—Matthew 26:2-16
Published Mar 11, 2026
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyHeidelberg Disputations: Theses 16-18
Published Mar 10, 2026
Heidelberg DisputationsMarch 18, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyPalm Sunday—Matthew 21:1-17
Published Mar 10, 2026
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
- StandardSummaries only"No, Satan. Christ has died for me, and I am forgiven!" Oculi 2026
Published Mar 9, 2026
Sunday, March 8, 2026
- StandardSummaries onlyThe LORD Makes His Covenant With Israel—Ex 23:20–24:18
Published Mar 9, 2026
Monday, March 9, 2026