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 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