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

By Rev. Christopher GillespieReligion & Spirituality Christianity

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

June 04 "The age to come arriving in this age, located, given out" Wednesday of Holy Trinity 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 a son of the resurrection before you have died — not because of what you brought to the water, but because of whose Name is on you.
13 min
June 03 The Temptation of Our Lord—Matthew 4:1-11
June 3, 2026
37 min
June 02 The Baptism of Our Lord—Matthew 3:13-17
June 2, 2026
35 min
June 01 “You are the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand this?”
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 whole way down.
13 min
June 01 The Genealogy of Jesus—Matthew 1:1-17
June 1, 2026
34 min
May 30 Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Isaiah 6:1-7; Rom. 11:33-36
May 30, 2026
38 min
May 29 The Life of the Church—Acts 2:37-47
May 29, 2026
37 min
May 28 "The Holy Spirit makes you a temple of His glory" Ember Wednesday of Pentecost 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.
12 min
May 28 Peter Calls the Church to Repentance—Acts 2:22-36
May 28, 2026
28 min
May 27 Peter’s Sermon on the Prophet Joel—Acts 2:14-21
May 27, 2026
38 min

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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.