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

March 26, 2020 Laetare (Lent 4) John 6:1-15  We do not know what is in store for our body, our life, or our congregation. We trust that He will preserve His Word and our faith until our end or He comes again. The fact that we here at all is testimony to the miracle of God’s grace and mercy. We give thanks for the multitude of blessings the Father has given our body and life. But we all the mo...

15. March 2020 Oculi Luke 11:14-28 Where God’s finger is, there is His kingdom. The finger of God is the Word of Christ. This finger is mighty, active, powerful, and victorious. He is the stronger man, who has attacked and overthrown the strong man. The strong man snapped at His heel but the same heel crushed his head. The Stronger One has come and conquered him and taken from him all his weapons....

Taught on March 15, 2020. The class handout is available here.

Taught on March 12, 2020, at Emmanuel Adell.

08. March 2020 Reminiscere (Lent 2) Matthew 15:21-28 The Lord has promised to have mercy and you catch him in His Word. You hold onto these promises and never let go. He has adopted you In Baptism. He has and continues cast out the demonic afflictions that burden you. He promises to redeem you on the last day and welcome you into his new Israel. You can doggedly hold on to Him and His promises.

Taught on February 8, 2020.

Taught on March 5, 2020, at Emmanuel Adell. 

01. March 2020 Lent 1 - Invocavit Matthew 4:1-11 In your Baptism, you are joined to your Lord, the Conquerer. You are given to share in all He is and has, in all He has done and will do for your salvation. Even His invincible power against temptation is yours. You share in His victory and His power over His and your enemies, including the devil. And joined to Him in Baptism, He is fighting for you...

Taught on February 27, 2020 at Emmanuel Adell.

Taught on March 1, 2020.

23. February 2020 Quinquagesima 1 Cor. 13:1-13; Luke 18:31-43 Love is to be delivered over to the Gentiles. Love patiently suffers the scorn and shame of enemies and friends alike. Love is kind to those who persecute you. Love is mocked and shamefully treated. Love is spit upon. Love is flogged and killed. Love is crucified. Love gives His life for His friends. Love bears all things, believes all...

Taught on February 23, 2020.

Taught at Emmanuel Adell on Thursday, February 20, 2020.

Preached on February 19, 2020.

15. February 2020 Sexagesima Luke 8:4-15 Take heart, dear Christian! Christ Jesus has again today in your hearing given you ears to hear and tongues to confess His Holy Name. He has tilled your hard heart, crushed your rocky soil, and weeded out every care in you, so that your entire faith, hope, and love is in Christ and His salvation alone. The sower went out to sow, and He has accomplished what...

Jesus can do nothing apart from the Father (5:19, 30; 8:28). He does the works the Father sent Him to accomplish (5:36; 4:34). This is a real relationship with real, personal interaction, not just a revealing of the relationship of the divine persons. The presence of “the Jews” is helpful, because they have come to the grave, confident that Lazarus’ death is fact and death is invincible. And then...

Taught on February 12th, 2020 at Emmanuel Adell.

Preached on February 12, 2020.

5. February 2020 Transfiguration Matthew 17:1-9 For Christ turned His face to Jerusalem, suffering all in glory, that you would be glorified in Him. He has forgiven all that would keep you from being in the presence of God. You are given not only to approach Him without terror but are given to be joined to Him. He gives you His glorious flesh and blood, food and drink rich in grace and mercy. Now...

2. February 2020 Presentation and Purification Luke 2:22-32 Who God is, His relationship to you, and what He has done and continues to do for you, must be revealed to you. “No one has ever seen God; [but] the only God, who is at the Father’s side, He has made him known” (John 1:18). Jesus is the only begotten of the Father, who knows the heart of the Father, and can alone reveal the Father’s thoug...

Taught on February 2, 2019.

Taught on January 30th, 2020 at Emmanuel Adell.

Preached on January 29, 2020.

26. January 2020 Epiphany 3 Matthew 8:1-13 Power struggle divides us into disputes. You put brother against brother or set yourself against your pastor in an attempt to wrestle control of the situation. In the end, no one wins…except for Satan. Only the evil one benefits when you Christians war with themselves. The faith once delivered to the saints is undermined and destroyed. You will be left ei...

Taught on January 26, 2019.