It's a demonic distortion to try to flatten the incredible God-given diversity and order of the world or the church. And to try to force an equal outcome on this world is to try to turn it into a flat, dull, and ugly place, a Christ-less “heaven” where you’ll own nothing and never be happy.   And yet, Jesus says that our reward can be great in heaven. The fathers used to speak of this reward as the reward of grace, a pure gift since it is just as unearned and undeserved as the whole day's pay that the laborers in the vineyard received, even though they had only worked an hour. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stjohnrandomlake/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stjohnrandomlake/support

Lutheran Preaching and Teaching from St. John Random Lake, Wisconsin

"The reward of grace, a pure gift" Septuagesima 2022

February 12, 2022 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stjohnrandomlake/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stjohnrandomlake/support

Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Exodus 17:1-7; 1 Cor. 9:24—10:5

February 11, 2022 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stjohnrandomlake/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stjohnrandomlake/support

The Fall of Jerusalem—2 Kings 25:1-21

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Jeremiah Is Thrown into a Cistern—Jeremiah 38:1-28

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"The Pastor as Shepherd, Example, and Confessing Sinner" St. Timothy 2022

Jeremiah Is Put into Prison—Jeremiah 37:1-21

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King Josiah Celebrates the Passover—2 Chr 35:1-27

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King Josiah Restores the Worship—2 Chr 34:29-33

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The Divine Service: The Prophets according to Acts 3

This isn’t the first time Moses and Elijah had spoken with Jesus. And there is nothing they have said that does not see its fulfillment in Jesus. Everything Moses and Elijah preached pointed to the forgiveness of sins purchased and won in Jesus’ shed blood and innocent suffering and death. Look to Jesus and Jesus only. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stjohnrandomlake/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stjohnrandomlake/support

"No one but Jesus only" Transfiguration 2022

February 5, 2022 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stjohnrandomlake/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stjohnrandomlake/support

Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Exodus 3:1-14; 2 Peter 1:16-21

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Jeremiah the Priest Is Called to Be a Prophet—Jeremiah 1:1-19

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King Josiah of Judah—2 Chronicles 34:1-28

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"You are Purified and Presented in, through, and by Jesus" Candlemas 2022

King Manasseh of Judah—2 Chronicles 33:1-20

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 edified by His gifts. We are a congregation of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). We unconditionally subscribe 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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