Biblical · Confessional · Liturgical · Sacramental
Delivering Christ Jesus
and His Gifts for You
A confessional Lutheran parish and school in Random Lake, Wisconsin — gathered around Word and Sacrament since 1855.
Sundays at 9:30 a.m. · Divine Service
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. · Divine Service
Our Church
St. John Ev. Lutheran Church in Random Lake, WI gathers at Sherman Center to receive Christ’s gifts of Word and Sacrament. We are a confessional, liturgical congregation of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, faithful to the Scriptures and the Book of Concord. Visitors are always welcome.
Our School
St. John Ev. Lutheran School in Random Lake has served families with Christ-centered education since 1855. Children grow in the faith through daily catechesis, the liturgical life of the parish, and a rich academic curriculum rooted in the Lutheran tradition.
Sermons, Catechesis & News
Recent sermons, Bible studies, and articles from St. John.
- Jeremiah Chapter 25
Jeremiah 25 reads like a list of verdicts on nations nobody can find on a map. The easy reading is that God is settling accounts with Judah’s enemies. That is half right. The cup begins in Jerusalem, and God puts it in Jeremiah’s own hand: “Take this wine cup of fury from My hand” (v. 15). Every nation drinks, God’s own city first, and the chapter points ahead to the One who drank it in their place. - “Peace to This House” Feast of St. Luke 2026The Lord’s words to the seventy end in a house, not on the road. The peace they speak is not theirs; it is His, sent before His face. It can be sent back by the house that smiles and never lets it in, and by the one who hears “son of peace” and counts himself out. But a son of peace is simply the one it was sent to, and the Lord who set His face toward the cross now comes to this house as host and speaks it first.
- “Built from His Side” Holy Matrimony of Justin Schaetzer and Micaela Caples 2026God built Eve from Adam’s side while he slept. Christ slept in death on the cross, His side was pierced, and from the water and the blood God built His Bride, the Church. A marriage God builds does not rest on how well the couple builds. It rests on Christ, who gave Himself for them.
- “Light Commands in a Heavy Time” Friday of Trinity 19 (observed) 2026The disciples ask Jesus when; He tells them how to stand. St. John says His commands are not heavy, yet Mark 13 lays on councils, betrayal, and the hatred of all. The weight is real, but every command comes with Jesus Himself attached. He was delivered up in your place, He endured to the end for you, and the victory is already yours.
- Jeremiah Chapter 24Two baskets of figs sit in front of the temple, one good and one so rotten it can’t be eaten. The easy reading is that God keeps the good people and throws out the bad, so be a good fig. That is half right. It misses who lands in which basket, and who does the work. The good figs are the exiles Jerusalem wrote off, and every verb in verses 5 to 7 has God as its subject: “I will give them a heart to know Me.”
