# "Cursed on the tree so the barren tree could live." Friday of Trinity 3 (observed) 2026

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Published: 2026-06-25T13:23:46+00:00
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A fig tree in full leaf promises fruit and has none. Jesus curses it, then walks into a temple just as green — crowded, busy, alive to the eye — and finds the same thing: a house of prayer turned into a market, all show and no figs. James names it a third time: a church that seats the rich man in the good place and the poor man at the footstool. Leaves without fruit. Dead faith — the kind the demons have, who believe and tremble. But the cure is not "grow your figs or be cursed too" — that is only the curse again. The Lord of glory is hanged on a tree and made a curse in the barren tree's place. He becomes the poor man in the filthy clothes so the poor man can be seated in glory; He becomes Himself the new house of prayer for all nations, where the outsider is welcomed and fed and never sent to the footstool. Living faith receives Him — and the figs follow, not to be saved, but because the tree is finally alive. Texts: Mark 11:11–23 and James 2:1–9. Preached at St. John Ev. Lutheran Church and School, Sherman Center — Random Lake, Wisconsin.

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