{"podcast":{"title":"Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin","slug":"preaching-and-teaching-from-st-john-ev-lutheran-church-sherman-center-random-lake-wisconsin-428832","podcast_index_feed_id":428832,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/25c9700/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://sjrl.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/296224/296224-1599358611312-08bb4eb6b9f18.jpg","author":"Rev. Christopher Gillespie","episode_count":3128,"summary":"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. We are a congregation of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). We unconditionally subscribe to 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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T14:18:44.983946+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/preaching-and-teaching-from-st-john-ev-lutheran-church-sherman-center-random-lake-wisconsin-428832"},"episode":{"title":"\"Cursed on the tree so the barren tree could live.\" Friday of Trinity 3 (observed) 2026","slug":"cursed-on-the-tree-so-the-barren-tree-could-live-friday-of-trinity-3-observed-2026","published_at":"2026-06-25T13:23:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/preaching-and-teaching-from-st-john-ev-lutheran-church-sherman-center-random-lake-wisconsin-428832/cursed-on-the-tree-so-the-barren-tree-could-live-friday-of-trinity-3-observed-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/preaching-and-teaching-from-st-john-ev-lutheran-church-sherman-center-random-lake-wisconsin-428832","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stjohnrandomlake/episodes/Cursed-on-the-tree-so-the-barren-tree-could-live--Friday-of-Trinity-3-observed-2026-e3l92jp","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/25c9700/podcast/play/121980985/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-25%2F401c30b4-7561-4f73-3b19-7ac28dee5d4d.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":609,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/preaching-and-teaching-from-st-john-ev-lutheran-church-sherman-center-random-lake-wisconsin-428832/episodes/cursed-on-the-tree-so-the-barren-tree-could-live-friday-of-trinity-3-observed-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/preaching-and-teaching-from-st-john-ev-lutheran-church-sherman-center-random-lake-wisconsin-428832/cursed-on-the-tree-so-the-barren-tree-could-live-friday-of-trinity-3-observed-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}