Christ For You

Reformation 2026 | (Pastor Frye)

Repent, Receive, Respond | Matthew 21:33–44 | Trinity 20 (Rev. Paul Arndt)

The Part of You No One Sees | Matthew 9:1–8 | Trinity 19What if everyone could read your mind? What if they knew your thoughts, your motives, and the things you'd never say out loud? Would your closest relationships survive? And why does it seem like everyone at church has it all together, except you? In this sermon on Matthew 9:1–8, Pastor Rojas looks at a familiar story of Jesus healing a paraly...

The Law of Love | Matthew 22:34–46 | Trinity 18 (Pastor Kress)

All Things Visible And Invisible | Luke 10:18 | St. Michael & All Angels 2026

All Things For Good | Romans 8:28 | Funeral for +Sally Swords+ What does it really mean when Scripture says that “all things work together for good”? Does that mean everything that happens is good? Does it mean suffering is secretly a blessing? And what do you do when life gives you something that does not look good at all? In this funeral sermon on Romans 8:28, Pastor Rojas reflects on one of the...

Luke 7:11–17 | Why Do We Talk About Death So Much? Why does the Church talk about death so much? Why do Christian hymns, sermons, and prayers keep returning to something most people would rather avoid? Is Christianity unusually preoccupied with death, or is there a reason the Bible refuses to look away from it? In this sermon on Luke 7:11–17, Pastor Rojas reflects on the reality of death, the grie...

Matthew 6:24–34 What makes you feel safe? How much money would need to be in the bank before you could finally relax? What would the doctor need to say? What would need to change in your family? What would tomorrow have to look like before you could finally say, “Everything is going to be okay”? In this sermon on Matthew 6:24–34, Pastor Rojas reflects on Jesus’ words about worry, little faith, the...

Luke 17:11–19 | The Hidden Danger of Getting What You Want Can getting exactly what you prayed for actually become dangerous to your faith? Why did ten lepers cry out to Jesus for mercy, but only one return after being healed? Why do we often pray more when life is falling apart than when everything is going well? And what happens when you finally start thinking you don’t need God quite as much an...

The Old Testament is about Jesus. But the question is “how?” Is Isaiah 53 about Jesus? What about David? Joseph? The Passover lamb? Manna? Is this really what the Old Testament is about, or are we just reading Jesus into it? You’ll learn the messianic prophecies and scriptural types that Scripture itself explicitly confirms. You’ll see how the Old Testament actually reveals Jesus—not through guess...

Our Confidence | Psalm 27:1-4 | Funeral of +Bill Lambton+ (by Pastor Frye)

Mark 6:14–29 | Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist Why did Herod keep listening to John the Baptist if John’s preaching troubled him so deeply? Why do we gladly hear sermons about other people’s sins, but become defensive when the Word turns toward us? And what should we do when a sermon makes us uncomfortable? In this sermon for the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist, Pastor Rojas reflects on Herod’...

What Does It Cost To Join The Church? | John 1:43–51 | St. Bartholomew What does it cost to become a Christian? Nothing. And what is the Gospel worth? Everything. In this sermon for the Feast of St. Bartholomew, Pastor Rojas reflects on Nathanael’s call to “come and see.” Jesus knew Nathanael before Nathanael knew Him, and He promised something greater: heaven opened through the Son of Man. The sa...

What’s The Point Of Going To Church? | Psalm 50 | Trinity 11 Why do you come to church—what do you expect happens when you walk through the doors? In this sermon for Trinity 11, Pastor Rojas reflects on Psalm 50 and presses a simple but searching question: is worship about what we give to God, or about what God gives to us? Psalm 50 first speaks a hard word of Law: God exposes the lie that He is s...

Does God Actually Want Us To Rebuild The Temple? | Luke 19:41–48 | Trinity 10 In this sermon for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity, Pastor Rojas asks a question at the heart of modern Christian Zionism: Does God actually want the Temple in Jerusalem rebuilt? Jesus’ answer is no. The Temple, sacrifices, priesthood, and altar all pointed to Christ. Jesus is the true Temple, the Lamb of God, and our gre...

2 Timothy 4:7–8 | Funeral Sermon for William “Bill” Schmidt In this funeral sermon for William “Bill” Schmidt, Pastor Rojas reflects on St. Paul’s words: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” Bill’s family knew him as a fighter. He endured hardship, sacrificed for his family, and through it all held fast to Christ. But Bill’s fight wasn’t what saved him....

Making Friends | Luke 16:1-13 | Trinity 9 (Pastor Kress)

Proverbs 31:10-31 | Wedding Sermon In this wedding sermon for Kaibo and Sarah, Pastor Rojas walks through Proverbs 31 as what it actually is: the final word of a book that has spent thirty chapters training a son’s eyes toward true wisdom—not a scorecard for wives, but an oracle taught to a king by his own mother, an acrostic poem, A to Z, pointing to a woman whose strength, generosity, and fearle...

Beware of False Prophets | Matthew 7:15-23 | Trinity 8 (Pastor Frye)

Mary Magdalene stands at the empty tomb, staring directly at the risen Jesus — and doesn’t recognize him. She mistakes her own Savior for a gardener. If the woman who watched him die can miss the resurrection standing three feet away, what hope do the rest of us have of recognizing what God is doing in our own lives? In this sermon, preached for the baptism of Mary Madeline, Pastor Rojas walks thr...

How Good Is Good Enough? | Christ For You Matthew 5:20-26 | Trinity 6 How good is good enough to get into heaven? Is it enough to be a good person? To keep the Ten Commandments? To be better than average? That’s what millions of people believe. But what if Jesus says even the most outwardly righteous people who ever lived weren’t good enough? In this Trinity 6 sermon, Pastor Rojas walks through Je...

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Support Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Subscribe & Share: • Apple Podcasts: Christ For You • Spotify: Listen on Spotify • Website: ZionWG.org/podcast Stay Connected: • Email: PastorRojas@ZionWG.org • Website: ZionWG.org If this recording strengthened your faith, share it with others and leave a review. Your support helps more people hear the faithful preaching of Christ crucified and risen for y...

Pastor Adam Lehman—missionary in Puerto Rico—preaches for on Luke 5. https://www.lcms.org/lehman