Christ For You

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Why Is This Happening To Me? | Christ For You Text: Genesis 3:19; 1 Corinthians 4:7 | Ash Wednesday When life hurts, do you put God on trial? When life goes well, do you take the credit? Have you prayed, “God, why is this happening to me?” like an accusation? Like you deserve better? Like God owes you answers? Ash Wednesday cuts you off. What do the ashes say about you? What do they silence? What...

How Do You Know Your Faith Is Real? | Christ For You Text: Luke 18:31–43 | Quinquagesima Most people say they believe. They know the words. They know the stories. They know the Lutheran slogans. But what if you can be close to Jesus and still miss Him, like the disciples did? What is true, saving faith? What makes faith faith? And how do you know you actually have it? Jesus answers on the road to...

Can We Lose Our Salvation? | Christ For You Text: Luke 8:4–15 | The Parable of the Sower (Sexagesima & The Baptism of Gloria Kerstein) Can a baptized Christian fall away? If faith can be lost, how does it happen? If Christ saves by His Word, what keeps you from drifting? And when you feel yourself slipping, where do you go? Jesus answers with the Parable of the Sower. The seed is the Word of God,...

Why Isn’t God Fair? | Christ For You Text: Matthew 20:1–16 | The Workers in the Vineyard (Septuagesima) “Why isn’t God fair?” It’s one of the most common complaints people make about Christianity — and sometimes the quiet question Christians carry when life hurts. Jesus answers it with a story about workers in a vineyard, a grumbling crew, and a master who refuses to run His kingdom like a payroll...

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Is Christianity A Man-Made Religion? | Galatians 1:11-24 | The Conversion of St. Paul

Who Is The Real Jesus? | Christ For You Text: Mark 8:27–38 | The Confession of St. Peter In a world that chants “Caesar is lord,” Jesus asks the question you can’t dodge: “Who do you say that I am?” Plenty of people will praise Jesus as a teacher, a prophet, a miracle-worker, as long as He stays safe and bloodless. But Jesus refuses that version of Him. Peter confesses the truth: “You are the Chri...

You Don’t Understand The Bible? | Christ For You Text: Luke 2:41–52 | Epiphany 1 Some parts of the Bible make immediate sense. Others won’t leave you alone because you can’t make sense of them. And life does the same thing: you pray, you try to do what’s right, and you still end up asking, “What is God doing?” In Luke 2, even Mary and Joseph don’t understand Jesus. But Mary doesn’t quit. She treas...

What Does It Take To Die in Peace? | Christ For You Text: Luke 2:22–40 | Christmas 1 & The Baptism of Luke Pirino Simeon holds a forty-day-old baby and says something outrageous: “Now I can die in peace.” Why? Because salvation isn’t an idea or a feeling. Salvation has a face. Salvation is a Person. And Simeon is holding Him. On Christmas 1, we see what Christmas really means: God puts salvation i...

What’s The Most Christmassy Event? | Christ For You Text: Matthew 2:13-18 | Holy Innocents 2025 Why would the Church make you hear about Herod’s slaughter right in the middle of Christmas? Why put blood on the floor while the lights are still up and the hymns are still sweet? What if this “least Christmassy” text actually tells you what Christmas really is? Christmas does not happen in a safe worl...

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 you. Support Zion Evangelical Lutheran Chu...

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 you. Support Zion Evangelical Lutheran Chu...

What Do You Really Need This Christmas? | Christ For You Text: Luke 2:15-20| Christmas Day Why does Christmas sometimes feel useless? Why can the day be beautiful, and yet nothing in your life actually changes? The pain is still there. The loneliness is still there. The guilt is still there. And church can start to feel like a strange little ritual that doesn’t touch the real problems. But underne...

Why Does Christmas Hurt Sometimes? | Christ For You Text: Revelation 21:3-5 | Christmas Eve Why do we start Christmas so early? Why do the lights and music feel like a lifeline, especially when life has felt heavy? Under the nostalgia sits a real ache: we want to hold onto joy, rewind time, and get back what we can’t get back. But Christmas is not a mood we manufacture. It’s not a memory we chase....

How Can I Have Comfort When I Still Feel Guilty? | Christ For You Text: Isaiah 40:1–8 | Fourth Sunday in Advent Advent says, “Get ready. The Lord is coming.” But what happens when you don’t feel ready? What happens when your conscience starts shaking because you know you’re guilty? And what do you do when guilt won’t shut up and you start to fear that God is angry with you? In this sermon from Isa...

Is Christianity Compatible With The Old Testament? | Christ For You Text: Luke 2:36–38 | Midweek Advent 3 Did Christians make Christmas up? Is it only a New Testament idea? Did the Church turn Jesus into a legend and force the Old Testament to fit Him? Is Christianity a new religion? Modern skepticism says the Incarnation is a later invention. Scripture says something very different. In this sermo...

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 you. Support Zion Evangelical Lutheran Chu...

What Happens When I Start to Doubt? | Christ For You Text: Matthew 11:2–11 | Third Sunday in Advent (Gaudete) What do you do when faith feels weak and God feels distant? What happens when prayers go unanswered and nothing in your life seems to change? Does doubt mean something is wrong with your faith—or is something else happening? From a prison cell, John the Baptist asks Jesus the unthinkable:...

Luke 1:67-79 | Midweek Advent

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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 you. Support Zion Evangelical Lutheran...