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

The Part of You Nobody 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 paralyzed man and something in it that is easy to miss. What did Jesus see when that man was lowered before Him? Why did He speak to the man's heart before He healed his body? And how did He know what the scribes were thinking when they never said a word?What does God see when He looks at your heart? The sins you remember? The ones you've forgotten? The ones you never knew were sins? The ones you keep returning to without knowing why?Is it good news or terrifying news that nothing is hidden from Him? Does God see anything in you besides your sin? And does He understand the sorrow you can't put into words?The answer is found in the eyes of the One who saw it all.And what changes when the One who knows you best is the One who loves you most?Subscribe & Share if this sermon strengthened your faith.🎧 Spotify: Christ For You🇧🇷 Portuguese Podcast ("Cristo Para Você")🌐 Website: https://www.zionwg.org/podcastLooking for a faithful Confessional Lutheran church in the Winter Garden, Florida area? We'd love to welcome you to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.To support the preaching of God's Word through this podcast and other outreach efforts, visit: https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZCN9/home

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 Is there really an unseen world? Are angels and demons real, or just symbols for good and evil? And if that invisible realm is right here with us, what does it have to do with your marriage, your children, your home, and your faith? In this sermon on Luke 10:17–20, Pastor Rojas reflects on the visible and invisible world and how God works in both. Jesus sends out the seventy-two with nothing but their voices. They return amazed that even the demons submit to His name. And Jesus tells them something stunning: while they preached, He saw Satan fall like lightning. Most Christians believe the invisible can affect the visible. Satan tempts. Angels guard. God answers prayer. But can it go the other way? Can ordinary things like a human voice, water, bread, and wine reach the unseen world and change it? Why does faith come by hearing? How can words spoken on earth forgive sins in heaven? What is really happening in Baptism and at the Lord's Table? Why is church more than a classroom? Why should you keep coming even when you already know what will be said? And what happens to a home where God's Word is never spoken? This sermon examines why God joins His promises to physical things, and why that is not a Lutheran quirk but the heart of the Gospel itself. The Word became flesh. His real blood and real wounds won your real forgiveness. And the Lord who touches your soul through earthly things will one day raise your body and bring the visible and invisible together again in everlasting life. Subscribe & Share if this sermon strengthened your faith.
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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 most comforting, and most difficult, promises in all of Scripture. What did Paul mean when he said “all things”? Does that include sickness? Dementia? Grief? Loss? Death? And what does “good” mean? A better life? Less pain? An answered prayer? Or is God promising something much greater than temporary relief? How can Christians say “we know” when there is so much we do not understand? What do we actually know when we cannot explain why God allowed something to happen? And where should we look when we are tempted to wonder whether God has forgotten us? The answer is not found in charts, explanations, or attempts to connect every painful dot in our lives. It is found somewhere else entirely. And what changes when faith finally gives way to sight? Subscribe & Share if this sermon strengthened your faith. 🎧 Spotify: Christ For You
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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 grief it causes, and the comfort Jesus gives to those who mourn. At the gate of Nain, two processions meet: one following Jesus, the Lord of Life, and the other following a dead man, the only son of a grieving widow. Why does Jesus tell this woman, “Do not weep”? Why can He say something that would sound cruel coming from almost anyone else? What does it mean that Jesus sees her before she ever asks Him for help? And what does His compassion reveal about the way He looks at us in our own sorrow? Why does Luke make a point of saying that Jesus “gave him to his mother”? Why is that simple sentence so important? What does this account teach us about grief, resurrection, and the Christian hope for those we love who have died in the Lord? This sermon examines why Christians do not need to ignore death, soften it, or learn to become comfortable with it, and why even the darkest reality of human life can become a place of profound comfort when Jesus Christ stands in the middle of it. Subscribe & Share if this sermon strengthened your faith. 🎧 Spotify: Christ For You🇧🇷 Portuguese Podcast (“Cristo Para Você”)🌐 Website: https://www.zionwg.org/podcast Looking for a faithful Confessional Lutheran church in the Winter Garden, Florida area? We’d love to welcome you to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. To support the preaching of God’s Word through this podcast and other outreach efforts, visit: https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZCN9/home

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 birds of the air, and the lilies of the field. Why does Jesus connect anxiety with “little faith”? Can you believe in God and still struggle to trust Him? Can your faith feel strong while your heart is quietly depending on something else for peace? What does your worry reveal about what you actually trust? What has to happen before your heart can rest? Why does Jesus tell anxious people to look at birds and study flowers? Why does He remind His disciples that their heavenly Father already knows what they need? And what does Jesus mean when He says to “seek first the kingdom of God”? Why does He describe food, clothing, money, and security as things that will simply be “added”? What happens when those added things become the main things? And what happens when good gifts from God quietly become the things we depend on to feel safe? Can you plan without trusting your plan? Save without trusting your savings? Seek treatment without making good test results the source of your peace? What does strong faith actually look like when life feels uncertain? This sermon examines worry as a diagnostic of faith, the difference between believing in God and trusting God, and the deeper question underneath so much of our anxiety: What do you need to feel safe? Subscribe & Share if this sermon strengthened your faith. 🎧 Spotify: Christ For You🇧🇷 Portuguese Podcast (“Cristo Para Você”)🌐 Website: https://www.zionwg.org/podcast Looking for a faithful Confessional Lutheran church in the Winter Garden, Florida area? We’d love to welcome you to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. To support the preaching of God’s Word through this podcast and other outreach efforts, visit: https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZCN9/home

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 anymore? In this sermon on Luke 17:11–19, Pastor Rojas reflects on the strange danger that comes not only with suffering, but with prosperity. Israel faced it when they entered the Promised Land. The ten lepers faced it when Jesus restored everything they had lost. And we face it whenever the crisis passes, the prayer is answered, and life starts going our way. Why is it sometimes easier to remember God when you’re desperate? What if the diagnosis disappears, the marriage improves, the money comes in, the anxiety lifts, or life finally becomes comfortable? Would you actually pray more? Read Scripture more? Listen more closely to God’s Word? Or would you slowly begin living as though you no longer needed Him? What was different about the one leper who returned? Why does Jesus tell him, “Your faith has saved you”? Was he saved because he remembered to say thank you? What does thanksgiving actually reveal about faith? And what did he find at Jesus’ feet that the other nine missed? This sermon examines the hidden spiritual danger of getting what you want, the difference between being thankful for something and thankful to Someone, and why both suffering and prosperity should drive us to the same place: back to Jesus. Subscribe & Share if this sermon strengthened your faith. 🎧 Spotify: Christ For You
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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 guessing or reinterpreting the words, but through what Holy Scripture itself plainly says. By the end, you won’t just know the Old Testament points to Jesus. You’ll understand how.

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’s strange response to John: he feared him, protected him, was perplexed by him, and yet kept listening gladly. The problem wasn’t that Herod hated preaching. He loved preaching, until the sermon confronted the sin he refused to give up. The same danger faces us. We can admire faithful preaching, listen to endless sermons and podcasts, and still avoid repentance by surrounding ourselves only with voices that tell us what we want to hear. So what do you do when God’s Word exposes your sin? Repent. Not by punishing yourself or earning your way back to God, but by stopping your excuses, confessing the truth, and running to Christ. John preached repentance because Christ had come. The same Word that exposes your sin points you to the Lamb of God who takes it away. Jesus carried every sin the sermon uncovers to the cross, died for it, and rose again to give you forgiveness, resurrection, and everlasting life. Subscribe & Share if this sermon strengthened your faith.
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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 same is true for us. Christ sees our sin completely, yet loves us completely. He paid the infinite price for our salvation through His death and resurrection. The Gospel costs us nothing because Jesus paid everything. Bartholomew later gave his life for this confession, not to earn salvation, but because Christ was worth more than life itself. The world may take everything from us, but if we have Christ, we still have more than everything. Subscribe & Share if this sermon strengthened your faith. 🎧 Spotify: Christ For You
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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 served by human effort. He does not need our money, praise, sacrifice, or religious performance. Everything already belongs to Him, and no offering can put Him in His debt. The Law strips away every attempt to approach God on the basis of what we bring. But then the Psalm turns us from ourselves to God’s promise. The Gospel is this: God Himself provides what He demands. “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you.” In Christ, God is not the receiver of our worship but the giver of salvation. He delivers sinners who have nothing to offer, and He gives them everything in His Son—forgiveness, life, and rescue from death. That is the order of true worship in the Divine Service: God gives, and faith receives. Christ comes to sinners through His Word and Sacraments and freely bestows His Body and Blood for the forgiveness of sins. Worship is not our attempt to reach God, but God’s coming down to us in mercy. And when your final hour comes, the Law will not comfort you with your works, but the Gospel will. Your hope will not rest on whether you did enough, served enough, or gave enough to God. It will rest entirely on what God has given you in His Son. Christ’s obedience is enough. His blood is enough. His death and resurrection are enough. Subscribe & Share if this sermon strengthened your faith. 🎧 Spotify: Christ For You🇧🇷 Portuguese Podcast (“Cristo Para Você”)🌐 Website: https://www.zionwg.org/podcast Looking for a faithful Confessional Lutheran church in the Winter Garden, Florida area? We’d love to welcome you to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. To support the preaching of God’s Word through this podcast and other outreach efforts, visit: https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZCN9/home

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 great High Priest. The shadows have given way to the reality. Jerusalem’s deeper problem was that when God visited them, they didn’t recognize Him. They wanted political victory and earthly glory. God gave them a King on a donkey and a Savior on a cross. We make the same mistake whenever we decide what God must fix before we’ll believe He is with us. But you don’t have to wait for something to happen in Jerusalem. God has already come to you in Christ. He forgives you, dwells with you, and gives Himself to you. Even when your health, strength, and life are taken away, Christ is still yours. The Sacrifice has been made. The curtain is torn. Your sins are forgiven. God dwells with you. And because Christ lives, you will live also. Subscribe & Share if this sermon strengthened your faith. 🎧 Spotify: Christ For You🇧🇷 Portuguese Podcast (“Cristo Para Você”)🌐 Website: https://www.zionwg.org/podcast Looking for a faithful Confessional Lutheran church in the Winter Garden, Florida area? We’d love to welcome you to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. To support the preaching of God’s Word through this podcast and other outreach efforts, visit: https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZCN9/home