Rock of Ages Lutheran Church, Payson, Arizona (WELS)

Matthew 9:35-10:8 ● 2023-06-18 ● Series: The Holy Ministry ● Print ● Listen Have you ever uncovered a hidden mess? You know how that goes, right? You move a piece of furniture and discover the crumbs. You are guessing by the red and green sprinkles they were left there from last Christmas. Or was it […]

View Series Listen to audio  Isaiah 40:12-24 “The LORD is Beyond Compare” 40:12-14 Sometimes we might be tempted to question God.  What truths do you see here regarding the foolishness of that thought? Share some ways that the sinful heart acts as if it can be God’s advisor and give him insight and teaching. 40:15-17 […]

Exodus 3:1-15 ● 2023-06-11 ● Series: The Holy Ministry ● Listen Now Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, a priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in blazing […]

See series Isaiah II Isaiah 40:1-11 “Declare the Good News” Isaiah wrote beginning in 740 B.C. Recall the situation of Judah and Israel at this time.• In 722 BC Israel was destroyed by Assyria. Isaiah will prophesy until about 680BC. During his time Jerusalem was under siege by the Assyrian army. Towns were being destroyed […]

2 Corinthians 13:11-14 ● 2023-06-04 ● Holy Trinity Sunday ● Print ● Listen Did you notice it? (Putting out of place candle back into symmetrical positioning.) I put it out of position before the service to make a point. I’m guessing many of you did notice something was off. We usually like things to be […]

John 7:37-39 ● 2023-05-28 ● Pentecost Sunday ● Listen ● Watch On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By […]

Acts 1:12-26 ● 2023-05-21 ● Easter Series ● Listen ● Watch 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem—a Sabbath day’s journey away. 13 When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, […]

Ephesians 1:15-23 ● 2023-05-14 ● Easter Series ● Print ● Listen ● Watch A writer once decided to talk about an elusive bunch of people.  He wanted to write an editorial piece on individuals who are very wealthy, namely, “those who would be able to keep a luxurious and comfortable standard of living and yet […]

Acts 4:8-12 ● 2023-05-07 ● Easter Series ● Listen ● Watch 8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, 9if we are being questioned today for a kind act that was done for the lame man, as to how this man has been healed, 10let […]

Acts 2:42-47 ● 2023-04-30 ● Easter Series ● Listen ● Watch They continued to hold firmly to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of the bread, and to the prayers. 43Awe came over every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44All the believers were together […]

Acts 2:32-41 ● 2023-04-23 ● Easter Series ● Listen ● Watch God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. 34 For David did […]

Acts 2:22-32 ● 2023-04-16 ● Easter Series ● (listen – audio only) “Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. 23 This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan […]

Matthew 28:1-11 ● 2023-04-09 ● Easter Sunday ● Listen (audio only, print and video not available this week) He Lives to… 4/09         Remove Our Fears                                    (Matthew 28:1-10) 4/16         Fulfill All His Plans                                           (Acts 2:22-32) 4/23         Pour Out the Spirit                                               (Acts 32-41) 4/30        ...

Good Friday Sermon (John 19:17-30). Rock of Ages Lutheran Church in Payson, AZ – Listen

1 Corinthians 11:23-28. Sermon from Rock of Ages Lutheran in Payson, AZ –Listen

Matthew 21:1-11 ● 2023-04-02 ● Palm Sunday ● Listen (no sermon printout or video available this week)

2 Kings 4:18-37 ● 2023-03-26 ● Listen ● Watch

John 9 ● 2023-03-19 ● Lent Series ● Print ● Listen ● (Watch short version) Some people are calling it Moon-gate. It is the charge that some smartphone makers are adding details to photos which aren’t captured by the phone’s camera. One easy way to do this is to use artificial intelligence to enhance pictures […]

Matthew 4:1-11 ● 2023-03-05 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch (Shorter Devotional Message) Some of you might be familiar with the scene of a popular children’s movie. There are three little girls standing by as one of them plays a carnival game. One girl keeps on trying and keeps on missing. Her dad keeps grudgingly […]

Exodus 24:9-18 ● 2023-02-19 ● Transfiguration Sunday ● Print ● Listen ● Watch Have you ever felt completely out of your element when visiting a place? If you are not familiar with a place it can really make you feel out-of-sorts. I once took a language immersion trip to central Mexico. I thought that I […]

2 Samuel 11 ● 2023-02-12 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch (View on YouTube) Trying to hide a problem never solves it. It can start with something like a small stain on your shirt. You might reason, “I can just put some spot remover on that.” But unless you have a good idea on how to […]

Exodus 19:1-8 ● 2023-02-05 ● Epiphany Series: “Savior’s Sermon” ● Print ● Listen (no video version) There was an ad campaign used by a major computer and software company over 25 years ago that had the slogan “think different.” Back then that same computer company had started to lose a lot of its initial popularity. […]

Zephaniah 2:3, 3:11-13 ● 2023-01-29 ● Epiphany Series: “Savior’s Sermon” ● Print ● Listen There is a bird in Alaska that has an interesting life cycle. The auklet lives along the coast of Alaska along a string of islands with burning and erupting volcanoes, the Aleutian Islands. Over a dozen large volcanoes and many smaller […]

Isaiah 8:19- 9:2 ● 2023-01-22 ● Epiphany Series: “Lord of All” ● Print ● Listen ● Watch is a curious expression in the King James Bible describing “wizards that peep.” The author Siegbert Becker decided to make that the title of a book. He wrote “Wizards that Peep,” a book delving into the matters of […]

Colossians 2:6-15 ● 2023-01-15 ● Epiphany Series: “Lord of All” ● Print ● Listen ● Watch (View on YouTube channel) Have you ever been told something is all you need and then found out you still needed more? I’m sure it has happened to you.  It seems to happen to me all the time. For example, […]