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

Hebrews 10:5-10 ● 2024-12-22 ● Advent Series: A Real Christmas ● Listen ● Watch 5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,    but a body you prepared for me;6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings    you were not pleased.7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—    I […]

Philippians 4:4-7 ● 2024-12-15 ● Advent Series: A Real Christmas ● Print ● Listen ● Watch A lot of Christmas songs invite people to “be of good cheer” and to “have a holly jolly” Christmas. But you can’t just tell someone to be happy. When the Israelites were in captivity their captors tormented them by […]

Luke 3:1-6 ● 2024-12-08 ● Advent Series: A Real Christmas ● Listen

Isaiah II Bible Study series. – Listen to audio (recorded May 16, 2024) Isaiah 53:9-12 The Lord’s Servant Will Rise to Life and Be Exalted Have you ever seen any impressive private mausoleums? The Russian government spends over $200,000 a year to maintain the mausoleum for Lenin’s embalmed body. It has been on display for […]

Jeremiah 33:14-16 ● 2024-12-01 ● Advent Series: A Real Christmas ● Listen 14 “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah. 15 “‘In those days and at that time    I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David’s line;    he will do what is just and right in […]

Jude 20-25 ● 2024-11-24● 5-part series “Live Forever” ● Listen Note: due to some unknown glitch this week’s audio has two spots where the recording drops out a few seconds of audio. But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you […]

Mark 12:38-44 ● 2024-11-10 ● 5-part series “Live Forever” ● Listen

John 11:32-44 ● 2024-11-03 ● 5-part series “Live Forever” ● Listen

Revelation 14:6-7 ● 2024-10-27 ● 5-part series Live Like You’ll Live Forever ● Listen

1 Corinthians 9:7-23 ● 2024-10-20 ● 3-part series: Divine Solutions; Defective Plans ● Listen

Hebrews 4:12-13 ● 2024-10-13 ● 3-part series: Divine Solutions; Defective Plans ● Listen  For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid […]

Psalm 127 ● 2024-10-06 ● 3-part series: Divine Solutions; Defective Plans ● Listen

Matthew 5:10-12 ● 2024-09-29 ● Series: The Beatitudes ● Listen View accompanying Bible Study series

Matthew 5:9 ● 2024-09-22 ● Series: The Beatitudes ● Print ● Listen view accompanying Bible study series Peace treaties have shaped history. Did you know the oldest surviving record of an international peace treaty dates back 3300 years? The Treaty of Kadesh was between Rameses II of Egypt and the Hittites. At the time it […]

Matthew 5:8 ● 2024-09-15 ● Series: The Beatitudes   ● Listen View Accompanying Bible Study Series

Matthew 5:7● 2024-09-08 ● Series: The Beatitudes ● Listen View accompanying Bible Study Series

Matthew 5:6● 2024-09-01 ● Series: The Beatitudes   ● Listen  ● Watch Video View accompanying Bible Study series

Matthew 5:5 ● 2024-08-25 ● Series: The Beatitudes  ● Listen to Audio  ● Print Transcript of Audio James and John, two of the disciples of Jesus, decided it wasn’t enough merely to be just part of the twelve. So they approached Jesus with their request to sit at his right and his left when he […]

View entire Isaiah II series Listen The Lord’s Servant Will Suffer and Die When Abraham nearly completed his instructions to offer up his one and only son as a sacrifice, the angel of the Lord stopped him. Then the Lord provided a substitute sacrifice.  Abraham then offered up a ram that was caught in a […]

Matthew 5:4 ● 2024-08-18 ● Series: The Beatitudes ● Listen View accompanying Bible Study series

Matthew 5:1-3 ● 2024-08-11 ● Series: The Beatitudes ● Listen View accompanying Bible Study series

2 Kings 6:8–17 ● 2024-08-04 ● Print Version ● Listen We use satellites for so much these days: communication services, weather information, navigation devices. The modern world as we know it couldn’t function without those large pieces of scientific achievement constantly hovering and circling above us. Each satellite is really used for one main thing, […]

2 Timothy 2:1–13 ● 2024-07-07 ● Series: Power of the Gospel ● Listen You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2Entrust the things you heard from me, in the presence of many witnesses, to faithful men who will also be able to teach others. 3Share hardships as a good […]

Mark 5:21-43 ● 2024-06-30 ● Series: Power of the Gospel ● Listen 21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell […]

Colossians 1:3-8 ● 2024-06-16 ● Series: Power of the Gospel ● Listen 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— 5 the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for […]