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

Genesis 3:8-15 ● 2024-06-09 ● Series: Power of the Gospel ● Listen

Deuteronomy 5:12-15 ● 2024-06-02 ● Series: Power of the Gospel ● Listen 12 “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son […]

Romans 8:12-17 ● 2024-05-26 ● Series: Power of the Gospel ● Listen Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will […]

John 15:26-27 ● 2024-05-19 ● Pentecost Sunday ● Listen ● Print There is an investment service company which takes an interesting approach to getting its message out. You might have seen one of their commercials which they have aired during the super bowl for many years. The basic approach to their commercial is that they […]

Psalm 124 ● 2024-05-12 ● Easter Series: Resurrection Goal ● Listen If the Lord had not been on our side—    let Israel say—2 if the Lord had not been on our side    when people attacked us,3 they would have swallowed us alive    when their anger flared against us;4 the flood would have engulfed us,    the torrent would have swept over us,5 the raging waters    would have swept us away. 6 Praise […...

Ephesians 4:7-16 ● 2024-05-05 ● Easter Series: Resurrection Goal ● Listen 7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it says: “When he ascended on high,    he took many captives    and gave gifts to his people.” 9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? 10 He who descended […]

Jerusalem Will Wake to A New Day of Freedom View Isaiah II series | listen to audio Agree or disagree: “When a Christian spots someone passed out in a public park and it is clearly due to drug abuse or alcoholism, they ought to feel nothing but pity for that person.” The previous section depicted […]

Acts 4:32-37 ● 2024-04-28 ● Easter Series: Resurrection Goal ● Listen

View Isaiah II series | Listen to audio The Lord Takes Away the Cup of His Wrath According to the 2022 US National Survey on Drug Use and Health NSDUH, 61.2 million people ages 12 and older (21.7% in this age group) reported binge drinking in the past month. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse […]

1 John 4:1-6 ● 2024-04-21 ● Easter Series: Resurrection Goal ● Listen

The Lord Gives Further Pictures for Assurance View Isaiah series. – Listen to audio Shakespeare is credited with not only creating many masterpieces but expanding the English languages in the use of metaphors and colorful idioms. He coined phrases that are still in use today such as “good riddance,” “seen better days,” “wild goose chase,” […]

Acts 3:11-20 ● 2024-04-14 ● Easter Series: Resurrection Goal ● Print ● Listen Surrounding the Chernobyl disaster area in Ukraine is a 1000 square mile exclusion zone. There are signs and barriers warning of the danger and death that can result from radiation exposure. Even after 37 years it remains so radioactive that it is deadly […]

Acts 18:1-11 ● 2024-04-07 ● Easter Series: Resurrection Goal ● Print Audio Transcription ● Listen He rose back to life to live forever. He accomplished everything he said, and he showed it. He was alive. The woman saw him. They proclaimed it. And yet, what do we see happening? The first thing that happens that […]

View series – Listen to segment audio  Isaiah 51:1-8 The Lord Reassures That His Rescue Will Come When a new book or movie comes you will often see it advertised by referring to the author’s or director’s previous popular works. The promoting company knows that if a previous book or movie was popular you might […]

Job 19:23-27 ● 2024-03-31 ● Easter Series: Resurrection Goal  ● (print transcription) ● Listen I see a lot of family here today. One of the things that people like about festivals and holidays and church celebrations is spending the time together with their church family, and if possible, with their family. That’s not always possible for […]

Psalm 42 ● 2024-03-29 ● Lent Series: A Religion Like No Other ● Listen 1        As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. 2        My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? 3        My tears have been my […]

View Isaiah Series. – Listen to audio  Isaiah 50:4-11 The Servant of the Lord is Innocent of Any Wrong When a guilt offering was made in the Old Testament, God required the sacrifice to be without blemish or defect. The prophet Malachi would decry the people for their contempt in offering up blemished animals for […]

Mark 14-15 ● 2024-03-24 ● Lent Series: A Religion Like No Other ● Listen to service audio segments

Hebrews 5:7-9 ● 2024-03-17 ● Lent Series: A Religion Like No Other ● Print ● Listen One of modern life’s frustrations is the concept of being put on hold. I’m sure most of you are familiar with the routine when you call some businesses. You are trying to resolve an issue or ask a question, […]

Ephesians 2:1-10 ● 2024-03-10 ● Lent Series: A Religion Like No Other ● Listen As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who […]

View Isaiah II Bible Study Series – Listen [note: recorded Dec 7, 2023, posted Mar 7, 2024] Review Isaiah 49:8-26 Find a way this section points us to salvation by faith and not by works. What surprise “problem” will Israel have?  How will this “problem” occur? Use verses 49:15-16 to comfort someone who feels like […]

1 Corinthians 1:18-25 ● 2024-03-03 ● Lent Series: A Religion Like No Other ● Print ● Listen You might have seen how it’s been in the news lately. Artificial intelligence is really starting to take over. And what a lot of people complain about is how it has the ability to distort reality. Maybe you’ve […]

Mark 8:31-38 ● 2024-02-25 ● Lent Series: A Religion Like No Other ● Listen Have you ever wanted to hide something about your job? There are so many movie plots and storylines based around someone becoming embarrassed because of their job. In some places it can be devastating to be ashamed of your employment status. […]

Romans 8:31-39 ● 2024-02-18 ● Lent Series: A Religion Like No Other ● Listen

Joel 2:12-19 ● 2024-02-14 ● Ash Wednesday ● Listen