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

2 Kings 2:1-12 ● 2024-02-11 ● Epiphany Series ● Listen When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went […]

Isaiah 40:27–31 ● 2024-02-04 ● Epiphany Series ● Listen ● Watch Why do you complain, Jacob?    Why do you say, Israel,“My way is hidden from the Lord;    my cause is disregarded by my God”?28 Do you not know?    Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God,    the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary,    and his understanding no one […]

Deuteronomy 18:15-22 ● 2024-01-28 ● Epiphany Series ● Listen 15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. 16 For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, “Let us not hear the […]

Jonah 3:1-10 ● 2024-01-21 ● Epiphany Series ● Listen Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” 3 Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go […]

1 Samuel 3:1-10 ● 2024-01-14 ● Epiphany Series ● Print ● Listen Children are well known for having selective hearing. You know how it is. Maybe you’re sitting at a fast-food restaurant or waiting for a checkout line and there is the kid who is getting into trouble. Their mom or dad say, “Corey, please […]

Psalm 2 ● 2024-01-07 ● Epiphany Series ● Listen  ● Print Czar Nicholas II is called the “last czar of Russia.” He held autocratic power and held onto it tightly. At a time when his rule was questioned, and his failures were mounting, people grew increasingly upset at him and wanted him to relinquish his position […]

James 4:13-17 ● 2024-01-01 ● New Year’s Day ● Listen

Colossians 3:12-17 ● 2023-12-31 ● Christmas 1 ● Listen ● Watch

Sermon for Christmas Day 2023 – Galatians 4:4-7 – Listen

The King Comes With Garments of Salvation 4) Serve Him in Faith Luke 1:26-38 ● 2023-12-24 ● Advent 4 ● View Series ● Listen ● Watch

Isaiah 61:1-11 ● 2023-12-17 ● Advent 3 ● View Series ● Listen The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,    because the Lord has anointed me    to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,    to proclaim freedom for the captives    and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor    and the day of vengeance of our God,to c...

Psalm 85 ● 2023-12-10 ● Advent 2 ● View Series ● Listen You, Lord, showed favor to your land;    you restored the fortunes of Jacob.2 You forgave the iniquity of your people    and covered all their sins.3 You set aside all your wrath    and turned from your fierce anger. 4 Restore us again, God our Savior,    and put away your displeasure toward us.5 Will you be angry with […]

Isaiah 64:1-9 ● 2023-12-03 ● Advent 1 ● View Series ● Listen Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,    that the mountains would tremble before you!2 As when fire sets twigs ablaze    and causes water to boil,come down to make your name known to your enemies    and cause the nations to quake before you!3 For when you did awesome things that we […]

View Isaiah II series – Listen to audio  Isaiah 49:8-26 The Servant Will Bless and Increase God’s People The Lord says he will use his servant to display his glory. Here we find out clearly that the glory of God is displayed in his works of destroying his enemies and rescuing his people. 49:8-13 These […]

Matthew 25:31-46 ● 2023-11-26 ● End Times Series ● Print ● Listen I’m guessing some of you are familiar with the TV segment where Charles Shultz depicts his character Charlie Brown as he goes trick-or-treating. It seems like Charlie Brown always gets the short end of the stick. Charlie and some other children are going […]

Matthew 25:14-30 ● 2023-11-19 ● End Times Series ● Listen 14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,[a] each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 The […]

View Isaiah II series – Listen to audio Isaiah 49:1-7 The Servant of the Lord Introduces Himself The animated film “An American Tail” was released in 1986 and it became the highest grossing non-Disney animated film. It was about mice who were arriving in America because they were trying to get away from all their […]

Matthew 25:1-13 ● 2023-11-12 ● End Times Series ● Print ● Listen ● Watch If you are like me, you don’t mind occasionally riding the limit of your gas tank. Some people don’t get so excited about this habit. I know it’s not good for your fuel pump to run the gas close to empty, […]

view Isaiah II series – Listen to audio Isaiah 48:12-22 The Lord Pleads for Israel to Pay Close Attention God concludes this portion of Isaiah’s prophecy by basically saying, “Pay attention. I am working all things for your benefit and foretelling all my working for your benefit!” Share when it the hardest for you to […]

1 John 3:1-3 ● 2023-11-05 ● End Times Series ● Listen See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what […]

Listen to audio – view Isaiah II series  Isaiah 48:1-11 The Lord’s Rebuke for Rebellious Israel God had just given a harsh warning of the judgment that would fall on Babylon. Upon hearing this Israel might become proud. Babylon’s fate was a severe punishment and sudden downfall. If such a severe fate falls on Babylon […]

Until The Son of Man Comes In His Glory 1) Don’t Cease Praying Daniel 6 ● 2023-10-29 ● End Times Series ● Print ● Listen ● Watch The court was convened. It had authority to crush any man who opposed it. A man was on trial for what he had written. It all started 500 […]

View Isaiah II series – Listen to audio Review Isaiah 46 Explain this statement: “Our mothers carried us when we were in the womb, but God has carried us from the womb.” Identify the two different groups addressed in this chapter and the two different messages given to each group. Assess your own life and […]

Romans 13:1-17 – Listen Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. […]

View series on Isaiah Listen Review Isaiah 45:15-25 There are at least six sections since chapter 40 which focus on the Lord alone as the one and only true God. (See Isaiah 40:25; 41:29; 42:8; 43:11-12; 44:6; 45:20-21). Why did God need to underscore this truth in Isaiah’s time? Why is it still an important […]