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

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 […]