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

Daniel 4:19-37 ● December 8, 2019 ● Sermon Series for Advent ●  Pastor Tom Barthel ●  WELS ministry ●  Audio Version ●  Print Version ●  Video   Don’t you get tired of the so-called public apologies offered by some high-profile people? You might be hoping to hear the person say something like, “I was acting […]

Genesis 6:9-22, 7:11-23 ● December 1, 2019 ● “Stories of the Promise” Sermon Series for Advent ● Pastor Tom Barthel ●  WELS ●  Print Version ●  Audio Version ●  Video   Christmas manger scenes are often depicted as overly cute. And I get it. For the sake of creating children’s books and marketable shelf decorations […]

Luke 23:35-43 ● November 24, 2019 ● Christ the King Sunday ● Pastor Tom Barthel ●  Audio Version ● Print Version ●  Video   My name is Dismas. At least that’s what most people call me. Since my name isn’t recorded in the Bible someone gave me that name and it just stuck. But my […]

Isaiah 65:17-25 ● November 17, 2019 ● Saints Triumphant  ● Pastor Tom Barthel● Audio ● Print Version ● Video   It’s funny how quickly a small child can get over something? All it takes is someone to knock over a toy block tower and they burst into tears. Nothing matters except that someone knocked over […]

2 Thessalonians 1:3-10 ● November 10, 2019 ● Last Judgment Sunday ● Pastor Tom Barthel ●  Print Version ●  Audio Version ●  Video   When Jason first heard the good news about Jesus it quickly took hold of his heart. The preaching about Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection had completely turned his whole life around. […]

Isaiah 56:1-8 ● November 3, 2019 ● Reformation Sunday & Mission Festival ●  Pastor Tom Barthel ●  WELS Sermon ●  Print Version ● Audio Version ●  Video   God Gathers Us to Worship A popular movie series from a few years back depicted society divided into five major factions. Everyone was assigned a specific role for […]

Luke 17:1-10 ● October 27, 2019 ● Pastor Tom Barthel ● Print Version ●  Audio ●  Video ●  Sermon Series on Luke 15-17 Sometimes people don’t think about the lasting impact their actions will make. That was the case in 1935 when a sugar cane company in Australia thought they had a clever solution for […]

Luke 16:19-31 ● October 20, 2019 ● Sermon Series on Luke 15-17 ● Pastor Tom Barthel ●  Print Version ● Audio  ●   It’s startling that according to the USDA the amount of food wasted in America is on average one pound per person per day. That’s about a third of all the food from […]

Make a Lasting Impact 1) Impact of Forgiveness  ●  Luke 15:1-10 ● October 6, 2019 ●  Print Version ●  Audio Version ●  Lasting Impact Series Note: audio recording quality will be restored back to normal for our next upload   Anyone can make an impact. But it’s hard to make a lasting impact. Take the world […]

Philippians 3:4-11 ● September 29, 2019 ● Pentecost 16 ●  Audio Version ●  Print Version  Do you start books by reading the back cover or inside jacket? Often you will find a picture of the author there with a short paragraph or two of praise. I found a book recently with an interesting blurb for […]