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

James 2:1-13 ● September 22, 2019 ● Pentecost 15 ●  Pastor Tom Barthel ●  WELS Sermon ●  Print Version ●  Audio Version ●  Video   Favoritism Has No Place in the Family of Grace (James 2:1-13) from Rock of Ages Payson There’s an interesting YouTube video in which a man does an experiment with hidden […]

Romans 9:1-9 ● September 15, 2019 ● Pentecost 14 ● Pastor Tom Barthel ● Print Version ● Audio Version ● Video Version You are children of the promise from Rock of Ages Payson   How do you get rich? You might say that you have to be smart, driven towards wealth, and work hard. You’d […]

Luke 10:38-42 ● August 11, 2019 ● Pentecost 9 ● Pastor Tom Barthel ● WELS ● Print Version  ● Listen ●  Watch Uncommon Love 2) Listening to the Son from Rock of Ages Payson   Sometimes it can be hard to determine what is most important. In a few days I’ll be taking my family […]

Galatians 5:13-25 ● August 4, 2019 ● Pentecost 8 ● Pastor Tom Barthel ●  WELS Sermon ● Watch Sermon  ●  Print Sermon ● Listen to Sermon ●  View Full Series “Uncommon Love”   Uncommon Love 1) Living by the Spirit Earlonne Woods began his 31 years to life sentence in a medium security prison. After two […]

Luke 11:1-20 ● July 28, 2019 ● Pentecost 7 ● WELS Sermon ● Pastor Tom Barthel ●  Print Version ●  Audio Version My first summer job was great. I worked for what was essentially a raspberry farm. Some customers came to pick the berries for themselves. But it seemed no matter how many people came […]

2 Corinthians 11:21-30 ● July 21, 2019 ● Pentecost 6 ● Pastor Tom Barthel ● Print Version ● Audio Version   It was fifty years ago from yesterday that the first moon landing took place. Think about what it took to be one of those first moon lander astronauts. It wasn’t just a job. They […]

2 Chronicles 33:1-18 ● July 7, 2019 ● Pentecost 4 ● Print Version ● Audio Version ● Pastor Tom Barthel ● WELS Sermon Johnny Cash dealt with a bit of remorse towards the end of his life. Whether you liked him and his music or not you’d have to admit that he knew what remorse […]

Luke 7:11-17 ● June 30, 2019 ● Pentecost 3 ● Pastor Tom Barthel ● Print Version ● Audio Version It’s state law in Arizona and most states that you are supposed to pull over when you meet a funeral procession. Often police will escort the procession to ensure both safety and courtesy to those who […]

Luke 7:1-10 ● June 23, 2019 ● Pentecost 2 ●  Pastor Tom Barthel ●  WELS Sermon ●  Audio Version ●  Print Version Sometimes something is so good that the only way to describe it is to compare it with everything else. You might talk this way about a restaurant and say, “Nobody does it like […]

Numbers 6:22-27 ● June 16, 2019 ● Trinity Sunday ● Pastor Tom Barthel ● WELS Sermon ● Print Version ● Audio Version Have you ever taken a group picture only to spot one face that wasn’t quite right? One face ends up blinking, turned away, or not smiling at the moment. You just wish you […]