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

1 Thes. 5:16-24 ● 2020-12-13 ● Advent Series: God Prepares You for His Coming ● Print ● Listen ● Watch Watch on YouTube My family has had to pack and move ten times since my first year at seminary. The last move from our rental home to our current home was only across town, but […]

Mark 1:1-8 ● 2020-12-06 ● Advent Series: God Prepares You for His Coming ● Print ● Listen ● Watch Watch on YouTube This year has been a tough one for people in the West. Hundreds of thousands of people have had to evacuate due to wildfire dangers in our country. Some states have had the […]

God Prepares You For His Coming 1) With His Cleansing 1 Peter 3:18-22 ● 2020-11-29 ● Advent Series: God Prepares You For His Coming ● Print ● Listen ● Watch Watch on YouTube Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. He gave himself for our sins to rescue […]

Thanksgiving Day sermon from November 26, 2020 There is only an audio version available for this message: Psalm 100 1Shout to the Lord with joy, all the earth. 2Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before him with joyful songs. 3Know that the Lord is God. He made us, and we are his. We are his […]

Psalm 47 ● 2020-11-22 ● Psalms End Times Series ● Print ● Listen ● Watch View on YouTube I saw a humorous video once that depicted a leader of another nation. As many leaders do, he was dressed in his ceremonial uniform while he attended a national holiday event. For his particular country it was […]

Psalm 84 ● 2020-11-15 ● Psalms End Times Series -Saints Triumphant ● Print ● Listen ● Watch I recall the time spent visiting my grandparents in Minnesota. The drive was long and cramped, but it was always worth it. We got to visit with family. We got to play in acres of forest and hills. […]

Psalm 90 ● 2020-11-08 ● Psalms End Times Series -Last Judgment● Tom Barthel, pastor ● Print ● Listen ● Watch (YouTube – Vimeo) Sodimejo lived in Indonesia. In 1992 he figured he didn’t have much time left to live and he bought his tombstone. He had a good reason. According to his own claim and […]

Psalm 46 ● 2020-11-01 ● Psalms End Times Series -Reformation ● Print ● Sermon video Some people have termed today’s world as a cancel culture. What they mean is that if you don’t fit into the desired social peg hole a crowd of people will call for your immediate demise. And you can’t say cancel […]

Matthew 21:28-32 ● 2020-10-25 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch (YouTube – Vimeo) There are a lot of political debates happening right now. And a lot of politicians are saying just what they will do if they are elected. I’m sure we all understand how that works. The politician says they will do something. Then […]

2 Kings 21:1-16 ● 2020-10-18 ● Pastor Tom Barthel ● Print ● Listen ● Watch (YouTube – Vimeo) With elections just around the corner you hear many claims that someone is just the absolute worst or the absolute best. There are some pretty strong claims. But I don’t think many would have argued 2700 years […]