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WELS ministry in Payson, Arizona. Pastor Tom Barthel.

Rock Of Ages - Payson

Payson, Arizona


    • Jun 15, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Holy Spirit Will Guide You For the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 15:39


    John 16:12-15 ● 2025-06-15 ● Trinity Sunday ● Listen “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you […]

    See His Spirit Renew the Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2025 19:56


    Psalm 104 ● 2025-06-08 ● Pentecost Sunday ● Listen

    Because He Lives 7) Find Blessing in Unity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 13:50


    Psalm 133 ● 2025-06-01 ● Easter Series: Because He Lives ● Listen How good and pleasant it is    when God's people live together in unity! 2 It is like precious oil poured on the head,    running down on the beard,running down on Aaron's beard,    down on the collar of his robe.3 It is as if the dew of Hermon    were falling on Mount […]

    Because He Lives 6) Carry Out His Mission Until His Return

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 14:06


    Acts 1:1-11 ● 2025-05-25 ● Easter Series: Because He Lives ● Listen

    Because He Lives 5) Love One Another

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 15:41


    John 13:31-35 ● 2025-05-18 ● Easter Series: Because He Lives ● Listen

    Because He Lives 3) Discover Each Day is Extraordinary

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 18:09


    John 21:1-14 ● 2025-05-04 ● Easter Series: Because He Lives ● Listen Note: our main microphone was not working this week; this recording has some additional echo sounds.

    Because He Lives 2) Abound With Praise

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 18:26


    Psalm 150 ● 2025-04-27 ● Easter Series: Because He Lives ● Listen

    Because He Lives 1) Set Your Mind on Greater Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 16:43


    Colossians 3:1-4 ● 2025-04-20 ● Easter Series: Because He Lives ● Listen Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When […]

    Christ Opens the Door 5) To New Life Without Arrogance

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 17:41


    Romans 11:11-21 ● 2025-04-06 ● Lent Series: Christ Opens the Door ● Listen Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. 12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for […]

    Christ Opens the Door 4) To New Life Without Rejection

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 14:32


    Judges 10:6-16 ● 2025-03-30 ● Lent Series: Christ Opens the Door ● Listen

    Christ Opens the Door 3) To New Life Without Contempt

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 16:18


    Numbers 16:23-40 ● 2025-03-23 ● Lent Series: Christ Opens the Door ● Listen

    Christ Opens the Door 2) To New Life Without Shame

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 16:33


    Philippians 3:17-4:1 ● 2025-03-16 ● Lent Series: Christ Opens the Door ● Listen

    Christ Opens the Door to New Life 1) Without Fear

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 17:36


    1 Samuel 17 ● 2025-03-09 ● Lent Series: Christ Opens the Door ● Listen

    I Repent in Dust and Ashes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 12:45


    Ash Wednesday Sermon – Job 42:1-6 – Listen

    Epiphany Moments 8) Glory is Hidden

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 13:35


    2 Corinthians 3:7-18 ● 2025-03-02 ● Series: Epiphany Moments ● Listen

    Epiphany Moments 7) Evil is Overcome With Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 14:15


    Luke 6:27–38 ● 2025-02-23 ● Series: Epiphany Moments ● Listen

    Epiphany Moments 6) Power is Perfected in Weakness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 16:04


    2 Corinthians 12:7-10 ● 2025-02-16 ● Series: Epiphany Moments ● Print ● Listen Those of you who have attempted to repair something know there is a certain rule. My dad likes to point out the frequent occurrence of “Murphy's Law.” If something can go wrong in a project, it will go wrong. A simple job […]

    Epiphany Moments 5) The Least Qualified Are the First Sent

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 14:07


    Luke 5:1-11 ● 2025-02-09 ● Series: Epiphany Moments ● Listen

    Epiphany Moments 4) Popularity is Not Proof of Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 18:05


    Luke 4:16-30 ● 2025-01-26 ● Series: Epiphany Moments ● Listen But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture […]

    Epiphany Moments 2) God Delivers More Than We Ask

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 14:24


    John 2:1-11 ● 2025-01-19 ● Series: Epiphany Moments ● Listen

    Epiphany Moments 1) Baptism is the Cure for an Identity Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 16:41


    Titus 3:4-7 ● 2025-01-12 ● Series: Epiphany Moments ● Listen About one hundred years ago Erik Erickson, a prominent psychoanalyst, coined the phrase “identity crisis.” He laid the framework for what is now used to describe when someone struggles to hold onto their identity. It can play out in several ways for people in different […]

    The Gift of God 4) A Covenant Received by Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 21:45


    Genesis 17:1-7 ● 2025-01-05 ● Christmas Series ● Listen ● Watch There's sometimes a lot that goes into a name. When auto manufacturers come up with a name for a car line they can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. They want to make sure the name evokes the picture of a perfect car without […]

    The Gift of God 3) Perfect Substitute & Sacrifice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 14:23


    Luke 2:41-52 ● 2024-12-29 ● Christmas Series ● Listen

    The Gift of God 2) A Glimpse of His Glory

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 12:01


    Ex. 33:18–34:7 ● 2024-12-25 ● Christmas Series ● Listen

    The Gift of God 1) Knowledge of the Holy One

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 12:01


    Proverbs 30:1-5 ● 2024-12-24 ● Christmas Series ● Listen The words of Agur son of Jakeh. An oracle.This man declares:I am weary, God. I am weary, God, and worn out,2 because I am too unreasoning to be a man.I do not even possess human understanding.3 I have not learned wisdom.I do not have knowledge of the Holy […]

    A Real Christmas 4) Is About More Than Giving

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 14:59


    Hebrews 10:5-10 ● 2024-12-22 ● Advent Series: A Real Christmas ● Listen ● Watch 5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,    but a body you prepared for me;6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings    you were not pleased.7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—    I […]

    A Real Christmas 3) Results in Great Joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 18:05


    Philippians 4:4-7 ● 2024-12-15 ● Advent Series: A Real Christmas ● Print ● Listen ● Watch A lot of Christmas songs invite people to “be of good cheer” and to “have a holly jolly” Christmas. But you can't just tell someone to be happy. When the Israelites were in captivity their captors tormented them by […]

    A Real Christmas 2) Is Rooted in Repentance

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 15:18


    Luke 3:1-6 ● 2024-12-08 ● Advent Series: A Real Christmas ● Listen

    Isaiah 53 v9-12

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 55:19


    Isaiah II Bible Study series. – Listen to audio (recorded May 16, 2024) Isaiah 53:9-12 The Lord's Servant Will Rise to Life and Be Exalted Have you ever seen any impressive private mausoleums? The Russian government spends over $200,000 a year to maintain the mausoleum for Lenin's embalmed body. It has been on display for […]

    A Real Christmas 1) Requires Remembering Why Christ Came

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 15:18


    Jeremiah 33:14-16 ● 2024-12-01 ● Advent Series: A Real Christmas ● Listen 14 “‘The days are coming,' declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah. 15 “‘In those days and at that time    I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line;    he will do what is just and right in […]

    Live Like You’re Going to Live Forever 5) With Your Faith Built Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 19:57


    Jude 20-25 ● 2024-11-24● 5-part series “Live Forever” ● Listen But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. 22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by […]

    Live Like You’re Going to Live Forever 3) With Limitless Generosity

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 20:22


    Mark 12:38-44 ● 2024-11-10 ● 5-part series “Live Forever” ● Listen

    Live Like You’re Going to Live Forever 2) With Unshakable Hope in Future Glory

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 15:54


    John 11:32-44 ● 2024-11-03 ● 5-part series “Live Forever” ● Listen

    Live Like You’ll Live Forever 1) With Boundless Good News

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 18:10


    Revelation 14:6-7 ● 2024-10-27 ● 5-part series Live Like You'll Live Forever ● Listen

    Divine Soluitons to Defective Plans 3) The Free Becomes a Slave

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 16:52


    1 Corinthians 9:7-23 ● 2024-10-20 ● 3-part series: Divine Solutions; Defective Plans ● Listen

    Divine Solutions to Defective Plans 2) The Hidden Things Become Uncovered

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 14:44


    Hebrews 4:12-13 ● 2024-10-13 ● 3-part series: Divine Solutions; Defective Plans ● Listen  For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid […]

    Divine Soluitons to Defective Plans 1) The Building Project is Botched

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 15:44


    Psalm 127 ● 2024-10-06 ● 3-part series: Divine Solutions; Defective Plans ● Listen

    Blessed Are 8) The Persecuted

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 20:17


    Matthew 5:10-12 ● 2024-09-29 ● Series: The Beatitudes ● Listen View accompanying Bible Study series

    Blessed Are 7) The Peacemakers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 15:38


    Matthew 5:9 ● 2024-09-22 ● Series: The Beatitudes ● Print ● Listen view accompanying Bible study series Peace treaties have shaped history. Did you know the oldest surviving record of an international peace treaty dates back 3300 years? The Treaty of Kadesh was between Rameses II of Egypt and the Hittites. At the time it […]

    Blessed Are 6) The Pure in Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 14:52


    Matthew 5:8 ● 2024-09-15 ● Series: The Beatitudes   ● Listen View Accompanying Bible Study Series

    Blessed Are 5) The Merciful

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 12:38


    Matthew 5:7● 2024-09-08 ● Series: The Beatitudes ● Listen View accompanying Bible Study Series

    Blessed Are 4) Those Who Hunger and Thirst

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 15:40


    Matthew 5:6● 2024-09-01 ● Series: The Beatitudes   ● Listen  ● Watch Video View accompanying Bible Study series

    Blessed Are 3) The Meek

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 15:01


    Matthew 5:5 ● 2024-08-25 ● Series: The Beatitudes  ● Listen to Audio  ● Print Transcript of Audio James and John, two of the disciples of Jesus, decided it wasn't enough merely to be just part of the twelve. So they approached Jesus with their request to sit at his right and his left when he […]

    Isaiah 52:13-53:8

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 49:51


    View entire Isaiah II series Listen The Lord's Servant Will Suffer and Die When Abraham nearly completed his instructions to offer up his one and only son as a sacrifice, the angel of the Lord stopped him. Then the Lord provided a substitute sacrifice.  Abraham then offered up a ram that was caught in a […]

    Blessed Are 2) Those Who Mourn

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 15:01


    Matthew 5:4 ● 2024-08-18 ● Series: The Beatitudes ● Listen View accompanying Bible Study series

    Blessed Are 1) The Poor in Spirit

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 12:29


    Matthew 5:1-3 ● 2024-08-11 ● Series: The Beatitudes ● Listen View accompanying Bible Study series

    We Grasp the Reality of Our Situation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 15:55


    2 Kings 6:8–17 ● 2024-08-04 ● Print Version ● Listen We use satellites for so much these days: communication services, weather information, navigation devices. The modern world as we know it couldn't function without those large pieces of scientific achievement constantly hovering and circling above us. Each satellite is really used for one main thing, […]

    See the Power of the Gospel 7) The Gospel Cannot be Chained

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 17:40


    2 Timothy 2:1–13 ● 2024-07-07 ● Series: Power of the Gospel ● Listen You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2Entrust the things you heard from me, in the presence of many witnesses, to faithful men who will also be able to teach others. 3Share hardships as a good […]

    See the Power of the Gospel 6) It Reverses the Worst of Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 16:19


    Mark 5:21-43 ● 2024-06-30 ● Series: Power of the Gospel ● Listen 21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell […]

    See the Power of the Gospel 4) It Bears Fruit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 15:24


    Colossians 1:3-8 ● 2024-06-16 ● Series: Power of the Gospel ● Listen 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God's people— 5 the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for […]

    See the Power of the Gospel 3) It Comes to Frightened Sinners

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024


    Genesis 3:8-15 ● 2024-06-09 ● Series: Power of the Gospel ● Listen

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