Rock Of Ages

1 Peter 5:6-11 ● 2021-02-07 ● Series for Epiphany ● Listen ● Watch Watch on YouTube The sermon written version is unavailable this week. Please refer to this weeks audio or video. Read, listen, or view previous sermons in this series: Jan. 10    …to Bring Salvation    (Isaiah 49:1-6) Jan 17     …to Hold to Scripture (2 Thess. 2:13-17) Jan. […]

Hebrews 3:1-6 ● 2021-01-31 ● Series for Epiphany ● Print ● Listen ● Watch View on YouTube Would you believe that I was once part of a church golf league? Probably not if you’ve ever seen me golf. When I hit a golf ball, I like to catch sight of where it is going. After […]

2 Corinthians 5:14-21 ● 2021-01-24 ● Series for Epiphany ● Print ● Listen ● Watch Watch on YouTube It doesn’t matter what your political views are, you’d have to agree that there have been more clashes with crowds, riots, and police in riot gear especially in just this past year than in recent history in […]

2 Thess. 2:13-17 ● 2021-01-17 ● Series for Epiphany ● Print ● Listen ● Watch (view on YouTube) In 1705 a dollmaker in London finished building a dollhouse and doll set. Soon it was purchased by a family who gave it to their daughter. The family treasured it so much that the dollhouse was passed […]

Isaiah 49:1-7 ● 2021-01-10 ● Epiphany 1 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch ● View Series View on YouTube The head of an international company worth billions of dollars wrapped up an important meeting. The upcoming project and marketing campaign were going to be their biggest ever. Jobs, lives, and billions of dollars were at […]

Micah 5:2-5a ● 2020-12-27 ● Christmas 2 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch How do you pick a good leader? When children play games, it is usually the oldest who gets to pick the teams. And who do they pick as people for their team? It’s always the next oldest, the next fastest, the next […]

1 Kings 8:6-13 ● 2020-12-27 ● Christmas 1 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch (Watch on YouTube) I remember our home being filled with a lot of special things at Christmas time. But the special decorations I enjoyed the most as a child were the lights. The lights on the tree made a luminous display […]

Here you can listen to and participate at home in the Children’s Christmas Service at Rock of Ages. We hope this is useful for anyone facing isolation this Christmas season during a pandemic. This service is an adaptation of our 12-20 service with the Children participating in parts of the service.

Romans 16:25-27 ● 2020-12-20 ● Advent Series: God Prepares You for His Coming ● Print ● Listen ● Watch I’ve been reading a book series with my children. It has a rabbit princess who has a special tonic which she shares with injured soldiers. Her tonic has the almost magical power to heal and strengthen […]

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 […]

Jonah 4:5-11 ● 2020-10-04 ● Wrestling with God Series ● Print Version ● Audio ● Video ● (YouTube – Vimeo) One could argue that few believers have wrestled with God more than Jonah. At the end of his account Jonah is terribly angry. And it appears his anger is directed at God. He even argues […]