Read devotions written by Hope pastors and staff every weekday that align with our daily Bible readings! We hope you use these devotions as a way to dig deeper into Scripture during the weekdays and join us for worship on the weekends to continue growing in your faith.
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Let me tell you about my friend Jeremy. I should start by saying this is NOT Pastor Jeremy Johnson; however, this Jeremy is, like Pastor Jeremy, a preacher’s kid. I met Jeremy because he was a cabinmate of mine at Riverside Bible Camp back in the late ’80s. This was my first summer going to… Read more
In the time following Jesus’ death, one of the first house church gatherings took place in this chapter of Acts at a man named Cornelius’ house. God shows up! Holy Spirit falls on the people! They were baptized … I love the idea of house churches! Hope has started several in the past eight years… Read more
Now comes one of the most pivotal stories in the New Testament—aside from everything about Jesus, of course! Saul was a man whose mission was to hunt down and arrest followers of the Way (that’s what the emerging Christians were called in the first century). He was a bad man … an enemy of Jesus. Read more
In today’s reading, we have two different stories about receiving the Holy Spirit. These stories don’t appear together by accident, even though they chronologically happen together. What I want you to consider in each are the following questions: How is the Holy Spirit perceived? How is the Holy Spirit received? First, Philip finds himself in… Read more
