Grow in your faith through devotions written by Hope pastors and staff every weekday! Subscribe today to receive the devotions straight to your email inbox each weekday morning.
A lot of times in church circles, we think that the Old Testament is “the difficult stuff” and the New Testament is “the easier way.” The Sermon on the Mount squashes any misconceptions of that! Time after time, Jesus says, “You have heard it said …” and then he ups the ante! Rather than making this… Read more
Circle back to the thought experiment from the beginning of the week. You are sitting across the table from a person in our society who could not be more different from you. Can you picture that person? This is the person you are least likely to get along with. Ask God if there is a… Read more
Jesus is blowing minds. He is shattering expectations. Yesterday’s reading ended with, “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!” This isn’t crazy to us because we think “Pharisee” is synonymous with “hypocrite,” but that… Read more
This was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing. More than that, this was a once-in-the-history-of-humanity kind of thing. The people were prepared. They fasted and prayed. They washed themselves and their clothing. With hope, caution, and anticipation, they looked up the mountain to see what God would do. Then God spoke. This mountain was Sinai. We… Read more
