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. You may download and print our daily Bible readings checklist to track your progress as you read through the Bible.
If you are reading the Old Testament for the first time you might find this next book shocking. Maybe shocking isn’t the right word—embarrassing? The title of this book is basically saying that this subject is just the greatest you could ever write about. So, what is the subject? Romantic love. Sex. See, I told… Read more
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. Knowledge is different than wisdom (see above). In true confession, I have the tension between knowledge and wisdom playing out in my kitchen right now. I grew tomatoes again this year. Normally, that is a wonderful thing. Read more
You know people who just always seem to be in a mood? Someone who has Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh as their spirit animal? That would appear to be the speaker at this point in Ecclesiastes. The speaker is called “the teacher” in many translations, and is the character speaking the wisdom that is in… Read more
I LOVE the book of Ecclesiastes. In many ways, it feels like the most “human” book in the Bible. The author is surveying the world and pointing out how the world just doesn’t make sense! Injustices happen to good people; people who work hard to save up their wealth often die before they enjoy it;… Read more
