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Weekly sermons and weekday devotions from Highrock, a multi-site church in the Greater Boston area and Online. We create Christian communities that inspire curiosity, courage, and compassion.
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- Daily Devo | Honoring the Past by Embracing the Future (New Testament in a Year, Hebrews 10:1-18) · 17 λεπ.It can be hard to let go of the past, especially when nostalgia kicks in. The Israelites had much that was good in the law of Moses and in Temple worship, a good instituted by…
- Daily Devo | Backstage Passes to God (New Testament in a Year, Hebrews 9:1-12) · 17 λεπ.The writer of Hebrews explains the architecture at the heart of Jewish worship — the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place inside the Temple. The Holy Place was a place only for…
- Daily Devo | Jesus — A Better Way (New Testament in a Year, Hebrews 8) · 17 λεπ.Written to Jewish followers of Jesus, Hebrews must answer difficult questions about why so much of the old ways were being left behind. The priesthood, the Temple, the Law of…
- Daily Devo | A New Way Forward (New Testament in a Year, Hebrews 7:15-28) · 17 λεπ.For the Jewish believers alive when the great Temple still stood, it was difficult to imagine how faithfulness to God might mean moving on to something better. The writer of…
- Daily Devo | Is There a Limit to Grace? (New Testament in a Year, Hebrews 6:1-12) · 17 λεπ.Can we lose our salvation? Could we wander so far from God and become so lost that we could never find our way back? This question has been with us for as long as faith itself…
- Sermon | The Love of Stranger (John 13) · 37 λεπ.Think of the best hospitality you’ve ever experienced. The hotel that thought of everything. The restaurant that remembered your name. The host who made it all look effortless…
- Daily Devo | Today, Today, Today! (New Testament in a Year, Hebrews 3:1-15) · 17 λεπ."Today" is a word that we hear again and again in this passage. It's easy to imagine that what we do today matters very little, especially when measured against years or a…
- Daily Devo | God With Us! (New Testament in a Year, Hebrews 2:5-18) · 17 λεπ.After showing us that Jesus is above all angels and that human beings share a surprising destiny with Jesus, the book of Hebrews continues to unveil the special relationship that…
- Daily Devo | A Primer on Angels (New Testament in a Year, Hebrews 1) · 17 λεπ.People are often fascinated with angels yet the Bible tells us remarkably little about them. The opening to the Book of Hebrews does give us some important clues. First, we see…
- Daily Devo | The Call to Humility & Humanity (New Testament in a Year, Philemon 4-22) · 17 λεπ.It is so easy to view others as problems rather than people. Relationships can be risky investments paid in terms of finances, time, energy, and vulnerability. In this letter…
- Daily Devo | The Beauty of the Gospel (New Testament in a Year, Titus 3) · 17 λεπ.Earlier in this letter (Titus 2:10), Paul spoke of making the teaching about God our Savior attractive to outsiders. Here, in the closing, Paul spells out several ways that the…
- Sermon | Begin with Love (1 Peter 3) · 29 λεπ.Have you noticed how many of your closest friends are also Christians? The small group. The Sunday crowd. The people who already speak your language. What if our world has…
- Daily Devo | Run the Race to the Finish! (New Testament in a Year, 2 Timothy 4:1-8) · 16 λεπ.As Paul closes his letter, he urges Timothy to preach and teach faithfully. There will be a time, says Paul, when people will no longer listen to anything they do not want to…
- Daily Devo | Bad News, More Bad News, and Good News (New Testament in a Year, 2 Timothy 3:1-5,10-17) · 16 λεπ.Paul reminds Timothy that life is going to become difficult and that he will face persecution, just like Paul. Describing how bad the situation will become, Paul paints a picture…
- Daily Devo | Avoiding Two Big Pitfalls for the "Young" (New Testament in a Year, 2 Timothy 2:22-26) · 15 λεπ.As he continues to speak to Timothy as a spiritual parent to a spiritual son, Paul gives him two clear dangers to avoid — youthful lusts and pointless arguments. Both temptations…
- Daily Devo | A Final Farewell? (New Testament in a Year, 2 Timothy 1:3-14) · 17 λεπ.What would you do if you had only a little time left? Who would you speak to? What would you say? In what many believe was Paul's final letter, Paul writes to Timothy like a…
- Daily Devo | The Secret to Great Wealth (New Testament in a Year, 1 Timothy 6:6-12,17-19) · 16 λεπ.A great sum of money is not great wealth if you cannot enjoy it. Sadly, the love of money usually leads to an ever-increasing appetite that is never satisfied. Instead, Paul…
- Sermon | Kinship (Genesis 4 & Matthew 12) · 34 λεπ.Have you ever pulled up the drawbridge on someone who hurt you? A call you stopped returning; a holiday you stopped attending; a conversation you stopped trying to have. What if…
- Daily Devo | The DNA of a Good Leader (New Testament in a Year, 1 Timothy 3:1-13) · 16 λεπ.What makes a good leader? What qualities and skills should we expect? And with regard to those qualities, to what degree should we all desire to grow in those ways? After all…
- Daily Devo | Pray for Those in Authority (New Testament in a Year, 1 Timothy 2) · 16 λεπ.Paul encourages Timothy to pray for all people, interceding with God on their behalf. This call to prayer also applies to all who are in authority, which might not seem like a…
- Daily Devo | Encouragements to the "Unqualified" (New Testament in a Year, 1 Timothy 1:3-7,12-17) · 17 λεπ.Paul writes to Timothy, the young pastor that Paul has left to shepherd the church in the great city of Ephesus. In this opening, he emphasizes that the importance of knowing the…
- Daily Devo | Cruel to be Kind? (New Testament in a Year, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18) · 16 λεπ.In closing his letter, Paul addresses the issue of believers who were selfishly choosing to live off the charity of others. He said about such people that those who are unwilling…
- Daily Devo | The Return of the Lord (New Testament in a Year, 2 Thessalonians 2) · 17 λεπ.In his previous letter, Paul praised the Thessalonians for their faith in the return of Jesus. By the time of this second letter, something had gone wrong. So Paul sets out to…
- Sermon | Availability (Mark 5) · 25 λεπ.Most of us would say we’re the kind of people who would stop to help . . . until we’re late, overbooked, and one more thing away from burnout.W hat if our calendars say more…
- Daily Devo | Live in Light of the End of the Story (New Testament in a Year, 1 Thessalonians 4) · 17 λεπ.If you were to read a story but then skip the final chapter, you might not understand the story at all. Death is not the end of our story. The Jesus saga ends with us all joining…
- Daily Devo | The Stories We Believe in Tough Times (New Testament in a Year, 1 Thessalonians 3) · 16 λεπ.Have you ever seen a parent worry about their children when they go away for the first time? Perhaps it's to a sleepover, or a summer camp, or maybe when they go to college or…
- Daily Devo | Tough Love (New Testament in a Year, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-13) · 17 λεπ.Paul moves from praising the faith of the Thessalonians to an apparent defense of their character and ministry. Paul and his companions had poured out their lives while they were…
- Daily Devo | Faith, Love, and Hope (New Testament in a Year, 1 Thessalonians 1) · 16 λεπ.This letter is the first and oldest we have from Paul, and it is written to a congregation filled with new believers, a church that may have been only months old! What do you say…
- Daily Devo | Closing Thoughts for Newer Believers (New Testament in a Year, Colossians 4) · 17 λεπ.The church in Colossae was filled with new believers and Paul's final words invite them into deeper engagement. Though they are just starting on the walk of faith, Paul invites…
- Sermon | Hiding in Plain Sight (Matthew 6) · 29 λεπ.Have you ever felt like the work you do at home, at work, and even at church, goes completely unnoticed leaving you angry or frustrated? What if attention, applause, and a few…
- Daily Devo | A Prayer for Knowledge & Power (New Testament in a Year, Colossians 1:9-23) · 17 λεπ.To a city filled with the power of Rome and the mystery cult of Cybele, Paul starts with the supremacy of Christ. Christ is the ultimate power in both heaven and earth, and the…
- Daily Devo | Pursuing Peace & Finding Joy (New Testament in a Year, Philippians 4:1-13) · 17 λεπ.Paul brings this letter to a close with an appeal for peace. First, he asks for peace between two church leaders, women named Euodia and Syntyche. Paul then invites us all to…
- Daily Devo | Joy Undiminished By Suffering (New Testament in a Year, Philippians 3:1-14) · 17 λεπ.Suffering can rob us of many good things. In Paul's case, it robbed him of freedom and forced him to write from prison. Even so, suffering could not rob Paul of joy and he…
- Daily Devo | Jesus is the Answer (New Testament in a Year, Philippians 2) · 16 λεπ.When you're a child in Sunday school, you know that "Jesus" is going to be the answer. It's less obvious that "Jesus" will still somehow be the answer even long after. For Paul…
- Daily Devo | To Live is Christ! (New Testament in a Year, Philippians 1) · 17 λεπ.Paul writes to the believers in Philippi from prison, yet his letter is filled with joy and gratitude. He thanks God for their partnership and expresses confidence that God will…
- Sermon | Uncomfortable Love (Mark 10) · 37 λεπ.Have you ever had to choose between being liked and doing what's best for someone you love? A teenager storms off. A friend stops returning your calls. A truth you can't change…
- Daily Devo | Do You Know Your Calling? (New Testament in a Year, Ephesians 4) · 17 λεπ.Paul urges believers to live lives worthy of the calling they have received in Christ. This new life involves speaking truth, dealing with anger appropriately, working honestly…
- Sermon | Carefully Compassionate (John 8) · 36 λεπ.Have you ever been ready to throw a stone before you even realized you were holding one? An email that made you furious. A person you've already written off. A mistake you can't…
- Daily Devo | God's Secret Plan — Now Revealed! (New Testament in a Year, Ephesians 3) · 17 λεπ.Paul wants to let us in on a secret. It's a secret that God has kept since the beginning of the world, a secret revealed only with the life of Jesus. And what is that secret?…
- Daily Devo | United by Grace (New Testament in a Year, Ephesians 2) · 16 λεπ.What do we need to do in order to earn God's approval? How should we look at others who do little or nothing to please God? Human beings are great at dividing over our…
- Daily Devo | Mending Our Broken World (New Testament in a Year, Ephesians 1) · 17 λεπ.Writing from prison, Paul sends a letter to describe God's ultimate purposes for all of Creation and for our lives — to bring all things into unity in Christ (Eph 1:10). Paul…
- Daily Devo | The Space Between Independence & Codependence (New Testament in a Year, Galatians 6) · 17 λεπ.In closing his letter, Paul encourages us to help carry one another's burdens but then encourages us to carry our own burdens. Which is it? Do we carry one another's burden or…
- Daily Devo | It's All About Trusting in God's Grace (New Testament in a Year, Galatians 3) · 17 λεπ.Paul here challenges the Galatians for abandoning the gospel of grace and turning back to a system of earning God's favor through obedience to the law. He reminds them that their…
- Daily Devo | Will Our Convictions Withstand Criticism? (New Testament in a Year, Galatians 2) · 17 λεπ.Paul recounts a significant confrontation with the apostle Peter in the city of Antioch. Although Peter initially enjoyed fellowship with the Gentile believers there, he backed…
- Daily Devo | The True Gospel of Grace (New Testament in a Year, Galatians 1) · 16 λεπ.Paul opens this letter with a strong warning. The Galatians were being misled by people teaching that additional religious requirements were necessary in order to be accepted by…
- Daily Devo | Mending the Broken Connections Between Us (New Testament in a Year, 2 Corinthians 13) · 17 λεπ.Paul concludes his letter with a final warning, a call to self-examination, and a blessing so poetic that we still use it today in our gatherings. Paul urges the Corinthians to…
- Daily Devo | The Secret to Experiencing God's Power! (New Testament in a Year, 2 Corinthians 12:1-15) · 17 λεπ.Paul continues his boasting from the previous chapter, but only to illustrate how pointless it is. Instead, Paul declares that he will boast only in his weaknesses, such as his…
- Sermon | Connected by Curiosity (Exodus 3) · 31 λεπ.Have you ever felt like your relationship with God has gone quiet or just . . . a bit boring? What if the mystery of God was never meant to run out? What might change if you got…
- Daily Devo | The Use and Abuse of Authority (New Testament in a Year, 2 Corinthians 10:1-14) · 17 λεπ.Paul now attends to the matter of his own authority. There were some who challenged his authority, likely to set up their own authority instead. They accused Paul of being a…
- Daily Devo | Getting the Most Out of Our Money (New Testament in a Year, 2 Corinthians 9:6-15) · 16 λεπ.What's the best way to spend money if we want to maximize our happiness and joy? Paul's encouragement to the Corinthians essentially answers that question for us. By using the…
