Devotionals
The Mountain of Ascension
Read: Matthew 28 Now the eleven disciples went . . . to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. (v. 16) The last scene in the last chapter of
Justin Kuiper September 13, 2026
Read: Matthew 28 Now the eleven disciples went . . . to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. (v. 16) The last scene in the last chapter of
Read: Matthew 27:32-55 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two. (v. 51) Two hills rose above the Jerusalem skyline. One, blood-steeped Golgotha where Jesus breathed his
Read: Matthew 17:1-13 Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. (v. 1) Malcolm Guite, the Anglican poet
Read: Matthew 5:13-48 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. (v. 14) Who are we? That’s the second question the Sermon
Read: Matthew 5:1-12 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain. (v. 1) Who is Jesus? That is the most important question any of us could ask. Who is
Read: 1 Kings 19:1-18 And [Elijah] arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God.
Read: Deuteronomy 34 Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo. (v. 1) It’s hard to see where God is leading us sometimes. We are all characters
Read: Exodus 19 The LORD descended upon Mount Sinai. (v. 20 NRSV) Imagine the Israelites, recently freed from slavery in Egypt, gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai. Their tunics
Read: Exodus 3 Moses . . . came to Horeb, the mountain of God. (v. 1) Have you ever experienced a moment in which the gap between heaven and earth