This week’s devotionals are from the “Preaching of Jesus” series in Mark Moore’s Quest 52. Jesus’s preaching was mind blowing. Crowds came to hear his teaching, his stories were subversive, and his training enabled others to carry out his mission. Slow down, read the text, and then let the text read you.

Can you think of a time when someone kept the letter of the law but still violated the intention of the law?

If you grew up in church, would you say your church focused more on the letter of the law or the intention of the law? 

Which of these five alterations of ethics from this week's essay do you think our culture is in most need of now? 

Which of these five is most natural for you? Which is most difficult? 

New to Northside and our daily devotionals? We will be following Mark Moore's Quest 52 for our sermon series this year. Learn more at q52.mynorthside.com.