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A New Heart for the Valley - Easter

by David Joynt on April 01, 2018

A New Heart for the Valley - Easter

A BURNING HEART

EASTER SUNDAY | APRIL 1, 2018

LUKE 24:13-35

 

This is the world’s greatest moment of heartburn. Two defeated disciples are leaving Jerusalem for Emmaus, trying unsuccessfully to process Jesus’ death. Early reports from the female disciples of Jesus’ Resurrection have not taken hold. But the Risen Lord explains why his terrible suffering and triumph over death fulfills the hopes and promises of the scriptures. After the Bible study, there is a meal, and at last Jesus is recognized! The hearts of the disciples who had walked with Jesus and understood the scriptures about his passion had begun to burn, and for them the Resurrection will become not only the key to the Bible, but an ongoing fire that shapes their lives and hearts.

 

Is your heart on fire? Only Christ can make hearts new and glowing!

 

FAMILY TIME

Praise God for the power that brings life from death and turns sorrow and doubt into joy and faith.

 

Tags: easter, faith, joy, power

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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