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Easter Hearts, Week 3, Day 5

by David Joynt on April 26, 2018

Easter Hearts, Week 3, Day 5

 

JOHN 20:26-27

 

Jesus sought Thomas out! No new content is added to our story by these verses. The disciples have already seen Jesus and his wounds; they’ve already been blessed with his peace. This scene repeats the earlier moment. Except it includes Thomas.

 

The Lord is a seeker. In his ministry, he sought the lost sheep and the alienated sons and daughters; in his Resurrection appearances, he seeks the doubting, the fearful, and the disconsolate. Thomas knows after this moment that he matters to the king and that Jesus wants him to know full assurance and have true conviction.

 

Has Jesus sought you?

 

What form has this taken?

 

FAMILY TIME—

Jesus understands our doubts. Is this reassuring for you or disturbing? 

 

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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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