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Stress Test Devotional April 26

by David Joynt on April 26, 2024

Stress Test Devotional April 26

LUKE 24:32 | 32 They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?”

Heartburn! Jesus is revealed in the scriptures. From the moment of creation to the end of time and final judgement, He is there. His incarnation shifts our understanding of God. His death and Resurrection changes our view of suffering and salvation. His mercy and grace alters our view of ethics and life’s purpose. His promised return reshapes our hopes and expectations. No wonder there were burning hearts. No wonder it took the church centuries to understand the full meaning of the Christ event and construct the creeds.

 

Do you allow the Bible to impact both heart and head?

 

 

Gracious God,

May our hearts burn within us as we read the scriptures.

Amen.

 

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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