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The Other Jesus, Week 4, Day 6

by David Joynt on June 29, 2018

The Other Jesus, Week 4, Day 6

LUKE 19:36 - 40

One lesson from this is to be careful what we celebrate and what we criticize. It is wise to take time to discern how God is at work and to remember that often his ways are surprising. He employs unusual people and unexpected channels. If in doubt we should refrain from criticism. On the other hand failure to celebrate the great things God is doing, out of jealousy or fear, is always mistaken. When the Kingdom is coming you and I must be cheering! This is one of the lessons of Palm Sunday.

What things or people do you find yourself condemning?

What do you celebrate?

FAMILY TIME

Spend some time celebrating how you see God at work in church and in the world.

 

Tags: celebration, condemnation

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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