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A New Heart for the Valley Week 5, Day 6

by David Joynt on March 23, 2018

A New Heart for the Valley Week 5, Day 6

A SINGLE HEART

 

ROMANS 15:5-7

 

We are witnesses to the truth, but that witness must not be undermined by disunity. As Paul reminds us, the unity of our voices is a powerful argument to those outside the Christian community. Oneness is particularly significant in a divided world. “In all things charity” expresses this clearly. Open and honest disagreement, which we experienced at VPC in 2014-2015, can build a stronger unity, as I believe it has for our community. When churches face hard issues, they discover agreements and attitudes that supersede differences.

Pray that our unity will not only overcome division but be a positive witness to those outside our community.

 

FAMILY TIME

Do you have family practices that enable truthful disagreement?

Do you find it hard or easy to be charitable?

 

Tags: unity, honest disagreement

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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