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Broken and the Blessed Week 8, Day 5

by David Joynt on March 02, 2017


DAY 54

MATTHEW 5

 

Where are some of the pressure points for Christians in modern American life? They may involve integrity issues at work or at school, since Jesus tells us to “let our yes be yes.” If we obey scripture, we may be labeled as “fanatics” and if we pursue purity as “Puritans.” If we resist the labeling and denigrating of opponents in the name of enemy love, we may be called “naïve.” Traditional views on marriage are seen as outdated or even criminally prejudiced and our emphasis on non-violence as unrealistic.

 

Read Chapter 5 in the Sermon on the Mount and see where obedience to these commands might create resistance.

 

FAMILY TIME:

Pray for Christians in Russia and China who speak out for religious and political freedom.

 

Tags: devotional, the broken and the blessed

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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