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Christmas at the Movies: Week 2, Day 5

by David Joynt on December 14, 2017


 

Luke 21:1-4 | Matthew 19:13-15

The way Jesus looks at people, and the ones that impress him,
reveals once again the exaltation of the lowly. He finds faith in a
Roman soldier. He commissions a Samaritan woman to enlist
others in the faith. He picks out a poor elderly woman as a model
of generosity. He insists that little children are models we must
imitate in order to enter the Kingdom. He commends those who
quietly and unselfconsciously served the needs of the imprisoned,
the sick, the hungry, and the unsheltered. The world's hierarchy
is upended.

 

 

Whom do you notice? Who impresses you?

 

 

Do you share Jesus' values in what you admire?

 

Tags: values

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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