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Leading with a Loyal Heart: Day 4

Have you seen the impact of disloyalty anywhere in your life? Are you loyal?

by David Joynt on July 06, 2016

Leading with a Loyal Heart: Day 4

2 SAMUEL 15:1-23

 

A lack of loyalty is destructive. Without loyalty, athletic teams bicker and fail. Without loyalty, political administrations leak and crumble. Without loyalty, every obstacle becomes a crisis, and people begin to blame others rather than assuming collective responsibility. Without loyalty, trust dissipates and relationships erode.

The tragedy of Absolom’s rebellion and the implosion of David’s family is a classic example of how destructive disloyalty can be. For disloyalty creates sides and divisions, opening fissures and promoting conflicts.

 

Have you seen the impact of disloyalty anywhere in your life?

Are you loyal?

 

 

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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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