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Questions Week 12, Day 6

by David Joynt on July 21, 2017


 

2 PETER 1:16-21

 

One of our ordination’s vows is that we believe that the Bible is the “unique and authoritative” witness to Jesus Christ, and also God’s word to me.” Now in one sense, this is very simple and unavoidable. The testimony of the first disciples of Jesus is certainly unique, because only they talked with Him, learned from Him, and observed Him during His earthly life. The witness of the first generation of believers and disciples is sui generis and our only original source of knowledge about Jesus’ words and life. But in another sense, this vow is not simply a matter of historical necessity. Instead, it is about my own experience of discovering the truth and power of the Bible and God’s repeated use of scripture to speak to me, to guide, and to reveal himself to me.

 

 

Thank God for the first generation of disciples!

 

 

Does God use the Bible to reveal His will and nature to you?

  

FAMILY TIME—

When was the last time you were the only witness to a bad deed?

Or to a great one?

What did it feel like?

 

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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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