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Questions Week 17, Day 6

by David Joynt on August 25, 2017


MATTHEW 6:19-21

2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-9

 

Another constraining aspect of the Christian life is our emphasis on generosity. Biblical teaching about wealth stresses both the joy and danger of material blessing. Accumulation can become hoarding all too often unless we cultivate a sense of responsibility for those who are suffering and in need. Success is an opportunity to share and bless others. I am very grateful for the many men and women in our community who have worked hard and succeeded, who have saved and invested, and who now share their resources wisely and generously. The measure of a society is not average income or GDP, but how we care for the vulnerable.

 

 

Do you tithe? If so, how has it impacted your life?

 

 

If not, why not? Are you storing up treasures in Heaven?

 

 

FAMILY TIME—

Show your kids the generosity section of your family budget.

Explain why this is vital for Christian disciples.

Tags: bless, generosity, share

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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