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Questions Week 18, Day 4

by David Joynt on August 30, 2017


 

MATTHEW 7:1-5

 

What does it mean to be “spiritual?” Is it the opposite of being shallow and materialistic? Is it a vague way of saying “sensitive and in tune with others?” The vagueness of this word hides a simple truth. Most people who cultivate their own “spirituality” apart from the church community get to define their own journey exclusively. When we are the only designers, builders, and inspectors of our “spiritual homes,” they end up with shoddy construction and code violations!

 

Do offenders make the best judges? How then shall we identify our flaws and struggles? Do explorers not need seasoned guides or pupils learned professors?

 

 

How do you define what is to be spiritual?

 

 

Notice Jesus’ skepticism about our self-perception.

 

FAMILY TIME—

Who is the most spiritually mature person you know?

How can you tell?  

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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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