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Questions Week 3 Day 6

by David Joynt on May 19, 2017


DAY 20

1 CORINTHIANS 12:4-31

 

 

But the picture Paul gives of the church in our chapter today not only hints of a new order of things inside God’s family, it becomes a pattern for the larger society. Paul orders church life by spiritual gifts, assigning roles according to the way the Holy Spirit equips us for service. Now gifts seem to be given, then and now, irrespective of gender! Paul emphasizes the dignity and equality of every role. As society developed, and technology freed people from “survival mode,” hundreds of options came along for using gifts to lead and help and contribute. Patriarchalism faded, under rightful pressure, as women began to use their talents across fields.

 

 

Can you find your gifts in this chapter?

 

 

FAMILY TIME—

How many different jobs do you see women doing inside and outside the church?

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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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