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Real Devotional 41

by David Joynt on June 10, 2022

Real Devotional 41

JAMES 2:26 | 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.

What enlivens faith? The short answer is congruence between beliefs and behavior. Acting on our faith makes kingdom events happen, releasing God’s power and opening new possibilities. Then faith grows as we see lives changed, sense new truths, overcome obstacles, and see evil retreat. Faith that doesn’t act is inert. It doesn’t generate anything, it is immobilized. That is what James means by “dead.”

What beliefs are you acting on?

Tags: beliefs

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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