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The Originals, Week 4, Day 6

by David Joynt on February 02, 2018


MATTHEW 5-7

As a disciple, Matthew illustrates the power of paying attention.
His Gospel has the most complete account of Jesus' teaching and
life. It is a truism in life that we can only share what we know.
Matthew knew a lot! He conveyed Jesus' perspective on honesty,
on prayer, on sacrifice, on worship, on generosity, on forgiveness,
on blessing, on sex and marriage, on confrontation, and so on.

 
Matthew went from collecting taxes to collecting truth, and he did
it magnificently.

 

 

Are you attentive?

 

 

How highly do you value the words of Jesus?

 

 

Memorize two sentences from Matthew 5.

 

Tags: attentive

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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