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The Other Jesus, Week 2, Day 2

by David Joynt on June 11, 2018

The Other Jesus, Week 2, Day 2

LUKE 8:1-3; 19:1-10

Following these twin principles leads us to see that Jesus does not always recommend liquidation. Zacchaeus pays back four times what he has defrauded from others, and gives half his assets to the poor. There are wealthy women in the gospels who support Jesus’ ministry in an ongoing way, like Joanna and Susanna.

Wealth creation can lead to strategic Kingdom investment that furthers God’s work! There does not seem to be a one-size-fits-all solution to the issue of our assets and responsibilities. Divestment is not Jesus’ command in every case, since it also creates dependency and ends any future stream of resources.

Do you know anyone who is radically generous?

Do your possessions sometimes feel like a burden?

FAMILY TIME

How do you make financial decisions in your family?

 

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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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