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The Other Jesus, Week 2, Day 7

by David Joynt on June 16, 2018

The Other Jesus, Week 2, Day 7

MATTHEW 6:33

Sexual images are used, in our culture, to sell everything from cars to cosmetics. Selling is conflated with seducing. This is based on the “science” of marketing, in which it is motivating to associate products with moments of stimulation.

It is also a fitting illustration of a primary spiritual danger—the seduction of the secondary. A social dimension is important for those attending college, but too much time spent with friends can undermine the primary goal of learning and academic success. Food is a wonderful blessing, but seeking bliss can turn the stomach into the most significant organ, bypassing the heart and mind. Work is a means of expressing our gifts and serving God but it can easily become a way of measuring our worth.

 

Have you ever been seduced by the secondary?

FAMILY TIME

What are the signs someone is “seeking the Kingdom”?

 

Tags: balance, seduction

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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