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The Upside Down World, Week 12, Day 2

by David Joynt on November 27, 2017


LUKE 12:41


I love Peter’s question—”Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?” If we were asking, we’d say, “Lord, how does this parable apply to my life, and what should I learn from it?” Every Christian should read the Bible for purposes of instruction and action. God wants our thoughts and deeds to be shaped by His Word. We must be relentless in discovering how we fit into His teaching and how His teaching fits into our following. His teaching is for everyone, but it addresses each of us individually.


Do you ask this question when you read the Bible?


What part of Jesus’ teaching is most compelling for your life? And most applicable right now?




FAMILY TIME— What do you want to discover when you read your Bible?

Tags: bible

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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