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The Upside Down World, Week 2, Day 2

by David Joynt on September 18, 2017


MATTHEW 15:1-4

 

There are reasons why the word of God does not reside deeply in our hearts. The soil types describe three categories of problems preventing us from being receptive and productive. One is inattention. Words not heard will not be absorbed. The seed on the path never takes root and grows, and so is available as birdfeed. Many bibles given or bought are never used. Many services preached become a vague memory by the time the line has dissipated.

 

 

How attentive are you?  

 

FAMILY TIME—

Play a memory game. Talk about attention versus inattention.

When and to what do we give our best attention?

 

Tags: attentive, soil

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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