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VPC 2.0 Daily Devotional-19

by David Joynt on October 22, 2020


JOSHUA 24:24 | 24 The people said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and him we will obey.”

EXODUS 34:10 | 10 He said: I hereby make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform marvels, such as have not been performed in all the earth or in any nation; and all the people among whom you live shall see the work of the Lord; for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.

A covenant was made between the people of Israel and their God at Shechem. But wasn’t there already a covenant made at Sinai, with Moses and the people?

But Joshua’s day there was a new situation, new generations, and new challenges. There are many moments we must recommit
ourselves to God and one another. At these pivot points we realize again what is required from us at a particular juncture.
Communities can drift apart, lessons can be forgotten, purposes can be misconstrued. Renewing our covenants is key in our deepest relationships and communities of faith.

If VPC were to construct a community covenant, what should go in it?

 

Tags: new, covenant, pivot

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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