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Author Archives: Jay F Guin
The Gospel of John Series Relocated
Until a few minutes ago, I had a huge table in the right column listing all the articles in the Gospel of John series, completed a few weeks ago. I kept it there to make it easy for teachers in … Continue reading
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The Preacher Search: Lessons for Churches Searching for Preachers, Part 2
6. Don’t go too fast. People grow very attached to the pulpit minister. They see him as a pastor, counselor, spiritual leader, guru, father figure, best friend … all sorts of ways. Having him leave their lives will be traumatic for … Continue reading
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The Preacher Search: Lessons for Churches Searching for Preachers, Part 1
We finished a 15-month preacher search late last year. I’ve learned several lessons I thought I should pass along. Many of these I learned the hard way. This was not my first preacher search, by any means, but the Churches … Continue reading
Posted in Ministers, Preacher Searches, Uncategorized
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In Search for My Missing Comments
Well, my webhosting service has confirmed that the backup from the day before they began to repair my comment system is hopelessly corrupted. All comments from about November of last year until a few days ago are lost. So here’s … Continue reading
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ElderLink in Atlanta — An Idea for Supporting Our Elders
(So I did a search for images for “ElderLink.” And look at what I found! For those of you who don’t play Zelda — or have kids who do (my situation) — the picture is a sculpture of Link, the hero … Continue reading
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Jesus and Paul on the Hermeneutics of Sexuality: Masturbation
Since we’ve spent that last several days on the subject of sex, and since we just addressed one of those questions I’d hoped I’d never get, here’s the other question I’d hoped I’d never get — Is masturbation a sin? … Continue reading
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The Message of Ezekiel, by Christopher J. H. Wright
So I was called to New York on business. And I like to read on the plane. I just can’t make myself watch movies in an airplane for some reason. And it’s just too uncomfortable to sleep. It was short notice, and … Continue reading
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Comments up and operating, but …
The commenting software is working again. You should be able to post new comments with no problems. Unfortunately, the last 6 months of comments are in limbo. The webhosting service is hoping to retrieve them tonight. The comment database was … Continue reading
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Comments still broken
[10:28 CT 5/15/13] Comments are still broken. Not lost, but the link between the massive comments database and the webpage is corrupted. As it turns out, the problem stems from software installed to protect the site from hackers. Ironic … … Continue reading
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Jesus and Paul on the Hermeneutics of Sexuality: Grace and Gay Christians
Okay. I lied. The series isn’t over — except it is. This is a new series (See the new picture?) We had been pursuing the question of whether homosexual sex is a sin — and thanks to many thoughtful readers … Continue reading
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