Author Archives: Jay F Guin

About Jay F Guin

My name is Jay Guin, and I’m a retired elder. I wrote The Holy Spirit and Revolutionary Grace about 18 years ago. I’ve spoken at the Pepperdine, Lipscomb, ACU, Harding, and Tulsa lectureships and at ElderLink. My wife’s name is Denise, and I have four sons, Chris, Jonathan, Tyler, and Philip. I have two grandchildren. And I practice law.

John’s Gospel: Chapter 1:10-16 (“He came to his own”)

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Jay F Guin

(John 1:10-11 ESV)  10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.  11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. We are, of … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: Chapter 1:6-10 (“a man sent from God”)

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Jay F Guin

(John 1:6-9 ESV)  6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.  7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.  8 He was not the light, but … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: Chapter 1:1-3 (“the Word”)

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Jay F Guin

(John 1:1 ESV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The “Word” translates logos, meaning most literally “word” but also a “command.” The Ten Commandments were sometimes referred as the … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: Chapter 1:1-5 (“The light shines in the darkness”)

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Jay F Guin

(John 1:1-5 ESV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: Introduction, Continued

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Jay F Guin

John is a natural follow up to the Creation 2.0 series. After all, if it’s God’s purpose to restore the Creation to Eden and to restore mankind to the image of God — an image modeled by Jesus — then there’s … Continue reading →

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Comments Fixed, Etc.

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Jay F Guin

For the last few days, there’s been a bug in the commenting software — evidently due to an update from WordPress itself. I’ve turned off the plugin causing the problem, and so commenting should be back to usual. This costs … Continue reading →

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Adult Bible Classes: Galatians and Creation 2.0

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Jay F Guin

This summer, my churches classes — teens and older — studied a series on Galatians posted here. This fall we’re studying another series posted here called Creation 2.0. I know several readers have used this material in their classes or … Continue reading →

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Technology: Our New Web Site

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Jay F Guin

Several years ago, my congregation paid for a consulting firm to design and install our website. And it was a mistake. It wasn’t even state of the art at the time, and it never really spoke truth about who we are. … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: “Who Is this Son of Man”? Introduction

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Jay F Guin

(John 12:34 ESV) So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” Beginning in … Continue reading →

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On Hiatus, Continued

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Jay F Guin

I’ve been on blog hiatus for the last several days. But I’ll be back — Lord willing and the creek don’t rise. It’s been an interesting experience. The pace of adding new email subscribers is actually up. Evidently people enjoy … Continue reading →

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