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.

For Your Thought – 46 (Best Poem In The World)

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Oops. I meant to post this at James J. Albert’s California Letter blog, where it now appears. Br. Albert is a member of the one-cup Churches of Christ and has published his California Letters for many years urging that the … Continue reading →

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Hermeneutics: Jesus and Moses, Continued

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Jay F Guin

I made a point in a comment that, on reflection, should be expanded on and refined a bit. Consider Jesus’ explanation for why his disciples weren’t required to wash their hands before eating — (Mar 7:1-8 ESV) Now when the … Continue reading →

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What Must the Church of Christ Do to Be Saved? Chapter 11

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Jay F Guin

We’re working our way through Leroy Garrett’s book: What Must the Church of Christ Do to Be Saved? The paperback is $7.95, but it’s also available in Kindle edition for $0.99. For $0.99, it’s really an offer you can’t refuse! … Continue reading →

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Regarding SEC Expansion

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Jay F Guin

So I have a friend of a friend of a friend who works in the SEC headquarters. And late one night, he surreptitiously copied this letter from Texas A&M. Meanwhile, I’ve been wondering why the SEC presidents failed to approve … Continue reading →

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Hermeneutics: Paul and Moses

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Jay F Guin

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Hermeneutics: Jesus and Moses

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Jay F Guin

The greatest teacher of hermeneutics is Jesus. Jesus goes out of his way at times to put his disagreements with the Pharisees on display, and we can learn a lot about how to read the New Testament (and the Law … Continue reading →

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Hermeneutics: The Big Rocks

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Jerry wrote, I remember reading in the papers several decades ago an objection to some suggestion on hermeneutics, “But if we adopt that as our hermeneutic we will not be able to support….” and a particular doctrine prevalent in the … Continue reading →

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Hermeneutics: On How Hard Hermeneutics Is

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Jay F Guin

It’s an interesting fact that we insist that a church isn’t “scripturally organized” if it has no deacons, even though the scriptures do not tell us what the deacons are supposed to do — at least not very clearly. But … Continue reading →

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New from Switchfoot

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Oh … to have the gift to compose and play a song … But I’m not sentimental This skin and bones in a rental And no one makes it out alive Until I die I’ll sing these songs On the … Continue reading →

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Hermeneutics: Widows, an application from an unfamiliar passage

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Scholars, ancient and modern, conservative and progressive and moderate and liberal, struggle to understand what Paul says about widows in 1 Timothy 5. (1Ti 5:3-16 ESV) 3 Honor widows who are truly widows. 4 But if a widow has children … Continue reading →

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