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.

Real Restoration: Acts: “Repent” in Acts 2:38, Part 3 (Spirit, Wrapping Up)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Jay F Guin

The Spirit The other element missing from Brandon’s outline is the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is very nearly as much a theme of Peter’s sermon as Jesus. Peter begins his sermon by declaring that the Spirit is being outpoured as … Continue reading →

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Real Restoration: Acts: “Repent” in Acts 2:38, Part 2

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Jay F Guin

“Repent” In the Septuagint (or LXX, the Greek translation of the Old Testament), the word translated “repent” is almost always used to refer to God. Thus, the ESV translates “relent.” It often refers to God’s decision not to punish as … Continue reading →

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Real Restoration: Acts: “Repent” in Acts 2:38, Part 1

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Jay F Guin

The June 2011 issue of the Gospel Advocate has an article considering J. W. McGarvey’s analysis of Peter’s sermon at Pentecost, by Brandon Renfroe. Well, I just posted an analysis of the same sermon, and I thought it might be useful to … Continue reading →

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House Churches and Institutional Churches, Part 9 (Further on Multi-campus Congregations)

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Price asked in a comment, Jay…I find it amusing that you attribute many positive attributes to economy of scale and yet you begin to limit that scale to a certain radius…Why? Price, Let’s consider the analogy I offered earlier. No … Continue reading →

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House Churches and Institutional Churches, Part 8 (Multi-campus Congregations)

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Inevitably, I suppose, I need to address the phenomenon of the multi-campus congregation. For example, we have in Alabama a non-denominational congregation with campuses in four cities. There’s one sermon delivered by one man each Sunday, and the video of … Continue reading →

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What’s the Point of Linkedin?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Jay F Guin

About every 3 seconds, someone sends me an invitation to join their “business network” on Linkedin. And being an obliging sort of guy, I oblige them. So far, all that happens is I get more invitations to join someone’s business … Continue reading →

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Church Finances and Business: Housing Allowance Challenge Dismissed

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Jay F Guin

The constitutional challenge to the exclusion of a minister’s housing allowance has been voluntarily dismissed. The plaintiffs — including Michael Newdow, famous for his unsuccessful challenge to “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance — concluded that under recent Supreme Court … Continue reading →

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House Churches & Institutional Churches, Part 7

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Jay F Guin

The early church had elderships over entire cities, overseeing a single city-wide church meeting in numerous houses. The early churches met a congregation of the whole church at times, but the Roman government and Jewish authorities often made that impossible. … Continue reading →

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Real Restoration: Acts: Paul on Mars Hills

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Paul speech on Mars Hill (the Areopagus) in Athens, Greece is famous. We have to wonder why this speech is so well known but the preceding speeches and sermons, even Peter’s lesson at Pentecost, are not nearly as admired or … Continue reading →

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True Grit Music

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Jay F Guin

I don’t watch many movies, but I’ve been under the weather. And so I watched the remake of True Grit. I enjoyed the movie, but I loved the music. (I bet most readers can name the tunes.)    

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