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.

10,000 Comments in 2010!

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Jay F Guin

I’ve gotten to where I don’t check the stats on my site like I used to. I’m don’t think it’s about maturity or humility or such. It’s about lack of time. But I just stumbled across the fact that One … Continue reading →

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Instrumental Worship Music of the Season: O Holy Night, in Celtic style

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Celtic Women “Fall on your knees, oh, hear the angel voices…” And why not add …

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Ministers: Why We Should Do Background Checks on Ministers Before We Hire Them

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Jay F Guin

The Christian Chronicle just ran this astonishing story. The full story is from the Washington Post, and it’s a fascinating, disturbing read. It seems that a Virginia Church of Christ hired a minister who had been convicted of beating his … Continue reading →

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The Ghost of Christmases Past

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Jay F Guin

A long-time reader asked me to dig out and dust off my old posts on Christmas to help her with a situation at her home church. I figured, now that I’ve gotten them out of the closet, I’d may as … Continue reading →

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Baptism, an Exploration: Baptism in the Spirit, Pentecost

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Yes, I know, I’ve skipped John, but we have to cover Acts first, because Acts is also by Luke, who is part of the Synoptic tradition. We need to see how Luke puts it all together. Baptism in the Spirit … Continue reading →

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Instrumental Worship Music of the Season: I Heard the Bells of Christmas

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Jars of Clay I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men. Then ringing, singing on its way, The world revolved from … Continue reading →

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Instrumental Worship Music of the Season: Love Came Down at Christmas

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Jay F Guin

by Jars of Clay Love Came Down at Christmas , Love all lovely, love divine; Love was born at Christmas, Star and angels gave the sign. Worship we the Godhead, Love incarnate, love divine; Worship we our Jesus: But wherewith … Continue reading →

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Oops

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Jay F Guin

My post on Romans in the Baptism, An Exploration series got sent out too soon. I tried to schedule it for January, but forgot to change 2010 to 2011. It’s postponed for a couple of weeks because (1) it’s not … Continue reading →

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Music of a Different Season

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Jay F Guin

by the Maccabeats

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Baptism, an Exploration: Part 5 (Baptism by Jesus; Baptism in the Synoptic Gospels)

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Pre-Pentecost baptisms by the apostles (John 3:22-26 ESV) 22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water … Continue reading →

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