Subscribe to RSS feeds
Categories
Index (4,154)
- Adult Bible Classes (703)
1 Corinthians (109)
- 1 John (19)
- 1 Kings (1)
- 1 Samuel (12)
- 2 Samuel (11)
- Acts (46)
- Amazing Grace (69)
- Apologetics (52)
- Blue Parakeet (29)
- Creation 2.0 (36)
- Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan (51)
- Galatians (35)
- John (140)
- Luke (2)
- Psalms (1)
- Revelation (16)
- Sermon on the Mount (42)
- The Story (36)
- Bible Study Resources (39)
- Blogging (7)
- Book Reviews (349)
- Church Refugees (11)
- Covenant: God's Purpose, God's Plan (7)
- Gordon Wenham’s Story as Torah: Reading the Old Testament Narrative Ethically (7)
- Honor & Shame, by Roland Muller (3)
- How God Became King (3)
- John Nugent’s Endangered Gospel (9)
- Kingdom Conspiracy by Scot McKnight (21)
- Misreading Scriptures with Western Eyes (14)
- Muscle & Shovel, by Michael Shank (32)
- N. T. Wright's After You Believe (5)
- N. T. Wright's The Day the Revolution Began (108)
- Naked Gospel, The (5)
- NT Wright's Surprised by Scripture (1)
- Paul and the Faithfulness of God (22)
- Sitting at the Feet of the Rabbi Jesus (3)
- The Advantage, by Patrick Lencioni (24)
- The Case for the Psalms, by N. T. Wright (4)
- The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant, by Michael J. Gorman (7)
- To Change the World (17)
- Vines: God and the Gay Christian (6)
- Christian Disciplines (27)
- Christian Evidences/Apologetics (62)
- Archaeology (7)
- Scientific Creationism (17)
- Church & Politics (50)
- Church Finances and Business (44)
- Taxes (13)
- Church of Christ Doctrinal Issues (647)
- Age of Accountability (17)
- Assembly 2.0 (13)
- Christmas (7)
- Church of Christ Deism (16)
- Congregational Autonomy and Mergers (22)
- Denominationalism (2)
- Discipline (6)
- Divorce and Remarriage (72)
- Ecclesiology (24)
- Church 2.0 (22)
- Communion (2)
- Deacons (5)
- Fork in the Road (115)
- Instrumental Music (129)
- Real Restoration (52)
- Real Worship (32)
- Renewing Our Worship (52)
- Role of Women (91)
- Sacramentalism (12)
- What Must be Preserved of the Churches of Christ? (25)
- Church Plants and Foreign Missions (56)
- Church Trends (67)
- Churches of Christ (246)
- Commenting (13)
- Communion Meditations (42)
- Counseling (1)
- Evangelism (1)
- Grace (206)
- Amazing Grace (103)
- Facing Our Failure (3)
- Faith That Works (24)
- GraceConversation.com (15)
- Hermeneutics (207)
- Holy Spirit and Providence (124)
- Jewish Roots of Christianity (6)
- Leadership (491)
- Adult Bible Classes (9)
- Church Growth (104)
- Direct Hit (6)
- Megachurches (16)
- Replanting a Church (28)
- What's Wrong with How We Do Church (12)
- Church Ministries (29)
- Small Groups (7)
- Spiritual Formation (7)
- Church Refugees (11)
- Deacons (12)
- Elders (129)
- Advice to a New Elder (42)
- Bad Elders (9)
- Good to Great (3)
- I Sold My Soul on eBay (7)
- Leading a Small Church (3)
- Leading Change (31)
- Litigation Between Brothers (2)
- Ministers (31)
- Multi-generational/Orange Ministry (15)
- Multisite Churches (1)
- Organizing Your Church (7)
- Overseeing the Moderate Church (7)
- Preacher Searches (10)
- Preaching (4)
- Racial Diversity in Church (10)
- Sexual Ethics (17)
- Teams (2)
- The Advantage, by Patrick Lencioni (24)
- The Pain of Disappointment (15)
- Vision (1)
- Worship/Assembly Planning (8)
- Missional Christianity (129)
- Everything Must Change (4)
- Ministry Ideas (21)
- Radical (8)
- Resident Aliens (8)
- Simply Missional (11)
- New Wineskins Magazine (26)
- Parenting (2)
- Race (1)
- Restoration Movement (55)
- Sacraments (210)
- Baptism (180)
- Lord's Supper (34)
- Sexuality (119)
- Technology (1)
- Textual studies (591)
- 1 Corinthians (108)
- 1 John (19)
- 1 Kings (1)
- 1 Samuel (13)
- 1 Thessalonians (30)
- 2 Samuel (12)
- 2 Thessalonians (18)
- Acts (46)
- Colossians (13)
- Ephesians (18)
- Galatians (40)
- Hebrews (1)
- Luke (10)
- Philemon (2)
- Revelation (62)
- Romans (163)
- Sermon on the Mount (42)
- Theology (585)
- Afterlife, The (117)
- Atonement (54)
- Available Light (46)
- Calvinism (107)
- Election (60)
- God Is Not Fair (1)
- Neo-Calvinism (8)
- Perseverance (12)
- Searching for a Third Way (21)
- The Pope, the Salvation of the Jews and Calvinism (16)
- Christology (1)
- Connection of Church with Israel (74)
- Cruciform God (17)
- Gospel, What Is the? (47)
- Inerrancy and the Canon (14)
- Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (6)
- New Perspective (19)
- Pacifism (29)
- Soteriology (103)
- Salvation 2.0 (78)
- The Salvation of the Christians (9)
- The Salvation of the Jews (16)
- Universalism (11)
- Story theory (10)
- Theodicy (How God can allow bad things to happen) (7)
- Truth, What Is? (5)
- What Is Sin? (8)
- Thought Questions (83)
- Youth Ministry (10)
- Uncategorized (5,140)
Author Archives: Jay F Guin
Instrumental Worship Music of the Season: It’s About the Cross
by Go Fish
Posted in Uncategorized
3 Comments
Wiki-Lessons: Abigail, Nabal, and Saul: Vengeance is Mine
Wednesday night’s teacher prep class was thinly attended. Most of the teachers had another meeting to attend. But we came across a very interesting parallel in the text. (1Sa 25:2-3 ESV) 2 And there was a man in Maon whose … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Samuel, 1 Samuel, Uncategorized
2 Comments
Baptism, an Exploration: Part 4 (The Baptism of Jesus)
The baptism of Jesus (Mat 3:13-17 ESV) 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you … Continue reading
Posted in Baptism, Uncategorized
9 Comments
Instrumental Worship Music of the Season
O come, o come Emmanuel, To free your captive Israel. That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear. [Refrain:] Rejoice! Rejoice! O Israel, to you shall come Emmanuel. Veni, veni, Emanuel! Captivum solve Israel! Qui gemit … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
6 Comments
Baptism, an Exploration: Part 3 (John the Baptist)
John the Baptist John is truly an enigmatic figure in the scriptures. Jesus praises him, and he was widely received as a prophet, and yet he did no miracles, and very few of his prophecies are preserved. He prepared the … Continue reading
Posted in Baptism, Uncategorized
34 Comments
Ministers Guilty of Sexual Sin: Christian Chronicle Editorial
From the January 2011 edition of the Christian Chronicle — The automatic reaction of some is to attribute the recent cases [of sex between a minister and a teen] to young, single ministers. In the cases referenced, though, the ministers … Continue reading
Posted in Sexual Ethics, Uncategorized
12 Comments
Baptism, an Exploration: Part 2 (Non-biblical Roots)
The Qumran community Beginning around 200 BC, a group of Jews, later known as the Essenes, likely arising from among the priests, made frequent ceremonial washings sacramental. While they emphasized the necessity of a changed heart, they insisted on evidencing … Continue reading
Posted in Baptism, Uncategorized
3 Comments
“Where’s the Line for Jesus?”
This video has gone viral. I was surprised to see this story from the Christian Chronicle pointing out that the singer, Becky Kelly, is a Lipscomb University graduate who met her husband at the McKnight Road Church of Christ in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
3 Comments
Baptism: Thomas Campbell on Baptism
“Prospectus of a Religious Reformation” I stumbled across an 1829 tract by Thomas Campbell called “Prospectus of a Religious Reformation” buried in The Memoirs of Thomas Campbell. It was evidently published only as a tract until The Memoirs of Thomas … Continue reading
Posted in Baptism, Restoration Movement, Uncategorized
9 Comments
Instrumental Music: The Regulative Principle of Worship
HistoryGuy wrote, Sometimes it seems that you are torn between two hermeneutics, which is my observation and not an attack. The normative principle of worship (NPW) teaches that worship must consist of that which is commanded by God and may … Continue reading
Posted in Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
22 Comments
