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.

Church Plants and Missions: A Framework: Finances; Taxes

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Our arrangement with the missionary, in general We will assure timely payment of support every month. This is a big deal. If you’re the sponsoring church, it’s your job to get the missionary’s money to him or her on time … Continue reading →

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“High” by Marc Scibilia

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Jay F Guin

I’m so tired, can barely get out of bed Seeing double, hanging on by a thread My eyes don’t deceive me, I look like a wreck My feet have stopped walking in this valley of death I feel like I … Continue reading →

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The Age of Accountability: The Christian Standard considers the possibilities

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Recently, the Christian Standard ran a series of articles considering the difficulties posed by the doctrine of the “age of accountability.” The first article, by Teresa Welch, defines three related problems — Problem One: Lack of a New Testament Example … Continue reading →

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Colossians 2:9-14

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Jay F Guin

You’ll notice that I’ve skipped a few verses. I meant to. This was supposed to be a one-quarter series of classes, and I’m two months into and haven’t even finished chapter 1. It’s time to make some hard choices. (Col 2:8 ESV)  … Continue reading →

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Church Plants and Missions: A Framework: Commitment Term; Communications; Finances

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Commitment term Except as noted above, we will make no commitments to missionaries for longer than 5 years, with 3 years being preferred. One of the tougher questions a missions team must wrestle with is how long to commit to … Continue reading →

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“When He Returns” by Marc Scibilia

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Jay F Guin
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Taxes for Foreign Missionaries: Ireland

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Jay F Guin

I get emails — Let’s say we raise $X a year and live in Ireland for about 330 days a year, what portion of that income do we pay Social Security on? What portion do we pay federal income tax … Continue reading →

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“Tell Me a Beautiful Lie” by Chris Guin

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Chris (my oldest son) has now posted the entire video and songs from his musical, “Tell Me a Beautiful Lie.” The video may be viewed as a series of YouTube clips. The songs may be listened to as a single … Continue reading →

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Church Plants and Missions: A Framework: Short-term Missions; Support; Heart

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Jay F Guin

All short-term mission activity will be all-church activities. That is, there will be no teen-only or campus-only mission trips. Rather, teen and campus mission works will be in support of congregational mission efforts. We will always support at least one … Continue reading →

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A Musical Interlude: “Baptized” by Lenny Kravitz

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Jay F Guin
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