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Author Archives: Jay F Guin
Clergy & Laity: Why doesn’t the minister have any friends at church?
As I’ve said before, I’ve never been in full-time ministry. But I’ve hung around ministers and ministers’ kids all my life. And I’ve observed that many ministers struggle to make friends. Think about your home congregation. Who are your preacher’s … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: On Imperfect Baptisms, Part 7
The kingdom of heaven is like a man, who trained for years to run the Olympic 400-meter race, and whose hamstring failed, making it impossible not only to win the race, but even to finish. For I tell you that … Continue reading
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Colossians: 1:13-16
(Col 1:13-14 ESV) 13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Kingdom “Has delivered” indicates that it’s an accomplished fact. … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: On Imperfect Baptisms, Part 6.1 (Summary of Arguments Made in the Comments)
Guy asked, But where’s the bottom? At what point is it not a baptism at all? If there’s no bottom, then no one really needs baptized at all. Because if everything’s a baptism to some degree, then nothing is. It’s … Continue reading
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“Shot of Love”
So very sorry about the video. I’ve been studying how I could have posted something so raunchy. I didn’t notice anything when previewing the video from beginning to end. Maybe it was the small YouTube picture. Maybe I was distracted. … Continue reading
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The Fork in the Road: On Imperfect Baptisms, Part 6
Perfect baptism Does God require a perfect faith to save someone? Or a perfect penitence? Then why on earth would he require perfect baptism when faith and penitence are are of the essence? There’s a strain of thought in 20th … Continue reading
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The Fork in the Road: On Imperfect Baptisms, Part 5.1
JMF asked, 1) Jay— Functionally, how would we go about asking if one had received the Spirit? As you said in your book, there are atheists that blow us away in ways that look like Spirit fruit. JMF, That’s a … Continue reading
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“Man Gave Names to All the Animals”
Song by Bob Dylan, sung by Jason Mraz. Posted just because.
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The Fork in the Road: On Imperfect Baptisms, Part 4.4 (Further on Apollos and the laying on of hands)
Guy said, (1) The Ephesian disciples would know they received the Spirit because when Paul laid his hands on them, they prophesied and spoke in tongues. That’s entirely true, but it’s not the only way to know whether someone has … Continue reading
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The Fork in the Road: On Imperfect Baptisms, Part 5
Infant baptism Now, the other place where the Churches of Christ (and Baptists) disagree with most of the rest of Christianity is in the acceptability of infant baptism (even if performed by immersion). I don’t want to re-walk well-worn ground, … Continue reading
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