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.

To Change the World: A Reader’s Comment

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Jay F Guin

I get emails — I assume when you say “show me a Christian college that …”, you’re referring to CofC Christian colleges. There is no more cutting edge university in music than Belmont; Wheaton is pretty darn good in liberal … Continue reading →

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To Change the World: Essay 2, Summary, Part 2

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Jay F Guin

[This series of posts won’t be a traditional book review. Rather, I’ll summarize parts of To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World by James Davison Hunter, and then I’ll add my … Continue reading →

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To Change the World: Essay 2, Summary, Part 1

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Jay F Guin

[This series of posts won’t be a traditional book review. Rather, I’ll summarize parts of To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World by James Davison Hunter, and then I’ll add my … Continue reading →

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The Fork in the Road: Parsing Words

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Jay F Guin

I get emails — Hi Jay, I’m a devoted follower of your blog and I’m always thankful for everything you’ve written. I often pray that God continues to bless you with strength and wisdom to keep on doing what you’re … Continue reading →

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To Change the World: Readers’ Questions

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Jay F Guin

I’ve been talking to some people involved with marketing this book about arranging for an interview with James Hunter to post here. I think it will happen. Rather than the usual “why did you write this book?” marketing fluff, I … Continue reading →

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MDR: A Very Interesting Question

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Jay F Guin

I’ve been corresponding with reader Dan Knight regarding Dan’s intriguing theory for how to read the “divorce” passages in the Gospels. I’ve read extensively on the subject, and I’ve never run into his theory before — and it just might … Continue reading →

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To Change the World: Essay 1, Reflections

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Jay F Guin

It’s important to begin by noting that the essay summarized in the preceding post of this series is the first of three essays in To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World … Continue reading →

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Barbara S. Rossing, The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Jay F Guin

The Churches of Christ have never much been into the whole Rapture and Tribulation thing. In fact, I graduated from Lipscomb and knew nothing about the Rapture other than the bumper sticker: “In Case of Rapture, this Car Will Be … Continue reading →

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To Change the World: Essay 1, Summary

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Jay F Guin

This series of posts won’t be a traditional book review. Rather, I’ll summarize parts of To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World by James Davison Hunter, and then I’ll add my … Continue reading →

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David and Michal

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Jay F Guin

I get emails — In 2 Sam. 6:23 it is noted that Michal had no children before her death. As you know it was stated after she had chastised David’s behavior as the ark was being returned. We were discussing God’s view of David’s … Continue reading →

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