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.

The Fork in the Road: A Different Gospel, Part 1 (Gal 1 -2)

In a recent post regarding the “progressive agenda,” I wrote, Of course, my view of the gospel differs from the gospel as taught by conservatives in important ways. I’m persuaded that if they’ll understand the gospel as I teach it, … Continue reading

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A Different Way to Do Teen Ministry Campus Ministry Church, Short-term missions?

Theory, Part 3 — Or how teen mission trip reports can be about someone other than the teens Two short-term mission trips. Trip 1. The adults bought plane tickets and hired a bus so the kids can go to Central … Continue reading

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The Lord’s Supper: The Experts Weigh In

John Mark Hicks recently posted some material on the Lord’s Supper that’s very pertinent to this series, which I thought I’d wrapped up a few weeks ago. The post summarizes a scholarly paper he presented at the 2010 Stone-Campbell Conference. … Continue reading

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The Cruciform God: The Cross-Shaped Colony, Part 2

We’re continuing our study of Michael J. Gorman’s Inhabiting the Cruciform God. We are now well-beyond the book, but continuing to explore its implications. A different kind of colony (1 Pet 2:9-10)  But you are a chosen people, a royal … Continue reading

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A Different Way to Do Teen Ministry Campus Ministry Church, Mentors?

Theory Part 2 — Or why teens shouldn’t have to tell us what they did last summer Let’s push this line of thought just a little further. And by “a little” I really mean “a lot” — because this isn’t … Continue reading

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Amazing Grace: Patternism Articles in New Wineskins

The recent series of articles in New Wineskins regarding the errors of patternism have triggered a response at the From God’s Breath blog edited by Scott Shifferd Jr. I was actually quoted! Shifferd’s posts responding to the articles are- A … Continue reading

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The Cruciform God: The Cross-Shaped Colony, Part 1

We’re continuing our study of Michael J. Gorman’s Inhabiting the Cruciform God. We are now well-beyond the book, but continuing to explore its implications. The holy colony (Phil 3:20-21)  But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a … Continue reading

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Transforming Publishing: New Outlet for Book Publishing

For all you frustrated authors out there, Milton Stanley, who blogs at Transforming Sermons, has begun a publishing venture for Christian books called Transforming Publishing. He says, Electronic copies of all publications will be available free online, and hardcopy publications … Continue reading

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A Different Way to Do Teen Ministry Campus Ministry Church, Relationships?

Theory, Part 1 — Or why I cringe everytime I hear that our kids are building great relationships. I have this theory. It goes like this. Sometimes we run youth ministry like a babysitting service with devos thrown in. And … Continue reading

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The Political Church: A Christian Commonwealth?

Following centuries of Christian-on-Christian persecution, the English nation was desperate for a solution. How do we end the violence and bloodshed? The answer came from the pen of John Locke, the Enlightenment philosopher whose work greatly influenced the Declaration of … Continue reading

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