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: The Pattern Et Cetera

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Jay F Guin

This is in response to Cougan’s comment from Tuesday. The answers are too long for the comment box (and writing as a post is much easier on my bifocaled eyes). <snipped> I wish you would email me when you decide … Continue reading →

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An Experiment in Christian Dialogue: Rev 22:18-19

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Jay F Guin

The website for the Central Church of Christ in Martinez, Georgia makes this argument against instrumental music on its page “What We Believe” — We can also see that Scripture clearly commands us to observe the will of God and … Continue reading →

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The Fork in the Road: Dialogue with Cougan: The Plan of Salvation, Part 4 of 4 (Acceptance)

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Accept one another (Rom 15:7)  Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. Paul discussion of how to live as Christ’s congregation culminates in one of the most important commands in the … Continue reading →

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The Fork in the Road: Dialogue with Cougan: The Plan of Salvation, Part 3 of 4 (Ethics)

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Ethics We considered the boundaries of Christianity. We now consider the “rules.” And there are rules. Now, rather than approaching the scriptures asking our own questions, we need to let the scriptures tell us both the questions and the answers. … Continue reading →

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The Fork in the Road: Dialogue with Cougan: The Plan of Salvation, Part 2 of 4

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Grace Another critical mistake of 20th Century Church of Christ teaching is the false assumption that we receive more grace at baptism than is available to us afterwards. I’m sure many churches have members who’ve committed some horrible sin who … Continue reading →

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The Fork in the Road: Dialogue with Cougan: The Plan of Salvation, Part 1 of 4

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Cougan, I quoted from your earlier comment, As [I] run the race of Christianity realizing that one infraction against the pattern/law of the N.T. is a sin and that it is possible for me to break one of those laws … Continue reading →

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An Experiment in Christian Dialogue: Colossians 3:17

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Jay F Guin

In the first post of this series, I invited comment on 1 Corinthians 4:6, because it is, in my experience, the most frequently cited verse in support of the Regulative Principle (scriptural silences are prohibitions). Although the post received many … Continue reading →

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Instrumental Music: Regarding Karate, Dance, and Roast Lamb in the Assembly

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Robert Prater asked, in a comment, Let me ask you a question or anyone else…..let’s suppose I wanted to bring into the worship assembly the act of rhythmic dance or karate or how about yoga? Or let’s say painting, etc. … Continue reading →

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The Cruciform God: Introduction and Chapter One, The Self-Emptying God, Part 2

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Jay F Guin

We’re continuing our study of Michael J. Gorman’s Inhabiting the Cruciform God. Exaltation Gorman explains that God’s exaltation of Jesus was not a promotion but a proclamation of what was always true but is now shown to be true — … Continue reading →

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More Calvinist Humor

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Photo from The Sacred Sandwich. It’s not really a Calvinist joke. It’s a church joke — if you can think up a good caption. Here’re some possibilities — 1. Bob and Harry discovered that even after they’d built a $5,000,000 … Continue reading →

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