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Author Archives: Jay F Guin
The Blue Parakeet: Relational Reading
McKnight reminds us, “God speaks to us in words but God is more than the Bible. … God ? Bible.” Missing the difference between God and the Bible is a bit like the person who reads Jonah and spends hours … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Parakeet, The Blue Parakeet, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Bible, Blue Parakeet, Church of Christ Links, Holy Spirit, Scot Mcknight, word of God
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The Blue Parakeet: Salvation
As I’ve been thinking through this approach to hermeneutics, it’s occurred to me that there’s an obvious objection: where in this Story is salvation? Where is forgiveness of sin? Where is heaven? You see, in the religion I was brought … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Parakeet, The Blue Parakeet, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Blue Parakeet, Hermeneutics, salvation, Scot Mcknight
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The Blue Parakeet: The Sermon on the Mount
While teaching a class on the Ray Vander Laan series, it occurred to me that the key to the Sermon on the Mount is the Story. It should have been obvious, but it takes a while for these things to … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Parakeet, The Blue Parakeet, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Blue Parakeet, Scot Mcknight, Sermon on the Mount
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Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: Preview, Part 1
The following are excerpts from Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith, by Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg. (Buy the book!) Was either Jesus or Paul married? Many commentators have noted … Continue reading
Alabama: The Only University Disappointed When Just 84,050 Fans Show for a Spring Practice Game
And what other schools have their spring games broadcast live on ESPN?
Mark Twain on Blogging
People send me their writing to read, and some of it is quite good. Some is not so good. The same true in the blogosphere. Lots of great writing lost in a sea of insipidity. In my own work, I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Uncategorized
Tagged All, blogging, famous quotes, Mark Twain, re-writing
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Sitting at the Feet of the Rabbi Jesus
I’ve been reading Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith, by Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg, in bits and pieces over the last several days. And I believe it’s become one … Continue reading
How God Sees Us
A great post from James Martin based on the astounding performance of Susan Boyle on the “Britain’s Got Talent” show. Be sure to watch the video, if you haven’t seen it already.
XP3: Wanted (1): I Need It
XP3 is a series of small group lessons published for teenagers by The reThink Group, Inc. My wife and I have a senior in high school, and we are helping lead a small group of juniors and seniors that meets … Continue reading
Church Growth: Singles — the Missing Ministry
How do we account for the dramatic doubling of the number of secular Americans over the last 18 years? And what are we to do about the exodus of young people from the church? Skye Jethani asks these questions in … Continue reading
Posted in Church Growth, Uncategorized
Tagged All, church growth, Out of Ur, Pepperdine lectureship, singles ministry, Skye Jethani
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