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.

Have You Got the Money, or the Money Got You?

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Jay F Guin

You’ll be humming this all the way through the Sunday morning collection —

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Dialogue with Robert Prater: Reflections on the Conversation with Robert

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Jay F Guin

I’m been reflecting on this series of posts. What lessons might I learn from the back and forth? The reason I undertake these conversations is for the benefit of the readers. I’ve always thought the best way to persuade those … Continue reading →

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Dialogue with Robert Prater, Part 6

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Jay F Guin

As before, I’ve edited out portions of Robert’s comment from yesterday, not out of lack of respect, but to simplify the reading. And I’m not going to respond to arguments I’ve already responded to. And this discussion is not about … Continue reading →

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How to Argue Like a Christian: Unsupported Accusations

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Many of our authors make startling accusations against their opponents without giving any basis for the charge — and certainly nothing that allows their facts to be checked. Sometimes the charges are true. Sometimes they are not. But you just … Continue reading →

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Dialogue with Robert Prater, Part 5

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Jay F Guin

I’ve edited several of Robert’s paragraphs from his comment posted earlier today. This is no disrespect. Rather, I just don’t want to unduly test the readers’ patience. The full text of his comment is still posted. <snipped introduction> First of … Continue reading →

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How to Argue Like a Christian: Abusing the Language

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Another reason that we in the Churches of Christ have trouble working things out amongst ourselves is our abuse of the language. In fact, a stranger to our publications would often be mystified by our use of words. Liberal For … Continue reading →

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Dialogue with Robert Prater, Part 4

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Jay F Guin

I’m stating my point a different way this time, as it’s obvious that Robert is not hearing what I’m trying to say. I earlier wrote a post pointing out that it is inadequate for those in the conservative Churches of … Continue reading →

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How to Argue Like a Christian: Slander, gossip, and swimming pools

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Jay F Guin

This story is told by a campus minister friend of mine. In anticipation of fall semester, the minister wrote congregations around the state inviting students coming to attend the University of Alabama to participate in his student ministry. He pointed … Continue reading →

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Renewing Our Worship: Epilogue

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Jay F Guin

In a few of the earlier posts in this series, I mentioned the 30-hour fast our teens had undertaken to help children dying from starvation. They made streamers of 26,000 paperchains — the number of children dying each day from … Continue reading →

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How to Argue Like a Christian: Camels noses and compromises

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Jay F Guin

At a Sunday morning assembly, the elder making the closing announcements asks the members and visitors to pass in their attendance sheets. At no one’s request, a seven-year old girl named Katie gets up to help pick up the sheets. … Continue reading →

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