Author Archives: Jay F Guin

As I’ve been pondering this approach to understanding the Bible, I’ve asked myself how the church’s history might have been different had this approach had greater prominence in our thinking. How might the Churches of Christ behaved differently in the … Continue reading →

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 →

So how does this approach to hermeneutics affect Restoration Movement teaching? Well, quite a lot, actually. Let’s take some examples. Sunday The classic Restoration Movement hermeneutic is to think in terms of commands, examples, and necessary infererences (CENI). This approach … Continue reading →

Just a few thoughts that didn’t fit in the earlier posts. Thought 1: So what’s what’s so fearsome about “emerging”? Scot McKnight is one of the leading scholars in the emerging church movement, and yet his book doesn’t partake of … Continue reading →

McKnight offers an extended example of how to apply these principles in practice by working through the passages on the role of women. I’ll not cover those chapters in any detail, as they follow the outline of my own Buried … Continue reading →

McKnight argues that if we love someone, we’ll listen to his words. Therefore, our Bible reading must be a listening reading. Now, this seems pretty elementary, but consider what it contradicts — * Reading to prove yourself right * Reading … Continue reading →