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.

Searching for The Third Way: Predestination, Part 2

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Jay F Guin

Space-time and God The answer to the question posed in the last post is found in a deeper understanding of the nature of God and his creation. God’s choice of a word to describe his existence is “eternal,” or aionios … Continue reading →

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Leading Change for Elders, Part 3

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Jay F Guin

This is the final part of this series — for now. * Talk to the members. Make a point of getting to church early and leaving late. Be generous with your time. Listen to what people say. And don’t fool … Continue reading →

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Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfellowshipped”: Proud to be a Campbellite

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Jay F Guin

I’ve been reading a lot of literature from the right wing of the Churches of Christ lately — just wondering where they are in their thinking nowadays. The notorious ad in the Oklahoman is, of course, one example of right-wing … Continue reading →

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Searching for The Third Way: Predestination, Part 1

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Jay F Guin

Finally! I’ve been wanting to post about predestination for a long time, and it just happens to be a great example of how Third-Way thinking can shed new light on a longstanding dilemma. You see, the commentaries have gobs of … Continue reading →

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Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfellowshipped”: A Proposal for Reclaiming Unity

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Jay F Guin

David Guin commented, But I think [the churches] do need to consider how to clarify that the ad-buyers spoke falsely when claiming to speak for them. Perhaps a joint service with Quail Springs as a demonstration of shared love for … Continue reading →

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Searching for The Third Way: Once Saved, Always Saved, Part 3

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Jay F Guin

[The following shares some material from a similar lesson under Amazing Grace in the Index, but has some new material.] The two-kinds-of-falling-away mistake Some teach two levels of falling away – (1) a temporary, easily fixed falling away where you … Continue reading →

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Searching for The Third Way: Once Saved, Always Saved, Part 2

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Jay F Guin

As I mentioned in the last post on this topic, I think Hebrews provides the solution to the great Calvinism vs. Arminianism debate regarding once saved, always saved. After all, Hebrews contains many of the great verses promising confidence and … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Our Heritage of Wonderful Slogans

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Jay F Guin

We don’t teach Restoration Movement history as much or as well as we should. For purposes of this series of lessons, I thought it might be helpful to cover a small but very important part of our heritage — one … Continue reading →

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The Humility Bubble Lesson (expanded)

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Jay F Guin

This is a Sunday School class I’ve taught that explains how our humility affects our views on grace. The Humility Bubble Lesson.pdf

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Amazing Grace: Does God Forgive Doctrinal Error? (expanded)

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Jay F Guin

This is the big one–the very question that causes the Churches of Christ to repeatedly divide over countless issues. Introduction Just to give a flavor of the tragedies caused by our unrelenting insistence on dividing over every disagreement at all, … Continue reading →

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