Author Archives: Jay F Guin

Some things are in the Bible to teach us and as examples we are to follow. Other things are just what happened–not as examples. Jesus changed water into wine at a wedding. Does this mean we are to serve wine … Continue reading →

The “Patristics” are letters and such written by uninspired Christians in the centuries shortly after the founding of the church. Sometimes the authors are called the “Church Fathers.” We are blessed by having a considerable volume of these writings. We … Continue reading →

I’m not real happy with this title, but I couldn’t think of a better way to say it without a paragraph-long caption. “Positive law” is a law that’s a law just because someone in power (God in this context) says … Continue reading →

Let me suggest that we take more seriously a couple of passages that we don’t talk about very much– (1 Cor. 2:14-16)  The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for … Continue reading →

A certain expert in the Law of Moses asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” He was asking Jesus for an interpretation of the Law of Moses, which commanded the Israelites to love their neighbors. In response, Jesus told the Parable … Continue reading →

I was not expecting to find this as an important principle, but as I read Paul’s arguments in particular, I am struck at how many times he refers to baptism or the Lord’s Supper as instructive for our behavior in … Continue reading →

The application should be obvious by now. Love and faith are the “interstitial doctrines,” that is, they fill in all the gaps. There are no gaps. No silences. No missing authority. It’s all there in two words. Maybe a reminder … Continue reading →

In Galatians 5, at the apex of his argument, after four chapters of elaborate explication, Paul declares a profound principle—one that the reader is to understand as being just as true as can be: “The only thing that counts is … Continue reading →

One school of hermeneutics is called “flat” hermeneutics. In flat hermeneutics, it’s concluded that because all the Bible is from God, all the Bible is equally important. It’s just as important to understand how to worship or organize a church … Continue reading →