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Community Disciplines: Bonhoeffer’s Life Together, Part 4

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Jay F Guin

Even when sin and misunderstanding burden the common life, is not the one who sins still a person with whom I too stand under the word of Christ? Will not another Christian’s sin be an occasion for me ever anew … Continue reading →

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Acts 6:5-25 (More about deacons; Stephen)

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Jay F Guin

(Act 6:5-6 ESV)  5 And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte … Continue reading →

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Community Disciplines: Bonhoeffer’s Life Together, Part 3

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Jay F Guin

On innumerable occasions a whole Christian community has been shattered because it has lived on the basis of a wishful image. Certainly serious Christians who are put in a community for the first time will often bring with them a … Continue reading →

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Acts 6:1-4 (Deacons)

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Jay F Guin

(Act 6:1 ESV) Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. The Jerusalem congregation was, of course, entirely … Continue reading →

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Community Disciplines: Bonhoeffer’s Life Together, Part 2

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Jay F Guin

Bonhoeffer writes, We belong to one another only through and in Jesus Christ. What does that mean? It means, first, that a Christian needs others for the sake of Jesus Christ. It means, second, that a Christian comes to others … Continue reading →

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Community Disciplines: Bonhoeffer’s Life Together, Part 1

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Jay F Guin

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a brilliant German theologian who wrote during the years leading up to World War II. The German churches were under incredible pressure to submit to the government of the Nazis, and many church leaders capitulated to the … Continue reading →

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Acts 5 (Further confrontations with the priestly authorities)

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Jay F Guin

(Act 5:1-2 ESV) But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,  2 and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Hell: A Final Word by Edward Fudge

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Jay F Guin

Edward Fudge has written a popularization of his seminal The Fire That Consumes Hell: A Final Word is scheduled for release on June 12, 2012 — but available for pre-order on Amazon.It presents a layman’s explanation of Fudge’s theory of hell, known as conditionalism … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Subversive Kingdom by Ed Stetzer

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Jay F Guin

I’m a big Ed Stetzer fan. Ed is a consultant to churches on church growth, especially on church planting, and an expert in missional theology. He also has a great blog about these very subjects. And so I was very pleased to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Switch

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Jay F Guin

I had to pay for this book, and I’m glad I did. It’s not a church book but a book about human psychology, especially how to motivate people. And, therefore, it’s required reading for church leaders. After all, what’s harder … Continue reading →

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