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Woody Allen and Billy Graham

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Speaking of humor —

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Thought Question: Humor in the Bible

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Jay F Guin

John T. Willis, ACU professor and author of many books on the Bible, recently wrote, As YOU study and meditate on the Bible and on life, be sensitive of the importance of humor, of various types of laughter. This is … Continue reading →

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Real Restoration: Luke: “Follow Me”

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Jay F Guin

All four Gospels include the theme “follow me.” I’ve never seen an article reflecting on that fact. But the concordances make it clear: “follow” appears 79 times in 75 verses. 17 of those are in Luke. (We’ll not cover them … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Jay F Guin

I woke up this mornin’ and none of the news was good And death machines were rumblin’ ‘cross the ground where Jesus stood And the man on my TV told me that it had always been that way And there … Continue reading →

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Thought Question: “God Made Me Do It”

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Anyone old enough to remember Flip Wilson? This is from Ed Sullivan, circa 1970 AD: Now, in the modern church, circa today AD, we don’t say “The Devil made me do it.” We blame God. Or the Holy Spirit. In … Continue reading →

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New Version of Edward Fudge’s The Fire That Consumes Released

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Edward Fudge’s highly influential work on hell, The Fire that Consumes, has been substantially rewritten and is now available through Wipf and Stock. It hasn’t made it to Amazon or Barnes and Noble yet, but soon will. Fudge explains some … Continue reading →

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Real Restoration: Luke: The Sermon on the Plain

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Not many years ago at all, I taught a quarter on Luke. We only made it about halfway through, and I thought that was pretty slow. I’m now learning it wasn’t nearly slow enough! You see, the points I’m trying … Continue reading →

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Regarding Tornados, House Churches & Institutional Churches, Part 1

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Jay F Guin

This is going to upset some people, I know, but we need to have this conversation. And so I guess that means I need to start by stating some things that ought to be clear already. 1. I’m not an enemy … Continue reading →

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Thought Question: Google Trends and Christianity

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Jay F Guin

I just discovered this really cool Google tool called “Trends.” You can enter one or more search terms and it will pop up a graph showing how often the term has been searched either by year or location (on a … Continue reading →

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Real Restoration: Luke: Jesus Reads Isaiah in the Synagogue

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Jay F Guin

(Luk 4:16-21 ESV) 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of … Continue reading →