April Numbers

As is my custom, here are the most popular posts for April,

Churches of Christ in Decline? Data Poin 399 More stats
Communion Meditations 377 More stats
Index 375 More stats
U.S. Income and Employment Taxes for Mis 265 More stats
About the Author 242 More stats
Communion Meditation: Heaven on Earth 240 More stats
Churches of Christ in Decline? “Good New 215 More stats
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C 192 More stats
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C 185 More stats
Communion Meditation: The Christian Pass 181 More stats
Books by Jay Guin 175 More stats
But If You Do Marry … 169 More stats
What’s Wrong With How We Do Church? Will 169 More stats
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello 168 More stats
Upgrading a Church of Christ Worship Ser 156 More stats
Buried Talents: Studies in the Role of W 152 More stats
On Communion Meditations 136 More stats
Adding Fried Chicken to the Lord’s Suppe 135 More stats
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello 127 More stats
Bridging the Racial Divide 127 More stats
Buried Talents: Hermeneutics and Such, P 126 More stats
2008 Pepperdine Lectureship 123 More stats
Buried Talents: Avoiding Our Biases and 118 More stats
Fixing Our Universities: Distance Learn 115 More stats
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello 110 More stats
Buried Talents: Hermeneutics and Such Li 108 More stats
Blue Like Jazz: Lesson materials 102 More stats
Churches of Christ in Decline? What It T 102 More stats
Buried Talents: Four Alternative Views ( 99 More stats
Buried Talents: Genesis, Part 1 92 More stats
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C 92 More stats
Research Materials 88 More stats
Amazing Grace: Ephesians 4 87 More stats
Amazing Grace 84 More stats
Southern Baptist Churches In Decline 82 More stats
Quail Springs Minister “Disfellowshipped 80 More stats
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello 78 More stats
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello 77 More stats
Fixing Our Universities: The Story of Sm 76 More stats
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello 76 More stats
Communion Meditation: A Lesson from an E 75 More stats
Amazing Grace: The Scary Lesson of Galat 74 More stats
Instrumental Music 72 More stats
Lectureship Presentations 71 More stats
Buried Talents 70 More stats
Churches of Christ in Decline: Silos, Po 68 More stats
Amazing Grace: The Mission of God Throug 68 More stats
Amazing Grace: The Mission of God Throug 65 More stats
A fresh approach to the Lord’s Supper 63 More stats
The Church Treasury, Judas, and Jesus’ M 63 More stats
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C 60 More stats
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C 59 More stats
Vocabulary Guide for the New Christian 58 More stats
Fixing Our Universities: The Birmingham- 57 More stats
Buried Talents: Genesis, Part 3 (the Fal 57 More stats
The Future of the Progressive Churches o 56 More stats
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello 53 More stats
<i>Gospel Advocate</i> Creed 52 More stats
The Gospel According to Luke, Chapter by 52 More stats
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C 52 More stats
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello 50 More stats
Churches of Christ in Decline? Setting a 50 More stats
The Future of the Progressive Churches o 50 More stats
The Prostitute, the Pharisee, and the Pr 49 More stats
Buried Talents: The Women after Pentecos 49 More stats
Fixing Our Universities: Harding and Abi 46 More stats
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C 46 More stats
Communion Meditation: The Bread of Life 46 More stats
Amazing Grace: Our Heritage of Wonderful 46 More stats
Buried Talents: Genesis, Part 2 (the mea 46 More stats
How do I know if God has called me to a 45 More stats
Church Growth: National Trends 45 More stats
Buried Talents: The Archaeological Evide 44 More stats
Pepperdine: The Stairmaster Lectureship 44 More stats
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C 44 More stats
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello 44 More stats
Born of Water 44 More stats
A Time to Speak 43 More stats
A Communion Meditation: The Pattern for 42 More stats
Pepperdine Materials 42 More stats
Buried Talents: Women in the Old Testame 42 More stats
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C 42 More stats
Emoticons 41 More stats
On Losing 20 Pounds 40 More stats
Are We Sacramentalists? The Lord’s Suppe 40 More stats
Do We Teach Another Gospel? 40 More stats
A Communion Meditation Reflecting on the 39 More stats
Churches of Christ 39 More stats
Buried Talents: Old Testament Women (Kin 39 More stats
Buried Talents: Women in the Old Testame 39 More stats
The <i>”Gospel Advocate”</i> Creed 39 More stats
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C 38 More stats
A Plea to Reconsider: Abusing Restoratio 38 More stats
Baptism 38 More stats
The <i>Gospel Advocate</i> Creed, Part 3 37 More stats
The 16 Acts of Worship 37 More stats
Understanding 2 John 9: Do I Have to Hav 37 More stats
Amazing Grace: Bringing It All Back Home 36 More stats
Communion Meditation: The Body of Christ 35 More stats
Amazing Grace: The Scary Lesson of Galat 35 More stats
Churches of Christ in Decline? Reflectio 35 More stats
Why we should merge churches–the practi 35 More stats
Amazing Grace: The Scary Lesson of Galat 35 More stats
Amazing Grace: Should We Re-baptize Bapt 35 More stats
The Future of the Progressive Churches o 35 More stats
The Future of the Progressive Churches o 35 More stats
Buried Talents: A Note 34 More stats
Interpreting the Bible: Woe to You Phari 32 More stats
Communion Meditation: God’s Great Banque 32 More stats
The Holy Spirit and Revolutionary Grace 32 More stats
Overseeing Missions and Other Outreaches 32 More stats
Grace and How We’ve Taught It Wrong 31 More stats
Buried Talents: The Women of the Gospels 31 More stats
The <i>Gospel Advocate</i> Creed, Part 4 31 More stats
What’s Wrong With How We Do Church? 31 More stats
Straight Talk About Premarital Sex 30 More stats
A Reflection on the Assasination of Mart 30 More stats
Are We Sacramentalists? The Orthodox Vie 30 More stats

These actually are for the most recent 30 days ending today, because I can only get the printout for the day I do this, and I just didn’t have time to get it done while at Pepperdine (too tired from climbing those stairs!)

As always, I’m a bit surprised. I’ve not written a communion meditation for a while, and there they are up near the top!

I’m not surprised that the “Churches of Christ in Decline?” posts are near the top. It’s a very important topic that was being under-reported.

Total hits for April are down a hair from March, as I predicted (the blog still topped 17,000 hits for the month). As important as homosexuality and grace and the role of women are, nothing generates interest among the Churches of Christ quite like instrumental music and baptism!

But Mark A. Elrod, a Harding professor who hosts a very popular blog called Eppur Si Muove, has referred his readers over here, and the numbers are dramatically up! Thanks, Mark.

Mark is famous for having ferreted out the fact that Fred Thompson had not attended Churches of Christ, other than to visit his mother, since his youth. He made national headlines — and I’m glad he did. Politicians need to be held to account.

Once I catch up on my sleep (I have to recover from my vacation), I need to decide how to better manage the pace of this blog. I met several readers of the blog at Pepperdine, which was great fun. But they consistently complained at being unable to read everything. The articles are coming too fast. And I think that’s surely true.

I actually have 24 posts already written and programmed to post over the next few weeks. I have another 40+ in draft. In fact, nearly all the posts that ran last week had been written pre-Pepperdine. I’ve get a series on baptism I’ve finished and yet can’t seem to schedule. I postponed it for the series on homosexuality, which really couldn’t be delayed, and now it’s behind the “Churches of Christ in Decline?” series, which I plan to extend.

Worse yet, I have all these notes and ideas from Pepperdine bubbling around in my head, and I have to get it all written before it gets cold!

But what’s the point of posting this stuff faster than any normal person can read it? Maybe a good night’s sleep will make it all clear …

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.
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