Monthly Archives: April 2009

Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: Preview, Part 1

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Jay Guin

The following are excerpts from Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith, by Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg. (Buy the book!) Was either Jesus or Paul married? Many commentators have noted … Continue reading →

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Alabama: The Only University Disappointed When Just 84,050 Fans Show for a Spring Practice Game

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Jay Guin

And what other schools have their spring games broadcast live on ESPN?

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Mark Twain on Blogging

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Jay Guin

People send me their writing to read, and some of it is quite good. Some is not so good. The same true in the blogosphere. Lots of great writing lost in a sea of insipidity. In my own work, I … Continue reading →

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Sitting at the Feet of the Rabbi Jesus

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Jay Guin

I’ve been reading Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith, by Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg, in bits and pieces over the last several days. And I believe it’s become one … Continue reading →

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How God Sees Us

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Jay Guin

A great post from James Martin based on the astounding performance of Susan Boyle on the “Britain’s Got Talent” show. Be sure to watch the video, if you haven’t seen it already.

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XP3: Wanted (1): I Need It

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Jay Guin

XP3 is a series of small group lessons published for teenagers by The reThink Group, Inc. My wife and I have a senior in high school, and we are helping lead a small group of juniors and seniors that meets … Continue reading →

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Church Growth: Singles — the Missing Ministry

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Jay Guin

How do we account for the dramatic doubling of the number of secular Americans over the last 18 years? And what are we to do about the exodus of young people from the church? Skye Jethani asks these questions in … Continue reading →

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Blue Parakeet: Heaven Came Down …

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Jay Guin

I don’t know. There’s just something about hearing a Christian family in India singing this Southern Gospel standard, to a polka beat. The lesson follows the lyrics.

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The Baptists’ Evolving View of Baptism, Part 2

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Jay Guin

This follows up an earlier post on the same subject in which I posted an article by Stanley Fowler, a Baptist, noting the convergence of Baptist and Church of Christ views on baptism. That article has now appeared in a … Continue reading →

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Dialogue with Robert Prater: Baptism, Circumcision, Galatians, 1 John, and GraceConversation

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Jay Guin

The question has been raised in private emails and comments here whether baptism might be a work. After all, circumcision, which is certainly a work in Paul’s vocabulary, is also passive. To answer this one, we need to get away … Continue reading →

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