Monthly Archives: November 2010

New Wineskins: A Series of Comments re Instrumental Music and the Mission of God

I wrote a long series of comments over at the New Wineskins issue on instrumental music I’m the editor for. The comments aren’t too long for a post, just for comments — and the 3,000 character limit at New Wineskins … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: Three More Articles Posted, The Rest of the Interview with Rick Atchley and Chris Seidman and Another Article by Me

The first nine articles in the New Wineskins series on instrumental music have now been posted – Introduction — The Instrumental Music Issue, by Jay Guin On God’s Salvation, Galatians, and the Instrument, by Jay Guin “Thy Kingdom Come” and … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: A Thought Experiment on Sola Scriptura and the Historical Argument, Part 1

The tradition of the apostles Readers have argued that there’s a position in between the Protestant sola scriptura (the scriptures only, as argued by the Reformation leaders) and the Catholic/Orthodox view that the teachings of early church leaders and church … Continue reading

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Re Sabbatical

So I went nearly a week without writing anything at all. Travel, reading, funeral, chuch work, work work, etc., etc. It was easy. Too much other stuff to do. Too worn out. Too emotionally drained. But things got better (notwithstanding … Continue reading

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The Fork in the Road: The Man or the Plan, Part 15 (Kingdom and Community, Part 3)

N. T. Wright on Unity Thanks to Bobby Valentine for finding this! PS — This is the last post until I return from Sabbatical.

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Comment Issues

A reader emailed to advise that he’d been unable to get comments to post today. Is anyone else having that problem? If so, email me at jfguin(at)comcast(dot)net and I’ll see what I can do if the problem is on my … Continue reading

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On Mourning the Demise of Our National Championship Hopes

Alabama’s football team lost to LSU yesterday. And we lost to South Carolina a few weeks ago — the same South Carolina Gamecocks who just laid an egg against Arkansas. There is no consolation. We have zero chance at a … Continue reading

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Minister Jobs

I’ve just added a new page called Ministers Looking for Churches / Churches Looking for Ministers, which can also be found under the “Jobs and Blogs” link at the top of the page or via the Page listing on the … Continue reading

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Reader Looking for a Church in Orlando

A reader has asked for a recommendation for a non-legalistic congregation in Orlando, Florida. While I’m very familiar with DisneyWorld (my wife is an addict and refuses all interventions), I’m not familiar with the congregations in the area. Any suggestions?

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Comment Issues

I’m working with Theobloggers to install the DISQUS plug in, which should result in some nice enhancements to the comment system here. But things might be a little wierd for a while. Please be patient.

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