Jay Guin grew up in northwest Alabama where he learned both the joys and tribulations of the Churches of Christ first hand. He attended David Lipscomb College (now University) in Nashville, majoring in mathematics. At Lipscomb he met, wooed, and married his wife Denise.
After college, Jay attended the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa, where he began attending the University Church of Christ. www.universitycofc.org. He was graduated in 1975.
After clerking for a federal judge for a year, Jay returned to Tuscaloosa (and the University Church of Christ) to practice law, founding his own firm, Tanner & Guin, LLC, in 1984. www.tannerguin.com.
Jay has been very active in church, as a deacon and in leading the effort to merge his congregation with the Alberta Church of Christ, the relocation of the congregation, and two major building programs.
Jay led the congregation’s adult education program for many years and taught virtually every Sunday morning (and many Wednesday nights) for 30 years. Jay wrote The Holy Spirit and Revolutionary Grace in 1994 (still available at http://web.ovc.edu/bookstore/holysp.shtml.) They made Jay an elder in 2003.
Jay has recently spoken at the Pepperdine Lectureship, ACU Lectureship, the Harding University Lectureship, the Lipscomb lectureship (called Summer Celebration), and at ElderLink programs in Atlanta. (Outlines from these lectures are posted on this site.)
Jay and Denise have four sons, two of whom graduated from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. Jay’s oldest son, Chris, works in Boston, where he’s part of a church plant. Jonathan is in law school at UA. Another son, Tyler, is attending Auburn University, studying chemistry, and the youngest, Philip, is still in high school.
Nothing in this book represents the official or received position of the eldership of the University Church of Christ — Jay speaks for himself only.
Jay’s email address is jfguin(at)comcast(dot)net.
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All legal discussions are informational only, do not create a lawyer-client relationship, and may not be relied on.
I was blessed to hear your presentations at ElderLink in Atlanta, GA this past Saturday. I appreciate your study, knowledge, and challenge that we truly be One in Christ. It was a refreshing experience and one I know I will appreciate more and more as time goes by. Thanks again. May our God continue to bless our work. Tell Shon hello for me.
Brother, this blog may have possibly kept me from losing my faith and/or going insane! For a long time I have been very confused about so many ideas in the Bible that I’ve just wanted to give up trying to understand anything. A lot of your articles are helping me to see more clearly. Of course I’m not “taking your word” over my own study of the Bible but you are putting things in a context that makes sense. And you are not glossing over contradictions or being intellectually dishonest as sadly I have found some authors to do. I thank God that He allowed me to read this stuff at a time when my doubts and fears have been making me miserable. Praise be to Him!
Melina,
Thanks so much for your kind words. I’m delighted my writings have helped you search the scriptures.
Please feel free to email me to ask any questions that concern you. I genuinely appreciate such questions. After all, ideas for new postings have to come from somewhere!
Ultimately, I’m doing this for you and others like you, and it’s good to hear now and then that it’s worth the trouble.
Jay
Dear Jay: I am an elder in a small congregatino in NC (thus the lack of last name), I had started to write a position paper for the other elders because although we all have an agreement on how to respond to those divorced and remarried we did not have a good grasp of why we felt we were doing the right thing.
I am reading your essay “But If You Do Marry” and was amazed at the number of questions you raise which I also have considered. I have also read some of the essays by Cecil Hook and find that Chap 16 of his book “Free as Sons” (http://www.freedomsring.org/fas/chap16.html) gives a very good explanation of what and why Paul wrote the instructions on I Cor. 7. At least it answers in my mind what Paul may have meant in that passage. Keep up the good work.
In Christian Love,
AL.P
Please check out a great website http://www.divinereflections.blogspot.com
Can you be of help with a tax question. AKCLI is is a 501c3 organizartion. We have a couple and their two children living on our orpahanage property in Zambia. They are supported through donations sent to AKCLI and then fowwarded to them in part and another part stays in the US to fund retirement, insurance, 529 fund for college, and travel back to the US every three years.
They have lived in Zambia since Oct. 2006 and have not travelled out of Zambia since. What is the proper way to handle their taxes? They have paid no social security and no state taxes. They have no residence in the US. As a friend, I have pwoer of attorney for them. The organization has no employees, all is done by volunteers. Can you give us, me, direction on the tax issue.
Thank You
Ken Mueller
Jay, I’m studying to be a deacon in the Episcopal Church. One of my assignments is gathering information about baptism. I’ve checked quite a few websites. Your information is one of the best. Thank you. It was really helpful. God’s peace be with you.
Willetta
Thanks, Willetta.
On this site, you should be looking at the Amazing Grace series (link on the left) or the Born of Water book found under Books by Jay Guin (link on the left).
Some of my favorite books on the subject are — Baptism in the NT, by GR Beasley-Murray, and Down to the River to Pray, by John Mark Hicks and Greg Taylor.
May God bless your studies.
InvitationToVisit:
Jesus and Paul on divorce rights under the New Covenant.
christiandivorce.1hwy.com/index.html
Resource Link For Thinking Christians
I have added you to my links at http://gracedigest.com
Merry Christmas,
Royce Ogle