Category Archives: Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace: Conclusions, Part 2

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Jay F Guin

Knowing God. A true understanding of grace helps us better understand God. In fact, we can only caricature God if we misunderstand grace. When we see God as he truly is — a being who loves us so much that … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Conclusions, Part 1

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Jay F Guin

[I’m reposting these for the benefit of our teachers. This is supplemental material in case last week’s outline doesn’t get you through two weeks. The last two are newly posted.] Feeling forgiven. Obviously enough, the first important consequence of understanding … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Bringing It All Back Home*

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Jay F Guin

Here’s an outline for the next two lessons or so. I. Review the breadth of grace (Gal 5:6b) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. A. What is “faith”? As always in the New Testament, faith … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: The Mission of God Through the Church, Part 2

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Jay F Guin

That was the theology. This is the missiology: a theory of how to do benevolence. I came to some of the foregoing conclusions, not by studying benevolence, but by asking how we can conduct teen and campus ministries in such … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: The Mission of God Through the Church, Part 1

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Jay F Guin

I’m teaching this because I’ve had (been given, actually, I think) some thoughts that I’m having trouble expressing. They are (you won’t be surprised to learn) about community service or benevolence. I just don’t think I’ve been able to adequately … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Ephesians 4

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Jay F Guin

I want to take a close look at an often-overlooked passage. Well, actually, it’s talked about a lot. It’s just that it’s not understood the way I want to explain it. The lesson starts with — (Eph 4:11-13) It was … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Baptism, Part 10 (Final Thoughts)

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Jay F Guin

1. God is a God of exceptions — at least when it comes to insisting on the covenant-means of obtaining forgiveness. In the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations, we see God making repeated exceptions from the stated pattern of how … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Baptism, Part 9 (“Christ did not send me to baptize … .”)

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Jay F Guin

How do we deal with the fact that Paul wrote— (1 Cor. 1:17) For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel — not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Baptism, Part 8 (even more arguments)

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Jay F Guin

God’s Right to Make Exceptions Job teaches us that we have no business judging God, especially for his extraordinary generosity. I wish space allowed a thorough study of Job. Chapters 33-42 particularly make the point. Beginning in chapter 33, Elihu … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Baptism, Part 7 (additional arguments)

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Jay F Guin

In the last two posts, we considered the history God’s dealings with his people, and we learned that God has never refused his salvation to someone who approached him with faith and penitence — even when that person failed to … Continue reading →

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