Tag Archives: N. T. Wright

On Spiritual Formation Done Right, Part 2

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Jay F Guin

This video was found by Bobby Valentine and posted at his blog. Again, don’t skip the link.

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Blue Parakeet: Heaven Came Down …

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Jay F 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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Dialogue with Robert Prater: Baptism, Circumcision, Galatians, 1 John, and GraceConversation

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Jay F 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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Dialogue with Robert Prater: What Is “Faith”? Part 2 (James, Paul & the Spirit)

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Jay F Guin

So what about James? Let’s take a fresh look, beginning with his thesis sentence — (James 2:14) What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? He … Continue reading →

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The Blue Parakeet: The Story’s End, Part 1 (The Resurrection)

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Jay F Guin

We’ve covered the creation accounts, the sin of Adam and Eve, the Curse, God’s covenant with Abraham, and several strands of Old Testament thought that tie the Law of Moses tightly to Christianity, at least more tightly than we normally … Continue reading →

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Dialogue with Robert Prater: What Is “Faith”? Part 1 (Toward a Definition)

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Robert Prater posed an important question — If you take such position that a person is saved/justifed/forgiven of sins on the basis of faith alone/only without its inclusion of further acts of obedience which demonstrate/define, etc. true “faith/belief” (i.e., confess, … Continue reading →

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Surprised by Hell: Evaluating the Evidence (extended)

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Jay F Guin

It helps, I think, to take a step back and try to absorb the evidence in the context of the scriptures and Christianity. We have two views: * The traditional view, at least as old as Tertullian (writing from 197 … Continue reading →

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Surprised by Hell: Who Will Be Resurrected?

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Jay F Guin

In Surprised by Hope, N. T. Wright argues extensively that “resurrection” refers exclusively to a bodily resurrection. First Century Greeks, for example, believed in the immortality of the soul (our disembodied selves) but had no concept of a resurrection. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Surprised by Hell: A Heavenly Time

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Jay F Guin

Alan keeps asking these fascinating questions. If time is a feature of this creation, and souls of the dead live outside this creation, then by definition they do not experience time. So they are eternal. Perhaps they can observe creation … Continue reading →

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Surprised by Hell: Gehenna

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Jay F Guin

In the New Testament, every reference to “hell” in the English is a reference either to Hades, Tartarus, or Gehenna. Gehenna is used 12 times. It’s well known that Gehenna was the dump outside Jerusalem where trash was burned. And … Continue reading →

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