Author Archives: Jay F Guin

About Jay F Guin

My name is Jay Guin, and I’m a retired elder. I wrote The Holy Spirit and Revolutionary Grace about 18 years ago. I’ve spoken at the Pepperdine, Lipscomb, ACU, Harding, and Tulsa lectureships and at ElderLink. My wife’s name is Denise, and I have four sons, Chris, Jonathan, Tyler, and Philip. I have two grandchildren. And I practice law.

Scot McKnight’s Kingdom Conspiracy: Putting It All Together

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Jay F Guin

We’re discussing Scot McKnight’s latest book Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church. This is going to be an unusually long post. I decided not to break it into pieces — and so I’ll skip the next … Continue reading →

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Scot McKnight’s Kingdom Conspiracy: Kingdom Redemption

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Jay F Guin

We’re discussing Scot McKnight’s latest book Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church. We skip a bit ahead, so we can talk about — First, kingdom mission admits the primacy of evangelism but sees the locus of … Continue reading →

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Progressive Church of Christ Blogs and Groups

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Jay F Guin

I just purged this list of blogs and discussion groups. I deleted a dozen or so entries because the address is no longer active or the blog hasn’t had activity in a very long time — two or three years. Where … Continue reading →

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Scot McKnight’s Kingdom Conspiracy: Defining “Mission” in Kingdom Terms, Part 3

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Jay F Guin

We’re discussing Scot McKnight’s latest book Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church. Seventh, kingdom mission as church mission means the kingdom citizen is compelled by love to “good deeds” or “doing good” in the public sector. … Continue reading →

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Scot McKnight’s Kingdom Conspiracy: Defining “Mission” in Kingdom Terms, Part 2

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Jay F Guin

We’re discussing Scot McKnight’s latest book Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church. Fourth, kingdom mission as church mission means forming and indwelling a local church fellowship. The most political thing you and I as followers of … Continue reading →

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Scot McKnight’s Kingdom Conspiracy: Defining “Mission” in Kingdom Terms, Part 1

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Jay F Guin

We’re discussing Scot McKnight’s latest book Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church. In chapter 7, Scot lays out 9 observations for the nature of the local church in terms of the kingdom of heaven. First, kingdom … Continue reading →

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Scot McKnight’s Kingdom Conspiracy: Defining “Kingdom”

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Jay F Guin

We’re discussing Scot McKnight’s latest book Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church. I’m skipping quite a bit of material — to make sure you buy the book. And it’s a good book, an easy read, and … Continue reading →

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Scot McKnight’s Kingdom Conspiracy: Distinguishing the Ideal from Reality

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Jay F Guin

We’re discussing Scot McKnight’s latest book Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church. It often seems that we want to use “church” to refer to the imperfect, often messy reality of Christians in community today, and we … Continue reading →

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Apologetics: O, To See With the Eyes of God

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Jay F Guin

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Post up at Wineskins

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Jay F Guin

Matt Dabbs recently posted on 10 Predictions about the Future of Churches of Christ. In response, I’ve posted Reflecting on “10 Predictions about the Future of Churches of Christ.” In particular, I address the relationship of parachurch organizations to the … Continue reading →

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