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.

N. T. Wright’s The Day the Revolution Began, Romans Reconsidered, Part 30 (Abraham and Faith)

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Jay F Guin

N. T. “Tom” Wright has just released another paradigm-shifting book suggesting a new, more scriptural way of understanding the atonement, The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus’s Crucifixion. Wright delves deeply into how the crucifixion and resurrection … Continue reading →

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18 Church Trends (and More!): Trend 14

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Jay F Guin

Continuing my highly derivative series on church trends, the next six are from Carey Nieuwhof’s post 6 Disruptive Church Trends That Will Rule 2017. Trend 14: Preachers Who Can’t Speak To The Unchurched Will Preach To A Shrinking Crowd Just because your church … Continue reading →

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N. T. Wright’s The Day the Revolution Began, Romans Reconsidered, Part 29 (Abraham and the Law)

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Jay F Guin

N. T. “Tom” Wright has just released another paradigm-shifting book suggesting a new, more scriptural way of understanding the atonement, The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus’s Crucifixion. Wright delves deeply into how the crucifixion and resurrection … Continue reading →

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18 Church Trends (and More!): Trend 13

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Jay F Guin

Continuing my highly derivative series on church trends, the next six are from Carey Nieuwhof’s post 6 Disruptive Church Trends That Will Rule 2017. Trend 13: Cool Church Will Morph [H]aving great preaching, a great band, and even lights and haze is less … Continue reading →

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N. T. Wright’s The Day the Revolution Began, Romans Reconsidered, Part 28 (Upholding the Law)

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Jay F Guin

N. T. “Tom” Wright has just released another paradigm-shifting book suggesting a new, more scriptural way of understanding the atonement, The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus’s Crucifixion. Wright delves deeply into how the crucifixion and resurrection … Continue reading →

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18 Church Trends (and More!): Trend 12

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Jay F Guin

Continuing my highly derivative series on church trends, the next six are from Carey Nieuwhof’s post 6 Disruptive Church Trends That Will Rule 2017. Trend 12: Consumer Christianity Will Die Faster Than Ever Really? Nieuwhof explains, Our faith calls us to live for … Continue reading →

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N. T. Wright’s The Day the Revolution Began, Romans Reconsidered, Part 27 (Boasting over Works of the Law)

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Jay F Guin

N. T. “Tom” Wright has just released another paradigm-shifting book suggesting a new, more scriptural way of understanding the atonement, The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus’s Crucifixion. Wright delves deeply into how the crucifixion and resurrection … Continue reading →

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Regarding Facebook and Me (A Necessary Repeat of a Recent Post)

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Jay F Guin

I’m on Facebook. By that I mean my posts show up on Facebook. I occasionally post something that strikes my fancy, but only once a week or so. You see, my main purpose in being on Facebook is to see … Continue reading →

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18 Church Trends (and More!): Trend 11

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Jay F Guin

Continuing my highly derivative series on church trends, the next 10 are from an article by church growth consultant and author Thom Rainer. (This is last one from Rainer.) Trend 11: The remarkable shift toward continual learning. Our research is … Continue reading →

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N. T. Wright’s The Day the Revolution Began, Romans Reconsidered, Part 26 (God as both Just and Justifier of the Sinful)

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Jay F Guin

N. T. “Tom” Wright has just released another paradigm-shifting book suggesting a new, more scriptural way of understanding the atonement, The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus’s Crucifixion. Wright delves deeply into how the crucifixion and resurrection … Continue reading →

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