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.

The Afterlife, Lesson 10, Summary and Some Conclusions, Up to Now

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Jay F Guin

Today’s lesson is  a little short. Our early service ran late and cut off about 10 minutes of teaching time.  I reviewed and summarized, took some questions, and tried to introduce the next couple of lessons on the impact of … Continue reading →

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John Nugent’s Endangered Gospel: The Powers

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Jay F Guin

I know that I’ve left several very important questions unanswered. Before we get there, we need to consider one more of Nugent’s ideas: the significance of the powers to the modern church. We’ve covered this topic here a couple of … Continue reading →

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John Nugent’s Endangered Gospel: The Teachings of Jesus

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Jay F Guin

The strongest case for charitable work to benefit non-Christians comes from the words of Jesus, but these are often not nearly as non-Christian oriented as we assume. For example, Jesus’ famous Judgment Day description in Matt 25 speaks to caring … Continue reading →

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John Nugent’s Endangered Gospel: Over-arching Scriptural Observations

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Jay F Guin

A few observations about the scriptures in support of Nugent’s position: As James W. Thompson argues in his The Church according to Paul: Rediscovering the Community Conformed to Christ, there are surprisingly few admonitions in the NT urging church members … Continue reading →

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John Nugent’s Endangered Gospel: Introduction

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Jay F Guin

John Nugent is professor of Old Testament at Great Lakes Christian College. I would consider him a neo-Anabaptist following in the footsteps of John Howard Yoder and Stanley Hauerwas. His new book, Endangered Gospel: How Fixing the World is Killing … Continue reading →

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Advice to a New Elder: Getting Started (Other Ministries and Programs; the Involvement Minister’s Real Job)

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Jay F Guin

In theory, all ministries of a church are important and all have the same issues as those ministries headed by a minister. But you wouldn’t have hired a full-time, salaried person to run the worship service or the teen program … Continue reading →

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Advice to a New Elder: Getting Started (The Other Ministers)

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Jay F Guin

To me, the other ministers — the youth minister, worship minister, education minister, etc. — are critically important but not as important as the preacher. The way American churches do church, you can’t get around a bad fit in the … Continue reading →

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Advice to a New Elder: Getting Started (A Preacher that Fits)

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Jay F Guin

I think of the church in terms of concentric circles. (Sorry: I majored in mathematics and Venn diagrams are hard-wired into me.) The inner circle is the elders — together with the preacher. I think in just about any church, … Continue reading →

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The Afterlife, Lesson 9, 2 Peter 3 and Treasures in Heaven

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Jay F Guin

Today’s lesson is on destruction of the earth by fire described in 2 Pet 3 and Jesus’ promises of treasures in heaven. Download here. Lesson 9: “August 7, 2016“. Right click and select “Save Link As” to download. (If you … Continue reading →

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Advice to a New Elder: Getting Started (Vulnerability)

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Jay F Guin

Having now spent a few weeks thinking about being an elder, while also posting a series on mission (which should be thought of as part of the eldering series), some things have kind of become clear. First, churches can be … Continue reading →

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