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.

Logos offers $100 for referring a friend

I received this email from Logos: It’s pretty simple—when a friend or family member calls a Resource Expert at 1-888-875-9491, they just need to say you referred them. Upon purchase of a new Logos 6 base package (valued over $500), … Continue reading

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Salvation 2.0: Part 6.3: Baptism: Martin Luther and James

Third point: I’m not arguing that there’s a missing verse that says “faith alone,” and I’m not under the influence of Martin Luther’s German translation. Rather, verses that say things like “everyone who believes” will be saved should be read as … Continue reading

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Thanks!

Email subscriptions to One In Jesus have grown from about 1,000 at the beginning of the year to 1,500! So just a note to say “thanks” for reading and supporting this work. It’s also interesting to study the national suffixes … Continue reading

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Salvation 2.0: Part 6.2: Baptismal proof texts

Second point: I know each and every Church of Christ proof text on baptism. So do the other readers. Please don’t insult me or the other readers by filling the comments with quotations of the very familiar baptism texts. (I’ve … Continue reading

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Salvation 2.0: Part 6.1: Justification: Baptism, a Third Option

Justification Baptism I’ve written so much and so long on baptism that I really just want to hit the high points. Of course, when it comes to baptism, there are a lot of high points. First point: It is my view … Continue reading

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Salvation 2.0: Calling upon the name of the LORD

Chris asked this question in the comments: Jay, what exactly does it mean to “call upon the Lord.” What Greek word is used here to denote this action? Is it a prayer? A plea? An appeal? Is it an outward … Continue reading

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Salvation 2.0: Part 5.8: The end of Exile

Now, there’s more to it. Paul begins the discussion with – (Rom 10:5-8 ESV)  For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.  6 But the … Continue reading

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Salvation 2.0: Part 5.7: Romans 10

Inevitably, we have to cover the other text on which Walter Scott built his Plan of Salvation, Rom 10:9-10 — (Rom 10:9-10 ESV)  9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart … Continue reading

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Emily Roig: “Skin”

From the artist: In light of the multiple church burnings that have happened in St. Louis city these past two weeks, I want to give away “Skin” for free exclusively here on NoiseTrade to continue the fight for racial reconciliation. … Continue reading

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Salvation 2.0: Part 5.6: Why faith in Jesus?

While Paul uses a lot of ink arguing for faith rather than works, he never really argues that faith in God without faith in Jesus is insufficient. To modern ears, that seems to be the obvious question. We know that Paul … Continue reading

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