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.

BibleWebApp: Multimedia Bible study website

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Yet another Internet Bible study resource is available for free, the BibleWebApp. It requires an Internet connection, and although it’s a webpage, it works like a smartphone app. On a smart phone, you use it through your browser, but it … Continue reading →

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Salvation 2.0: Part 3.12: David Bentley Hart’s “God, Creation, and Evil,” Part 5

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Jay F Guin

N. T. Wright on God’s solution for evil I read N. T. Wright’s Evil and the Justice of God a few years ago, and I was disappointed. I just didn’t find the answers very satisfying. After all, I’m a chronic-pain suffering … Continue reading →

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Is Email Down?

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Jay F Guin

I’ve had a couple of readers email me complaining that they are no longer receiving emails from One In Jesus. I need to know if this is a problem from my end or local to those readers. If you’re an … Continue reading →

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Scot McKnight on Heaven

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Jay F Guin

From Scot McKnight as the Jesus Creed blog: Top Ten Ideas about Heaven. This based on McKnight’s new book The Heaven Promise — which I’ve not yet read but certainly will. But I’ve gotten this far: In the theocentric heaven, the … Continue reading →

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Salvation 2.0: Part 3.11: David Bentley Hart’s “God, Creation, and Evil,” Part 4

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Jay F Guin

The fate of those without God before the Resurrection of Jesus This may be overkill, but the question few people address in these sorts of discussions is the fate of Gentiles before the resurrection. Some of these people were doubtlessly … Continue reading →

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Wineskins: May We Judge as Jesus Judged?

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Jay F Guin

I’ve posted an article at Wineskins: “May We Judge as Jesus Judged.”

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Salvation 2.0: Part 3.10: David Bentley Hart’s “God, Creation, and Evil,” Part 3

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Jay F Guin

When I first advised Richard Beck that I’d be critiquing Hart’s article, he asked me this — As far as any advice I’d offer you as [you] take on that task is to give your readers a clear and specific answer … Continue reading →

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Salvation 2.0: Part 3.9: David Bentley Hart’s “God, Creation, and Evil,” Part 2

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Jay F Guin

How could Paul believe in Universal Reconciliation while writing Rom 9 – 11, agonizing over the damnation of Jews who deny Jesus? And how could Paul characterize the damned, over and over, as “destroyed” if their fate is to be punished … Continue reading →

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Salvation 2.0: Part 3.8: Richard Beck, David Bentley Hart, and “God, Creation, and Evil,” Part 1

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Back on September 17, 2015, Richard Beck at his essential “Experimental Theology” blog wrote, I have argued, for many long and lonely years, to any who would hear, that the doctrine (or hope) of universal reconciliation (UR) has more to … Continue reading →

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Funds for Bahamians Left Homeless by Hurricane Joaquin

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Hurricane Joaquin hit the Bahamas hard, and the Westridge Church of Christ in Nassau is raising funds for hurricane relief. Their preacher, Clyde Symonette, emailed this note to me: Hurricane Joaquin did extensive damage in the southern islands of the … Continue reading →

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