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 53 (baptized into Jesus’ death)

Posted on February 10, 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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On Sojourners, Walls, and Illegal Aliens, Part 6 (Bridges and Walls)

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Jay F Guin

So let’s return to where we began, with the Pope’s declaration — A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not the gospel. We need to avoid … Continue reading →

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On Ten Years of Blogging

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Jay F Guin

I just about let this one get past me. My first post at OIJ was on January 19, 2007, and so I’m celebrating 10 years of writing into the ether of the Internet. That’s 5,119 posts actually posted — not … Continue reading →

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N. T. Wright’s The Day the Revolution Began, Romans Reconsidered, Part 52 (Faith and baptism, Part 7)

Posted on February 9, 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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In re My Heart Surgery and the ACU Summit

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Jay F Guin

On March 9, Lord willing, I’m scheduled for a surgical repair of my heart’s mitral valve. It seems I have severe “regurgitation,” meaning that my left atrium is sending half my blood in the wrong direction. The good news is … Continue reading →

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On Sojourners, Walls, and Illegal Aliens, Part 5 (Hospitality in the Early Church)

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Jay F Guin

Paige Gutacker has written a nice summary of hospitality as practiced in Greco-Roman society, the Jews, and the early Christians. I skip to her comparison of Christian hospitality to that practiced by the other groups — While the provisions of … Continue reading →

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N. T. Wright’s The Day the Revolution Began, Romans Reconsidered, Part 51 (Faith and baptism, Part 6)

Posted on February 8, 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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On Sojourners, Walls, and Illegal Aliens, Part 4 (Hospitality in Scripture)

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Jay F Guin

The Torah’s encouragement of sojourners in the Promised Land is a natural consequence of the hospitality expected in the Ancient Near East. Abraham was legendary for his hospitality, as evidenced by his treatment of three strangers, one of whom turned out … Continue reading →

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N. T. Wright’s The Day the Revolution Began, Romans Reconsidered, Part 50 (Faith and baptism, Part 5)

Posted on February 7, 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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On Sojourners, Walls, and Illegal Aliens, Part 3 (What’s a Sojourner?)

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Jay F Guin

The Torah contains many commands regarding sojourners, treating them as a vulnerable class that God especially is concerned to protect. For example, (Exod. 22:21-24 ESV) 21 “You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the … Continue reading →

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