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Amazing Grace: Conclusions, Part 3

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Jay F Guin

Spirit. We started these lessons with a couple of lessons on the Holy Spirit. It seems a good place to end as well. In Galatians, after Paul tells us that only faith expressing itself through love matters and that the … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Conclusions, Part 2

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Jay F Guin

Knowing God. A true understanding of grace helps us better understand God. In fact, we can only caricature God if we misunderstand grace. When we see God as he truly is — a being who loves us so much that … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Conclusions, Part 1

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Jay F Guin

[I’m reposting these for the benefit of our teachers. This is supplemental material in case last week’s outline doesn’t get you through two weeks. The last two are newly posted.] Feeling forgiven. Obviously enough, the first important consequence of understanding … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Bringing It All Back Home*

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Jay F Guin

Here’s an outline for the next two lessons or so. I. Review the breadth of grace (Gal 5:6b) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. A. What is “faith”? As always in the New Testament, faith … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: The Mission of God Through the Church, Part 2

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Jay F Guin

That was the theology. This is the missiology: a theory of how to do benevolence. I came to some of the foregoing conclusions, not by studying benevolence, but by asking how we can conduct teen and campus ministries in such … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: The Mission of God Through the Church, Part 1

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Jay F Guin

I’m teaching this because I’ve had (been given, actually, I think) some thoughts that I’m having trouble expressing. They are (you won’t be surprised to learn) about community service or benevolence. I just don’t think I’ve been able to adequately … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Ephesians 4

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Jay F Guin

I want to take a close look at an often-overlooked passage. Well, actually, it’s talked about a lot. It’s just that it’s not understood the way I want to explain it. The lesson starts with — (Eph 4:11-13) It was … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Baptism, Part 10 (Final Thoughts)

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Jay F Guin

1. God is a God of exceptions — at least when it comes to insisting on the covenant-means of obtaining forgiveness. In the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations, we see God making repeated exceptions from the stated pattern of how … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Baptism, Part 9 (“Christ did not send me to baptize … .”)

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Jay F Guin

How do we deal with the fact that Paul wrote— (1 Cor. 1:17) For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel — not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Baptism, Part 8 (even more arguments)

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Jay F Guin

God’s Right to Make Exceptions Job teaches us that we have no business judging God, especially for his extraordinary generosity. I wish space allowed a thorough study of Job. Chapters 33-42 particularly make the point. Beginning in chapter 33, Elihu … Continue reading →

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