Category Archives: Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace/Churches of Christ in Decline?: Rescuing the Churches of Christ, Part 2

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Jay F Guin

IX. Church plants have been shown to work. A. By “church plant” I mean a team of 15 to 20 or so who go to a city and start a church. “Domestic missionary team” may be a more helpful term. … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace/Churches of Christ in Decline?: Rescuing the Churches of Christ, Part 1

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Jay F Guin

[This is an outline for class teachers at my church. Although some of the material is from other recent posts, most of it’s brand new, especially toward the end. It’s designed for teaching at all churches that have covered the … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace: Conclusions, Part 4

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Jay F Guin

Nondenominationalism. A better, truer view of grace gives us an entirely new way of looking at penitent believers outside the Churches of Christ. They are also part of the “brotherhood,” the “household of faith,” and even “the church.” They are … Continue reading →

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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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