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Hermeneutics: Jesus and Moses

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Jay F Guin

The greatest teacher of hermeneutics is Jesus. Jesus goes out of his way at times to put his disagreements with the Pharisees on display, and we can learn a lot about how to read the New Testament (and the Law … Continue reading →

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Hermeneutics: The Big Rocks

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Jerry wrote, I remember reading in the papers several decades ago an objection to some suggestion on hermeneutics, “But if we adopt that as our hermeneutic we will not be able to support….” and a particular doctrine prevalent in the … Continue reading →

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Hermeneutics: On How Hard Hermeneutics Is

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Jay F Guin

It’s an interesting fact that we insist that a church isn’t “scripturally organized” if it has no deacons, even though the scriptures do not tell us what the deacons are supposed to do — at least not very clearly. But … Continue reading →

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Hermeneutics: Widows, an application from an unfamiliar passage

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Scholars, ancient and modern, conservative and progressive and moderate and liberal, struggle to understand what Paul says about widows in 1 Timothy 5. (1Ti 5:3-16 ESV) 3 Honor widows who are truly widows.  4 But if a widow has children … Continue reading →

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Hermeneutics: Transculturality, Braided Hair, and Pigtails

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Jay F Guin

[I’ve changed the title of the series, as the topic has shifted — but in a good direction. And it’s easier to type. I’m keeping the T shirt logo because I’m still an elder.] Alexander wrote, In 1Co 11:2-16 Paul … Continue reading →

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Elders: May an Elder Serve with No Children? Discerning Whether a Command is Temporary or Permanent, a Reply re Parts 1 and 2

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Interesting discussion. Let me add a few points. 1. First, I can’t tell you how much it pleases me for the discussion to have begun with acknowledgment that inferential truths are not fellowship issues. However, I worry about the distinction … Continue reading →

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Tulsa Workshop

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Jay F Guin

As mentioned earlier, I’ll be speaking at the Tulsa Workshop in the spring. They have me set for for Friday afternoon, March 23, 2012.  The first session will be at 2:00, second session at 3:00, and third session at 4:00. The topics are … Continue reading →

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Elders: May an Elder Serve with No Children? Discerning Whether a Command is Temporary or Permanent, Part 2

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jay F Guin

We’re considering the broader principles of how to distinguish an eternal command from a culturally limited command. In the last post, we considered the basis for concluding that slavery is wrong even though the Scriptures do not condemn slavery, that … Continue reading →

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Elders: May an Elder Serve with No Children? Discerning Whether a Command is Temporary or Permanent, Part 1

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Several times in the comments the question has arisen as to how to tell whether a command is temporary (culturally limited) or permanent (not culturally limited). It’s a question that is, of course, much larger than this particular topic. There … Continue reading →

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Health Insurance for Ministers

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Occasionally, I open the pages of the blog to reader to present information that I think may be of great value to many of the readers. At my suggestion, reader Steven Sarff has written a post describing one means by which … Continue reading →

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