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The Blue Parakeet: Missional Listening

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Jay F Guin

McKnight argues that if we love someone, we’ll listen to his words. Therefore, our Bible reading must be a listening reading. Now, this seems pretty elementary, but consider what it contradicts – * Reading to prove yourself right * Reading … Continue reading →

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The Blue Parakeet: Relational Reading

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Jay F Guin

McKnight reminds us, “God speaks to us in words but God is more than the Bible. … God ? Bible.” Missing the difference between God and the Bible is a bit like the person who reads Jonah and spends hours … Continue reading →

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The Blue Parakeet: Salvation

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Jay F Guin

As I’ve been thinking through this approach to hermeneutics, it’s occurred to me that there’s an obvious objection: where in this Story is salvation? Where is forgiveness of sin? Where is heaven? You see, in the religion I was brought … Continue reading →

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The Blue Parakeet: The Sermon on the Mount

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Jay F Guin

While teaching a class on the Ray Vander Laan series, it occurred to me that the key to the Sermon on the Mount is the Story. It should have been obvious, but it takes a while for these things to … Continue reading →

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Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: Preview, Part 1

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Jay F Guin

The following are excerpts from Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith, by Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg. (Buy the book!) Was either Jesus or Paul married? Many commentators have noted … Continue reading →

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Mark Twain on Blogging

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Jay F Guin

People send me their writing to read, and some of it is quite good. Some is not so good. The same true in the blogosphere. Lots of great writing lost in a sea of insipidity. In my own work, I … Continue reading →

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Sitting at the Feet of the Rabbi Jesus

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Jay F Guin

I’ve been reading Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith, by Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg, in bits and pieces over the last several days. And I believe it’s become one … Continue reading →

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XP3: Wanted (1): I Need It

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Jay F Guin

XP3 is a series of small group lessons published for teenagers by The reThink Group, Inc. My wife and I have a senior in high school, and we are helping lead a small group of juniors and seniors that meets … Continue reading →

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Church Growth: Singles — the Missing Ministry

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Jay F Guin

How do we account for the dramatic doubling of the number of secular Americans over the last 18 years? And what are we to do about the exodus of young people from the church? Skye Jethani asks these questions in … Continue reading →

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Blue Parakeet: Heaven Came Down …

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Jay F Guin

I don’t know. There’s just something about hearing a Christian family in India singing this Southern Gospel standard, to a polka beat. The lesson follows the lyrics.

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