Category Archives: Theology

The Salvation of the Jews: Once for All and Perfect Forever

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Jay F Guin

While Paul touches on the salvation of the Jews under the Law of Moses, Hebrews deals more thoroughly with the question, although the point of Hebrews is to demonstrate the superiority of the covenant under Christ to the Mosaic covenant. To … Continue reading →

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The Salvation of the Jews: Grace Abounding

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Ponder for a moment this passage — (Rom 5:20-21 ESV)  20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,  21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might … Continue reading →

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Christology: “Did Jesus Know Everything?”

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Interesting post from Peter Enns over at “Jesus Creed.” He raises an issue from Raymond E. Brown’s book Jesus: God and Man : Modern Biblical Reflections. A Jesus who walked through the world knowing exactly what the morrow would bring, knowing … Continue reading →

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The Salvation of the Jews: Introduction

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Jay F Guin

So we’ve covered Exile and Repentance in the last series, discussing how the Old Testament (or First Testament) led up to the events of Pentecost and the coming of the Kingdom. Hopefully, we gained a better sense of how the … Continue reading →

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Exile and Repentance, Part 19 (Conclusions, Part 2)

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Of course, an element of all of this has to be social justice. Well … “social justice” isn’t really the best term and is likely more confusing than helpful. In the Law and the Prophets, the repeatedly stated reasons for the Exile … Continue reading →

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Exile and Repentance, Part 19 (Conclusions, Part 1)

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Jay F Guin

“Exile and Repentance” seems rather an odd topic for a single blog post, much less a ridiculous 19 posts (so far). But I hope that the series has helped us all see scriptures in a new light. It’s not that … Continue reading →

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Exile and Repentance, Part 18 (Acts 5, 11, 17 & 20)

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Acts 5 We’ll move more quickly through the rest of Acts, just to show how this understanding of the scriptures makes better sense of the text than our usual reading. For example, when the Sanhedrin called the apostles in for … Continue reading →

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Exile and Repentance, Part 17 (Acts 2, Part 3; Acts 3)

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Faith and repentance So Peter asked the devout crowd in Jerusalem to repent. They were good and religious Jews, but they had no faith in Jesus as Messiah — and to turn to God, they had to turn to Jesus. … Continue reading →

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Exile and Repentance, Part 16 (Acts 2, Part 2)

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Jay F Guin

“Repent” (Act 2:38-39 ESV)  38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. … Continue reading →

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Exile and Repentance, Part 15 (Acts 2, Part 1)

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Jesus is the Messiah (Act 2:22-28 ESV)  “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you … Continue reading →

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