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A Little Help?!

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Okay, I’ve come to this self-realization. I need help.  You see, I just don’t have the patience to maintain this website like I should. I mean, I just updated my indexing system going back to November. I’ve been meaning to … Continue reading →

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Woohoo! One In Jesus makes top 10 Church of Christ blogs

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Over at Kingdom Living, Matt Dabbs has used the Alexa service to rank the 25 most popular Church of Christ blogs (and blog-like sites). Not surprisingly, the top 3 are Al Maxey, Edward Fudge, and the late Cecil Hook. Astonishingly, … Continue reading →

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Radical Congregationalism

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Garrett’s sixth wish is — Let us reject our radical congregationalism and become more responsibly organized for the tasks before us. No local church, nor group of area churches, can do what the church as a whole can do. We … Continue reading →

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Why I Do This

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Jay F Guin

I get emails — Jay,  In your “2008 Update” posting you included the following:  “And (do you believe it?) David Graves will be teaching a class on my The Holy Spirit and Revolutionary Grace at the Union Valley Church of … Continue reading →

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Church Planting

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Over at his site Who Told You That, Dell Kimberly has asked for reader input for what I think is a critically important question: How can an established church act like a church plant?  This is the most unusual post … Continue reading →

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Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan: Misguided Faith, Part 4

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Dwayne Phillips asked in a comment to Part 3 of this series, I enjoy reading your blog. This entry, however, sounds much like what I heard years ago from people who refused to say the pledge of allegiance and who … Continue reading →

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Joining the church of Christ

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Garrett’s fifth wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us become part of the body of Christ at large, cooperating with other Christians in the work of redeeming the world. We can do this without surrendering any truth … Continue reading →

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Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan: Misguided Faith, Part 3

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Jay F Guin

One of the most challenging passages in the New Testament is 1 Cor. 5:9-13. 9 I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people– 10 not at all meaning the people of this world who … Continue reading →

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Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan: Misguided Faith, Part 2

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Jay F Guin

The scriptures on the powers Recent New Testament scholarship has brought a new focus to Paul’s teachings about the “powers.” When Paul refers to the “powers,” he is sometimes referring to spiritual opponents of Jesus and other times referring to … Continue reading →

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Preserving Our Heritage

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Garrett’s fourth wish is — While we are to continue to be Churches of Christ, let us become what Churches of Christ truly ought to be — in the light of Scripture and our own heritage I disagree with those … Continue reading →

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