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Church 2.0: Part 10.13: Selecting Elders, Part 2

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Jay F Guin

The job descriptions in the titles Next, some of the most helpful instructions for what an elder should look like are found in the titles given the position: elder, overseer, and shepherd. An “elder” was the ancient world’s equivalent of a … Continue reading →

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Church 2.0: Part 10.12: Selecting Elders, Part 1

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Jay F Guin

When I mention “elders” in a Church of Christ forum, I immediately receive a negative reaction, as though all elders in the Churches of Christ are just awful. There’s a desperate unhappiness within many of our congregations regarding whom we’ve … Continue reading →

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An Idea for Teaching a Class on Grace (originally published Feb. 2007)

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Jay F Guin

When I was in college, I attended a Sunday School class for young adults, and the usual teacher was out of town. The fill-in teacher passed out a survey that asked our views on several controversial questions. We anonymously circled … Continue reading →

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Church 2.0: Part 10.11: Congregational Autonomy, Part 5 (Next Steps)

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Jay F Guin

So what are the next steps? Teach grace sufficient to allow us to treat other denominations of Christians as saved. Teach a faith certain enough that we don’t treat non-Christians as Christians. Jews and Muslims aren’t part of this. Faith … Continue reading →

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The Peach Kings: “Mojo Thunder”

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Think Blondie reborn.

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Church 2.0: Part 10.10: Congregational Autonomy, Part 4 (FAQs, Part 2)

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Continuing to reflect on the NT example of one congregation per city. We’re so divided today, how could we ever achieve such a thing today? A couple of thoughts. First, we need to stop thinking of unity as something for … Continue reading →

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Church 2.0: Part 10.6.1: Ekklēsia in the NT, Part 4

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Jay F Guin

It occurred to me the other day that we may have missed an important element underlying Paul’s theology. I doubt I’m the first to have noticed this, but I don’t think I’ve seen this hermeneutical thought anywhere else. We know … Continue reading →

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Anderson East “Live from FAME Studios”

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Don’t listen unless you loved the Blues Brothers. Anderson East channels 1960s soul music like no one else today that I know of.

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Carey Nieuwhof: How Pastoral Care Stunts Church Growth

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Jay F Guin

I’m quickly becoming a fan of the writings of Carey Nieuwhof on church leadership. He writes very much in the manner of Thom Rainer, but he writes as the pastor of a megachurch (Connexus Church, north of Toronto Canada). He recently … Continue reading →

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Church 2.0: Part 10.9: Congregational Autonomy, Part 3 (FAQs, Part 1)

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Jay F Guin

For those of us with a restorationist bent, the idea that there was but one congregation in a given city during New Testament times is a disturbing conclusion, because the Churches of Christ operate in ways that are very contrary to … Continue reading →

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