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Leadership: Simple Church, Introduction

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Jay F Guin

I recently mentioned my disagreement with the authors of Simple Church when it comes to Sunday Bible classes. I think Bible classes are essential toward discipleship. Not sufficient by any means, but essential. But I agree with the authors that … Continue reading →

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Thrifty Christian Reader

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Found this site on the recommendation of Matt Dabbs. Lots of bargains on Christian literature — including some popular titles, such as N. T. Wright’s Surprised by Hope.

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Leadership: Revitalizing Bible Class, Part 2

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Here are a few tips on how to revitalize Bible classes: Teaching is a gift from God. Not everyone has it. Don’t put someone in as a teacher who is not gifted to do so — even if this means … Continue reading →

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Leadership: Revitalizing Bible Class, Part 1

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Jay F Guin

The modern church struggles with Bible class. Many churches report that class attendance is way down. Others have dropped traditional Bible classes altogether in favor of small groups meeting in homes. Personally, I favor a robust Bible class program. I … Continue reading →

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Leadership: Electronic Giving in a Church of Christ

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Jay F Guin

We live in an age when most middle or upper class people pay bills by computer, electronically, and everyone else uses cash. Checks are very nearly obsolete. Ask most people in your church how many checks they write a month, and … Continue reading →

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Leadership: Communications

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Jay F Guin

I’m taking a one-week pause from the Salvation 2.0 series. I thought we might instead talk about church leadership. Somewhere near the top of the work of a church leader is communication. I like to think of elders and church … Continue reading →

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Salvation 2.0: Part 3.19 The Principalities and Powers

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Jay F Guin

David Bentley Hart’s argument insists that a good God making a good Creation from  nothing (ex nihilo) must bring his Creation to a good end. Perpetual conscious torment (PCT) of  rational beings — humans — is not a good end. … Continue reading →

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Salvation 2.0: Part 3.18: David Bentley Hart’s “God, Creation, and Evil,” Part 11

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Jay F Guin

So, to wrap up, I don’t buy the Universal Reconciliation Argument. Neither do I agree with the traditional Perpetual Conscious Torment of the damned position. Rather, I’m sold that Edward Fudge is right in teaching Conditionalism, that is, that the … Continue reading →

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Salvation 2.0: Part 3.17: David Bentley Hart’s “God, Creation, and Evil,” Part 10

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Available Light So this inevitably brings up the question of “available light” — the theory that God saves those who’ve never heard of Jesus, at least, those who are good people. I debated this question with Al Maxey back in … Continue reading →

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Salvation 2.0: Part 3.16: David Bentley Hart’s “God, Creation, and Evil,” Part 9

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Pre-resurrection Gentiles, again If I’m right that the sinned-against deserve justice from God, then we have to admit that, so far as the scriptures reveal, there is no justice pre-Jesus. If the evil people of the pre-Jesus Gentile world simply … Continue reading →

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