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June 2019

June 26, 2019
Consider the Old Testament passages cited by Paul. Those OT texts intertwine honor, shame, and...
June 19, 2019
The biblical authors are much like movie directors. How so? Think of a movie that...
June 11, 2019
Many readers will be nervous about potentially mixing the Bible with culture. Other people are...
June 05, 2019
John McDermott was the world’s expert in philosophical pragmatism. He knew everything about William James...

May 2019

May 30, 2019
Good news! The 3D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Cultures (by Jayson Georges)...
May 29, 2019
Michael Kruger’s recent post reminds us of problems that occur when we speak in half-truths....
May 23, 2019
Christianity Today's recent article highlights the problem with the label "unreached people groups" or "UPGs"....
May 22, 2019
What if we read Romans with "Eastern eyes"? Ask yourself, "What would we see?"This short...
May 15, 2019
When I began reading Scott Moreau's Contextualizing the Faith: A Holistic Approach, I immediately wanted...
May 08, 2019
Some people have expressed their doubt about China’s recent initiative to “Sinicize” Christianity. They suspect...
May 01, 2019
We can’t read everything. That’s why journals offer book reviews. The recent issue of Themelios...

April 2019

April 24, 2019
IVP will release Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes in less than a month. Over the...
April 17, 2019
The vindication of God’s glory through Christ has significant implications for Christ’s followers. In this...
April 11, 2019
Contextualization involves more than sound theological doctrine or effective ministry strategies. One area of contextualization...
April 10, 2019
One of the main themes, if not the primary motif in biblical theology, is the...
April 03, 2019
You’ve heard that China is creating a social credit system. This is the system where...
April 02, 2019
Have you seen the most recent issue of China Source Quarterly (CSQ)? I think you’ll...

March 2019

March 27, 2019
Part 1 examined ways that missionaries sometimes misapply or misinterpret the Bible when talking about...
March 20, 2019
Last year, I suggested that China’s 5-year plan to Sinicize Christianity is political, not biblical....
March 13, 2019
Someone advised me not to write this article. But silence is exactly why we have...
March 06, 2019
For so long, Christians have tried to conjure a guilty conscience in the minds of...

February 2019

February 27, 2019
Chris Flanders gave a game-changing presentation on the role of guilt and shame in evangelism...
February 20, 2019
Imposter syndrome is the belief that you’re “an inadequate and incompetent failure, despite evidence that...
February 13, 2019
Three untruths have coddled the American missionary mind. I summarized them in my previous post....
February 06, 2019
The most significant, insightful, and provocative book of 2018, in my opinion, was The Coddling...

January 2019

January 30, 2019
Our family was engrossed in a family night movie when I barely hear my daughter’s...
January 23, 2019
It's good to see people thinking about the relationship between grade and honor. Because of...
January 16, 2019
Not only does this video show the power of reputation and perceived honor (within the...
January 10, 2019
Today, I received the proofs for my forthcoming book with IVP. It's titled Reading Romans...
January 09, 2019
Countless models attempt to present the biblical narrative in a coherent way but usually “systematize”...
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