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December 2018

December 18, 2018
We can not read every book that we’d like to read. That is why we...
December 13, 2018
The South China Morning Post uploaded a series of phone videos capturing the scene of...
December 13, 2018
This is the second article where I post Pastor Wang Yi's open letter with my...
December 12, 2018
Pastor Wang knew this day was coming. He wrote a letter to be released in...
December 11, 2018
Everyone but the All Nations missions organization seems to agree that John Chau was not...
December 06, 2018
People associated with The Gospel Coalition (TGC) tend to emphasize "guilt" over honor and shame....
December 04, 2018
Sadly, missionary John Chau’s death to the North Sentinelese people will set back the effort...

November 2018

November 28, 2018
At the Patronage Symposium in October, some of the participants discussed the meaning of pistis (i.e.,...
November 19, 2018
In the first post, I gave an overview of reciprocity in China. We then considered...
November 13, 2018
I’ve said before that patronage might be the most misunderstood and overlooked aspect of traditional...
November 07, 2018
For some reason, few people seriously consider how honor and shame influence the biblical doctrine...

October 2018

October 31, 2018
Why has America grown more individualistic? Many people describe American culture (and the West more...
October 24, 2018
A previous post noted four ways that Paul challenges the fear and shame that potentially...
October 17, 2018
Shame has significant theological and practical importance. Paul spends the entire letter of 2 Timothy...
October 10, 2018
A saying I often repeat is this: “Even heretics aren’t idiots.” In other words, we...
October 03, 2018
Few people are atheists for intellectual reasons. In a recent article, Lisa Gungor explains her...

September 2018

September 26, 2018
Two things usually escape our notice: cognitive biases and theological syncretism. This is not surprising....
September 19, 2018
What happens when human relationships move online? How does the web affect our response to...
September 12, 2018
Wendel Sun says “union with Christ” is central to New Testament theology. To make that...
September 05, 2018
whenever I heard phrases like “union with Christ,” I inwardly rolled my eyes. I thought...

August 2018

August 28, 2018
Why does honor matter at a social level? Tamler Sommers’ Why Honor Matters offers several answers...
August 21, 2018
"I never made a sacrifice." It doesn't always feel like that. In Love Lost for...
August 14, 2018
Have you noticed how people use the word “shame” in different ways? What is the...
August 08, 2018
How does honor shape our views of morality? How does not having an honor perspective influence...
August 01, 2018
When it comes to honor, Tamler Sommers is a realist, not a romantic. He challenges...

July 2018

July 25, 2018
Why Honor Matters will be one of the most significant and controversial books of the...
July 18, 2018
A recent post on TGC warns against the dangers of becoming imbalanced when serving in...
July 11, 2018
Unfortunately Proverbs 22:6 is one of the most quoted verses in the Bible. Why “unfortunately”?...
July 03, 2018
“We are our memories,” so we think. It turns out that’s not true. Various studies...

June 2018

June 27, 2018
If one’s worldview is constructed through the integration of symbol and story rehearsed through ritual...
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