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June 2018

June 20, 2018
“You’re not going to bed until I hear about what you’ve been doing in Palawan,”...
June 14, 2018
Last week, I wrote a post explaining the structure of many Chinese churches and the...
June 13, 2018
When Moses taught Genesis 1, he wasn’t thinking to himself, “Hmm. What would Darwin say?”...
June 06, 2018
How do Chinese house churches organize themselves? How does Chinese culture influence church structure? What...

May 2018

May 23, 2018
Many of you read about Paige Patterson's comments a few weeks ago. Here is the...
May 23, 2018
Many people have heard about China's plan to "sinicize" Christianity. What does that mean? The...
May 16, 2018
  Here are a few phrases I’ve grown tired of.   China is so “Western”...
May 09, 2018
When we silence or cover scandalous actions and speech “under the blanket,” we only fool...
May 08, 2018
Still don't understand ancient patronage systems? Well, now you can thank Donald Trump. His presidency...
May 03, 2018
A student working with Muslims wanted to develop a story that takes honor and shame...

April 2018

April 30, 2018
It kills me when well-intended pastors like Andy Stanley unwittingly do damage to the church...
April 27, 2018
Guilty of jaywalking? You should be ashamed of yourself, says the Chinese government. When tempted...
April 26, 2018
This month Themelios has a few book reviews you might find interesting.   Contours of...
April 25, 2018
The following comes from a BBC article "How the South Korean language was designed to...
April 18, 2018
I noticed a man sitting on the sidewalk begging for money. I asked him to...
April 11, 2018
The principle of lex talionis [“eye for eye, tooth for tooth”] is deeply etched on...
April 04, 2018
Cru recently released an evangelism tract called “Honor Restored.” This new tool offers people an...

March 2018

March 29, 2018
I recently read the memoir Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, published in...
March 28, 2018
I watched The Greatest Showman twice in one week. It is one of the most...
March 21, 2018
This most recent issue of ChinaSource Quarterly is dedicated to the topic of contextualization. I...
March 20, 2018
Louis Chew offers helpful insight in his recent article “The Pursuit Of Status: How To...
March 14, 2018
An article recently came to my attention with a very simple claim. J. Brennan, who...
March 07, 2018
This guest post by Robert Strauss is Part 3 of 3 in the series introducing...
March 01, 2018
Over at Radius International, Sam Trumball rightly observes how people incorrectly define contextualization. Trumball begins...

February 2018

February 27, 2018
This guest post by Robert Strauss is Part 2 of 3 in the series introducing...
February 21, 2018
This guest post from Robert Strauss is part 1 of 3 in the series. Reza...
February 14, 2018
Most people understand God’s righteousness in Rom 3:4 and Ps 51:4 as punitive, referring to...
February 12, 2018
I’m grateful to let people know about two recently published reviews of my books. They...
February 09, 2018
Jen Hatmaker's arguments are flawed because of an increasingly popular but superficial way of interpreting...
February 08, 2018
Sadly, people like Jen Hatmaker give us poor examples of contextualization. She cast aside nearly...
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