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August 2015

August 26, 2015
Today, I want to better illustrate what it means to “frame” the gospel. This is...
August 25, 2015
In the July/August issue of Relevant magazine, N. T. Wright says, The Gospel is news...
August 23, 2015
Joann Pittman always has great posts with insights into Chinese culture. Here are a few...
August 20, 2015
To celebrate my move to Patheos, I'm giving away books!! After a week, I'll draw...
August 19, 2015
The biblical writers’ view of the gospel is shaped by God’s covenants announced to Israel...
August 17, 2015
The video below was posted on "WeChat" (微信) by someone who was about 2 km...
August 17, 2015
As you can see, my blog has a new home! The very kind people at...
August 12, 2015
The biblical concept of “covenant” should shape how we preach the gospel. I expect some...
August 05, 2015
A few years ago, an author asked me whether I would read the draft of...

July 2015

July 30, 2015
It was John Piper who first helped me to see the significance of glory, specifically...
July 29, 2015
One Gospel for All Nations makes much more explicit the methodology that is implicit in...
July 23, 2015
Contextualization is about empathy, being able to see the world from another person's perspective. Don't...
July 22, 2015
Over the coming weeks, I will introduce a number of thoughts and concerns that go...
July 15, 2015
Let’s face it–– missionaries tend to care a lot about numbers. Whether we’re talking about...
July 14, 2015
MY NEWEST BOOK IS NOW READY!! It is titled One Gospel for All Nations: A...
July 08, 2015
When assessing various methods of ministry, one of the early questions people have is this:...
July 07, 2015
Doug Coleman and I had the privilege of co-editing this month's issue of Global Missiology. ...
July 01, 2015
Training Leaders International posted a great video by Richard Pratt, an Old Testament professor at...

June 2015

June 03, 2015
Contextualization begins when we see the world through another person's eyes. It's easy to forget...

May 2015

May 27, 2015
Interested in honor and shame? What about orality? Well, you might be interested in this...
May 20, 2015
A lot has been written about how honor and shame influence large cultures, whether Chinese,...
May 13, 2015
(This post originally appeared on Ed Stetzer’s blog The Exchange) I’ll never forget when an...
May 11, 2015
A few months ago, I ran a series reviewing and applying John Walton's book The...
May 08, 2015
I was informed that a number of my links to Chinese resources were broken or...
May 06, 2015
One reason why people reject the gospel is simply this––they don’t get it. Maybe it’s...

April 2015

April 29, 2015
Gospel presentations have a disproportionate influence on the way people afterwards read the Bible. Therefore,...
April 22, 2015
Practical. Contextualization. Some people think those words don’t belong together. My newest book will be...
April 16, 2015
I'm thrilled to announce that I have started a separate website specifically for Chinese readers....
April 14, 2015
Do you have Chinese friends who should read Saving God's Face?  Now they can! I'm...
April 08, 2015
Last October (2014), Global Missiology published two articles I wrote concerning Church Planting Movements (CPMs)....
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