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February 2014

February 06, 2014
God reveals himself in metaphors. So why do we tend to read past them?隐喻 (yǐn...
February 04, 2014
  Saving God's Face received its first journal review!     In the latest issue...

January 2014

January 30, 2014
What should we do when Chinese believers don't know Greek or Hebrew? In the last...
January 28, 2014
A reader sent me a question after my previous post about using "context" to interpret...
January 22, 2014
Studying context is the single most important step in the interpretation process. If so, we...
January 16, 2014
What do we do after we’ve restated a text, given our impressions, examined the context,...
January 14, 2014
My most recent article on Romans is now published! It is titled, “PAUL WRITES TO...
January 09, 2014
“Face” is simply another way of talking about honor-shame (荣辱, róngrǔ). So, what some words...
January 07, 2014
Previously, I introduced a method of interpretation that anyone could use, even when the only...

December 2013

December 31, 2013
Practically speaking, how do we interpret the Bible when we only have the Bible? This...
December 23, 2013
Here is just one more little contribution to the bigger argument that glory, honor, and...
December 19, 2013
This video is a perfect example of contextualization. Contextualization involves interpretation, communication, and application. This...
December 17, 2013
If we want to find the meaning of a biblical text, what things are not...
December 12, 2013
Christmas celebrates the way God took a global size problem and began solving it with...
December 10, 2013
How do we interpret the Bible when we only have the Bible? This means...no commentaries,...
December 05, 2013
I've said for a while that the two most critical needs for the Chinese church...
December 03, 2013
In the previous post, I asked a question people have been asking, "What does the...

November 2013

November 25, 2013
Are you one of the 100+ million people who've seen this video? I know...
November 20, 2013
Traditional western theology may not be wrong, but it also may not be as helpful...
November 14, 2013
My previous post, examined the story of the rich, younger ruler (Mark 10:17–30). I suggested...
November 12, 2013
How do you use Mandarin to talk about honor and shame (i.e. “face”)? What if...
November 06, 2013
Western Christians make a big deal of the rich young ruler story (Matt. 19:16–29; Mark...
November 04, 2013
This is a warning for those living anywhere near the Beijing and Shanghai areas. Benny...

October 2013

October 31, 2013
Short-term volunteers are a major part of mission strategy. Long-term missionaries have mixed feelings about...
October 30, 2013
Here's a beautiful example of what contextualization does not look like. Related articles The...
October 28, 2013
Help me by taking a quick poll.   Someone suggested that they needed more time...
October 24, 2013
How would I outline a Chinese perspective of justification? I could write a book on...
October 22, 2013
In talking about justification, Paul first answers the who-question, then the how-question. That was the...
October 17, 2013
The traditional perspective on justification gives a right answer to the wrong question. As a...
October 15, 2013
Chinese culture may help us reconcile the "New Perspective on Paul" (NPP) and the traditional...
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