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August 2021

August 10, 2021
In my previous post, I showed how the Bible and culture are inextricably tied together....
August 03, 2021
Many people only want to say the Bible transcends culture. However, the facts present us...

July 2021

July 27, 2021
All cultures, including the US, care about honor or status. This post notes 4 ways...
July 20, 2021
This post turns attention to the ways that CRT (and similar ideologies) employ toxic shame...
July 13, 2021
This post considers the link between shame and Critical Race Theory (CRT), which, Shelby Steele...
July 06, 2021
We need to ask the question, “What distinguishes good and bad shame?” But haven’t researchers,...

June 2021

June 29, 2021
Few verses are as controversial as 1 Peter 3:7. Some people flatly ignore it, regarding...
June 22, 2021
This post explains how the Cave People, small tribe in Nepal, "came into existence" simply...
June 15, 2021
Individualism is not individuality. It is an ideology. Such a worldview is not only irrational;...
June 08, 2021
I recently gave a short presentation titled "Biblically Faithful and Culturally Meaningful Contextualization? Moving Beyond...
June 01, 2021
Here are unique features of shame, compared to guilt, that are both interesting and important....

May 2021

May 25, 2021
People always ask, “What’s the difference between guilt and shame?” It seems that I’ve never...
May 17, 2021
Saying complementarianism only “indirectly” relates to the gospel doesn't mean you communicate that idea. One...
May 11, 2021
The recent issue of ChinaSource Quarterly reflects on women’s contribution to the Chinese church. This...
May 04, 2021
Over the past number of years, incivility has destroyed friendships. It has divided families and...

April 2021

April 27, 2021
In America, “Don’t label me!” is the constant refrain. Outside of the West (especially North...
April 22, 2021
The most recent issue of Themelios (April 2021) contains an article and several book reviews...
April 20, 2021
Winsome Conviction opens with a provocative statement: “there are times when the best way to...
April 13, 2021
Without understanding how to disagree well, the church will never have unity, just mere conformity....
April 06, 2021
When I first heard about Barr’s The Making of Biblical Womanhood, I wasn’t interested in...

March 2021

March 30, 2021
This week, I led a webinar with China Source where I explain distinctive features of...
March 23, 2021
Te-li Lai says “In essence, the goal of Paul’s shaming refutation is Christic formation.” This...
March 15, 2021
After 30 years, I no longer belong to an SBC church. I worked with the...
March 09, 2021
In order to apply and respond to shame or honor in constructive ways, we need...
March 03, 2021
Here is the ChinaSource March Lecture: “Confucian Shame in Christian Thinking” (by Jackson Wu)
March 02, 2021
Everyone wants to gain honor and avoid shame. Although honor and shame play such a...

February 2021

February 23, 2021
How do honor and shame influence moral decisions and Christian character? This talk shows a...
February 16, 2021
How does one begin to sort how honor and shame infuse Christian nationalism? We must...
February 09, 2021
When it comes to the question, “Is America a Christian nation?”, people often confuse America’s...
February 02, 2021
Looking for videos that could supplement your training for ministry in honor-shame contexts? Thanks to...
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