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May 2020

May 13, 2020

8 Ways to Help Returning Missionaries

Churches want to support missionaries. They just want to know how. Most mission agencies and...

May 05, 2020

I sacrificed more by leaving the mission field

“I sacrificed more by leaving the mission field.” When my friend recently made this statement,...

April 2020

April 28, 2020

How Paul Uses Shame in His Letters

The goal of Te-Li Lau’s "Defending Shame" is to explore Paul’s use of shame for the...

April 23, 2020

Where is the Gospel?

To cooperate in sharing the gospel, we must find common ground as to the content...

April 22, 2020

Why must we settle for part of the gospel?

At the recent T4G/TGC conference, Greg Gilbert made an astonishing claim (and misrepresentation) concerning the...

April 21, 2020

How Ancient Greeks and Jews Used Shame

There is an internal logic to shame. This is one reason Te-Li Lau writes Part 1...

April 15, 2020

Does the cross mean we should “grin and bear it”?

For many people, the Christian life is about how to grin and bear it? But...

April 14, 2020

An Overview of Te-Li Lau’s Defending Shame

I might have found my new favorite honor-shame book. The title of Te-Li Lau’s new...

April 09, 2020

Coronavirus Exposes the Cost of Individualistic Christianity

The coronavirus has exposed both the contradiction and the cost of popular, individualistic Christianity. Ironically,...

April 06, 2020

Coronavirus. Quarantine. Good?

Who knew a retired Navy SEAL could teach us so much about the Bible? Yet,...

April 01, 2020

Fame-Shame Culture and Social Media

How is fame different to honor? This post explores how fame culture has evolved over...

March 2020

March 30, 2020

Using the Coronavirus for Missionary Training

Our current circumstances resemble the experience of living cross-culturally. So, this post suggests 7 ways...

March 25, 2020

Public Shaming During the Coronavirus

Who said Westerners didn’t understand how shame can be harnessed for good? The BBC’s recent...

March 23, 2020

6 Ways to Impact the World While Social Distancing

What can we do while locked up in my home? This post suggests 6 ways...

March 18, 2020

The Relationship Between the Gospel and Justification

People often equate the gospel and justification by faith. They claim the gospel is a...

March 17, 2020

Amid coronavirus, America witnesses “passive-aggressive Chinese flex”

The United States has long served as a patron to smaller countries. China is in...

March 13, 2020

Honor, Shame, and the Coronavirus

Honor and shame dynamics affect every aspect of social life. This includes the current coronavirus...

March 11, 2020

Even self-driving cars are affected by culture

Here's an article worth talking about around the coffee machine. The following introduces an article...

March 05, 2020

What you can learn from #honortheology

A few years back, I began a series on Twitter using the hashtag #honortheology. It...

March 03, 2020

Women Speaking at the 2020 Honor-Shame Conference

The upcoming 2020 honor-shame conference will feature an array of extraordinary women from diverse backgrounds....

February 2020

February 26, 2020

Want to join God’s mission? Play the carrot cake game

This final post offers a few practical tools based on The Symphony of Mission. Jim...

February 19, 2020

God’s mission is a symphony, not a solo

God’s mission is akin to a symphony, having multiple parts coordinated in harmony for the...

February 12, 2020

Do you have missional ADD?

I have to read Goheen and Mullins' newest book, The Symphony in Mission, in chunks,...

February 05, 2020

The Gospel Coalition Reviews “Reading Romans”

A few people have asked, “What do you think about The Gospel Coalition’s review of...

February 03, 2020

Why Are Drones Shaming Chinese Citizens? The Coronavirus

It’s a truism to say war and suffering expose the best and worst about human...

January 2020

January 29, 2020

Review of Ministering in Patronage Cultures

In this post, we take a closer look at Jayson Georges' Ministering in Patronage Cultures:...

January 28, 2020

China’s “Biblical” Appeal to Shame Against the Coronavirus

In response to the coronavirus, China warns that people who care too much about the...

January 22, 2020

Training Leaders in Honor and Shame Cultures

Leadership is context dependent. Certainly, various principles for leadership span cultural settings; however, they might...

January 15, 2020

Honor, Shame and Hospitality when Christ is King

Joshua Jipp, NT Professor at TEDS, will be a workshop leader at the upcoming Honor-Shame...

January 13, 2020

Nominate “Reading Romans” and your other 2019 favorites!

If you enjoyed it, I'd be grateful if you'd nominate Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes for...

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