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August 2018

August 28, 2018

Is honor significant for society?

Why does honor matter at a social level? Tamler Sommers’ Why Honor Matters offers several answers...

August 21, 2018

Love Lost for the Cause of Christ

"I never made a sacrifice." It doesn't always feel like that. In Love Lost for...

August 14, 2018

Have Theologians No Sense of Shame? How the Bible Reconciles Objective and Subjective Shame

Have you noticed how people use the word “shame” in different ways? What is the...

August 08, 2018

Living without Honor is Immoral?

How does honor shape our views of morality? How does not having an honor perspective influence...

August 01, 2018

How Honor Motives Moral Behavior

When it comes to honor, Tamler Sommers is a realist, not a romantic. He challenges...

July 2018

July 25, 2018

Why Honor Matters is a must read. Here’s why.

Why Honor Matters will be one of the most significant and controversial books of the...

July 18, 2018

7 Dangers for Missionaries from Guilt-Innocence Cultures

A recent post on TGC warns against the dangers of becoming imbalanced when serving in...

July 11, 2018

Train Up a Child …But How?

Unfortunately Proverbs 22:6 is one of the most quoted verses in the Bible. Why “unfortunately”?...

July 03, 2018

We are defined by what we honor and shame

“We are our memories,” so we think. It turns out that’s not true. Various studies...

June 2018

June 27, 2018

Integrating Symbol, Story, and Ritual (by Tom Steffen)

If one’s worldview is constructed through the integration of symbol and story rehearsed through ritual...

June 20, 2018

Looking Back on the Orality Movement (Tom Steffen)

“You’re not going to bed until I hear about what you’ve been doing in Palawan,”...

June 14, 2018

ChinaSource looks at denominations in China and its churches

Last week, I wrote a post explaining the structure of many Chinese churches and the...

June 13, 2018

The Message of Genesis 1 in a Single Picture

When Moses taught Genesis 1, he wasn’t thinking to himself, “Hmm. What would Darwin say?”...

June 06, 2018

Polity and Patronage in Chinese Churches

How do Chinese house churches organize themselves? How does Chinese culture influence church structure? What...

May 2018

May 23, 2018

Paige Patterson is ousted as seminary president

Many of you read about Paige Patterson's comments a few weeks ago. Here is the...

May 23, 2018

China’s Five-Year Plan for Adapting Christianity to Chinese Socialism

Many people have heard about China's plan to "sinicize" Christianity. What does that mean? The...

May 16, 2018

Stop saying China is becoming “Western”

Here are a few phrases I’ve grown tired of. China is so “Western”...

May 09, 2018

Paige Patterson wants us to keep silent. This is why we shouldn’t.

When we silence or cover scandalous actions and speech “under the blanket,” we only fool...

May 08, 2018

Want Trump as a patron? Give thanks

Still don't understand ancient patronage systems? Well, now you can thank Donald Trump. His presidency...

May 03, 2018

Clothing the Grand Biblical Story with Honor and Shame

A student working with Muslims wanted to develop a story that takes honor and shame...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

The subtle syncretism of Andy Stanley against “theological correctness”

It kills me when well-intended pastors like Andy Stanley unwittingly do damage to the church...

April 27, 2018

Jaywalking… so shameful

Guilty of jaywalking? You should be ashamed of yourself, says the Chinese government. When tempted...

April 26, 2018

My take on Kraft’s latest book and other recent reviews in Themelios

This month Themelios has a few book reviews you might find interesting. Contours of...

April 25, 2018

Unity and the Korean Language

The following comes from a BBC article "How the South Korean language was designed to...

April 18, 2018

Won’t this cause you to lose face?

I noticed a man sitting on the sidewalk begging for money. I asked him to...

April 11, 2018

Honor and Shameful Retribution in Ancient and Biblical Laws

The principle of lex talionis [“eye for eye, tooth for tooth”] is deeply etched on...

April 04, 2018

A review of Honor Restored (Cru’s new evangelism tract)

Cru recently released an evangelism tract called “Honor Restored.” This new tool offers people an...

March 2018

March 29, 2018

What a former slave can teach us about judging others

I recently read the memoir Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, published in...

March 28, 2018

What The Greatest Showman teaches us about shame

I watched The Greatest Showman twice in one week. It is one of the most...

March 21, 2018

Recent ChinaSource Quarterly focuses on contextualization in China

This most recent issue of ChinaSource Quarterly is dedicated to the topic of contextualization. I...

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