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October 2017

October 24, 2017

Theological Education, Original Languages and the Reformation

Can we truly claim to be children of the Reformation yet neglect the original languages?

October 18, 2017

Brene Brown is Wrong. We Don’t Belong in the Wilderness

I can’t recommend Brene Brown’s new book. And she likely doesn’t care. I pre-ordered Braving...

October 17, 2017

Coming to ETS and SBL? Join me for these sessions

After missing last year, I’m looking forward to attending this year’s annual meetings for ETS...

October 11, 2017

How Rhetoric Ruins Missions

"Whoever uses the best rhetorical rules" .... Missionary rhetorical results in multiples problems. It silences...

October 04, 2017

What the Chinese Church Teaches Me About Obligation and Love

We Americans charge the hill while screaming, “You can’t tell me what to do!”

September 2017

September 28, 2017

Do they protest with honor and shame but not wisdom?

Whoever said America was not an honor-shame society? Just this week, the President of the...

September 27, 2017

6 Ways Honor and Shame Make Disciples (Not Converts)

preview:Honor and shame are essential for being & making disciples. They are more than mere...

September 20, 2017

Identifying God’s Enemies and Ours

Why does the Bible say we are “God’s enemies”? The reason is less obvious as...

September 13, 2017

U.S. military as Onramp for Understanding Honor-Shame Cultures

As strange as it may sound, the U.S. military provides a very effective illustration for...

September 06, 2017

Assessing Theology from a Historical Perspective

Ask 3 theologians their opinion on a doctrine and you'll likely get 4 answers. Theology...

August 2017

August 30, 2017

How to Assess Theological Arguments

As my students and I debated during a Systematic Theology I course, it realized how...

August 24, 2017

Does Myers-Briggs type affect how you experience shame?

Is there any relationship between your Myers-Briggs personality type and the way you deal with...

August 23, 2017

A Practical Approach to Biblical Contextualization (Session 4 Training Video)

Here is SESSION FOUR of 4 training videos I've released over the summer. This final...

August 17, 2017

Interesting Stuff in Themelios (August, 2017)

The latest issue of Themelios is out. Here are a few articles and book reviews...

August 16, 2017

A Balanced Critique of Popular Missiological Methods

Few recent missiological articles are as practical and pleasurable as is George Terry’s “A Missiology...

August 09, 2017

The Power of “Popularity” in the Church

Few subjects are so paradoxical as popularity. “Popular” kids often are the most liked and...

August 02, 2017

How does the Bible explain the gospel? (Session 3 Training Video)

There is one gospel yet many ways to present this message. Accordingly, in addition to...

July 2017

July 26, 2017

Chiasm, Oral Peoples, and the Grand Biblical Story

Chiasm is one of the most common memory devices in history and across the world....

July 18, 2017

Does God Love Black People More Than the Church?

I understand the desire for purity and the stain of association. But the church is...

July 11, 2017

How does the Bible contextualize the gospel? (Session 2 Training Video)

Here is SESSION TWO of 4 training videos I will release this summer. Below, you'll find...

July 05, 2017

If only the church were like a gang….

The following is one of the most significant quotes I’ve read in a long while....

July 05, 2017

Saving Us from Me: Cultivating Honor and Shame in a Collectivist Church

Today, I'm releasing my recent conference talk "Saving Us from Me: Cultivating Honor and Shame...

June 2017

June 27, 2017

The Bible Tells a Dystopian Story

Dystopian stories contextualize the anxieties of Western culture. If so, how might the Bible address...

June 20, 2017

Is Western Culture Dystopian?

Dystopia is a distinctly Western genre. It also is one of the most popular story...

June 14, 2017

Reinterpreting Contextualization (Session 1 Training Video)

In the coming weeks, I will release 4 full length training videos. The audio comes...

June 07, 2017

Should Missionaries Adopt Warriors’ “Run and Gun” Offense?

What can Golden State Warriors teach missionaries? A lot.

June 01, 2017

True but Confusing Advice for Missionaries

Mack Stiles’ recent post on The Gospel Coalition causes unnecessary confusion.[1] Why? It offers advice...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Reflections on the Reformation 500 and the Gospel Conference

Over four-thousand Chinese leaders and mission workers from around the world recently met in Hong...

May 24, 2017

How Metaphors Make Us Moral

“Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.” Arguably, John...

May 18, 2017

Online Chinese Christianity Collection

I recently found out the Online Chinese Christianity Collection (OCCC) is now accessible. It is...

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