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May 2022

May 17, 2022

Protecting the Honor of Women in 1 Corinthians 11

In 1 Corinthians 11, Paul doesn't rebuke the women. He seeks to protect their honor...

May 10, 2022

Three Implications of Not Having Paul’s Missionary Motive

Missions is always a cooperative partnership. Which means the solution to dependency isn’t independence. It’s...

May 03, 2022

How Honor Motivates Mission Strategy

Paul is worried about the quality of his ministry. This concern trumps the modern fixation...

April 2022

April 26, 2022

What was Paul’s Missionary Motive? Probably Not What You’re Thinking

But Elliot Clark reminds us of a fundamental motive that underlies all of Paul’s work...

April 19, 2022

Non-Believer Asks about Restoring Honor through Shame

How do you explain to a non-believer regarding the restoring honor through shame who went...

April 11, 2022

Podcast Season 2 is ready to go!

Last year, we launched a new podcast Doing Theology. Thinking Mission. And it was super...

April 05, 2022

Paul was an evangelical, then he got saved

How long will it be before I can say I’m an evangelical without adding some...

March 2022

March 29, 2022

Playing the Status Game in Heaven

As Christians, the question is not whether we will play but which game we will...

March 22, 2022

My review of Chiang Kai-Shek’s Politics of Shame

I recently read Grace Huang's Chiang Kai-Shek’s Politics of Shame: Leadership, Legacy, and National Identity...

March 15, 2022

How Our Expectations Influence Our Interpretation of Scripture

Over a hundred years ago, F. C. Bartlett changed the trajectory of memory studies and...

March 08, 2022

The Cost and Reward of People Movements

As a missions community, we’re ready to strike gold. But we’re poorly equipped for the...

March 01, 2022

Professionalism versus the Holy Spirit in the Work of Missions?

My concern here is not for missionaries. It’s for the lost. Our effectiveness is damaged...

February 2022

February 22, 2022

Bigger, Better, and Faster Are Not Essential for Church Planting

While I can't entirely explain the problem, the solution has to place less emphasis on...

February 15, 2022

Miracle Cures for Covid and Missions

I love this book! While some people will find it disturbing, Rhodes' ideas challenge many...

February 08, 2022

My Top Recommendations for Honor and Shame Books

I often get asked for book recommendations from people who want to learn about honor...

February 01, 2022

Can We improve How We Play Status Games? Here are 8 Ideas

Can we improve the way we play status games? Yes, we can! This post offers...

January 2022

January 25, 2022

The Insatiable Search for Status

How do status games practically affect our lives? Will Storr offers an array of answers....

January 18, 2022

Status Games are Inherently Groupish

Seeking status occurs among individuals; yet, status competitions also arise within communities and between communities

January 11, 2022

We all play the status game. How do you play?

A new book just became my favorite book on the topic of honor and shame....

January 04, 2022

Is John’s Gospel a Defense of Jesus’ Honor?

Have you ever wondered whether John wrote his Gospel as a way of defending Jesus’...

December 2021

December 28, 2021

The Global Gospel now translated into Chinese

Many of you have read and love Werner Mischke's The Global Gospel. His book is...

December 20, 2021

Contextualizing Deconstruction and “Deconstruction”

The meaning of words, like deconstruction, always depends on context. Ignoring this inconvenient truth leads...

December 14, 2021

November 2021

November 30, 2021

How do Jesus and Paul talk about “outsiders”?

Some of the richest insights when interpreting the Bible come when readers attend to its...

November 22, 2021

9Marks is Right, but Its Arguments are Wrong

In China, people will simply tell you, “You’re fat,” as a way of showing affection....

November 16, 2021

Winner of the Middle Eastern Women’s Video Contest

Last year, Werner Mischke and I teamed up to offer training that addresses honor and...

November 09, 2021

Why are Americans obsessed with avoiding stereotypes?

We are all stereotypical in some way. Not only do we all fit into a...

November 02, 2021

Why punish parents for kids’ bad behavior?

China is now considering a new law where parents could be punished for their children’s...

October 2021

October 26, 2021

Honor and Shame in Vertical-Horizontal Individualism and Collectivism

In this post, we examine possible honor and shame implications of vertical and horizontal individualism...

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