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January 2024

January 09, 2024

11 Contrasts Between Western and Eastern Cultures

Culture profoundly shapes how we view the world, interact with others, and understand ourselves. When...

December 2023

December 27, 2023

A Hudson Taylor movie is in the works!

I recently learned that a screenplay has already been written for a new movie on...

November 2023

November 20, 2023

Americans, not Asians, have Positive Illusions

People in the U.S. Think They Are Better Than They Actually Are. People in Asia...

August 2023

August 08, 2023

Missionary Perspectives on Language Learning

Ironically, numerous missionaries minimize the importance of learning the local language at a high level....

July 2023

July 05, 2023

Learning Chinese through Scripture

Few resources help someone learn Chinese in order to teach theology and other major Christian...

October 2022

October 29, 2022

Why did China Humiliate Hu Jintao?

My jaw dropped. I have never seen Chinese leaders act in such a way. However,...

October 25, 2022

The Psychology of Broad and Eastern Thinking

Have you ever thought about the link between cognitive psychology, Eastern thinking, and biblical theology?...

July 2022

July 05, 2022

Chinese Christians Have Faith in the Wilderness. Will We?

We made the heart-wrenching decision to close the China chapter of our lives. Twenty years...

March 2022

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...

November 2021

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...

May 2021

May 11, 2021

The Ministry of Women in the Chinese Church

The recent issue of ChinaSource Quarterly reflects on women’s contribution to the Chinese church. This...

March 2021

March 03, 2021

Here is the ChinaSource March Lecture: “Confucian Shame in Christian Thinking” (by Jackson Wu)

January 2021

January 05, 2021

Six Approaches to Contextualization in China

The following six categories signify six ways that theologians and missiologists talk about and do...

December 2020

December 29, 2020

A Dictionary for Learning Theological Chinese

In this post, I want to spotlight a fantastic specifically designed for English speakers who...

December 07, 2020

Thoughts on China’s “New” Regulations on Foreigner’s Religious Activity

Joann Pittman, from China Source, recently wrote an excellent article analyzing China’s new regulations concerning...

March 2020

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...

February 2020

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 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...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

“Grace in the City” Shares Sermons from Chinese Pastors

Nicholas Romanin reviews a new book, Grace to the City: Studies in the Gospel from...

December 23, 2019

Does God Have “One Child” or a “Unique Child”?

John 3:16 is the first verse most Christians memorize. It can also be misleading, especially...

December 11, 2019

Why Westerners Don’t See Shame as a Virtue

Why does shame have a bad name in the West, yet Confucian societies regard shame...

December 04, 2019

3 Features of Moral Shame

This is Part Two of my "interview" highlighting key ideas from Bongrae Seok’s Moral Psychology of...

November 2019

November 25, 2019

When being shameless is shameful

Have you ever noticed the peculiar way we talk about shame? We don’t want people...

August 2019

August 07, 2019

Sinicization with “American Characteristics”

“Sinicization” is the name that describes China’s most recent attempts to systematically undermine Christianity in...

July 2019

July 31, 2019

Shrewd as Serpents amid Sinicization

This post gives a few miscellaneous updates concerning the government’s efforts to “sinicize” the Chinese...

July 03, 2019

The 5 Most Pressing Needs of the Chinese Church

The most pressing needs of the Chinese church are theological, missiological, and familial. What does...

May 2019

May 08, 2019

7 Reasons Why Sinicization is Not Rhetoric This Time

Some people have expressed their doubt about China’s recent initiative to “Sinicize” Christianity. They suspect...

April 2019

April 11, 2019

Writing Worship Songs in Chinese (when it’s your second language)

Contextualization involves more than sound theological doctrine or effective ministry strategies. One area of contextualization...

April 03, 2019

The nitty gritty of the China’s social credit system. Could this happen in America?

You’ve heard that China is creating a social credit system. This is the system where...

April 02, 2019

The Best of China Source Quarterly

Have you seen the most recent issue of China Source Quarterly (CSQ)? I think you’ll...