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February 2017

February 08, 2017

Contextualize. Don’t Merely Evangelize.

As I waited for my plane, I was stumped by what I was looking at....

January 2017

January 17, 2017

Contextualizing Christmas in China

If you are interested in contextualization in China, you might want to check out Ruth...

January 11, 2017

Are you wasting time church planting?

Even Paul knew his labor in planting churches could be a waste of time. If Paul...

November 2016

November 09, 2016

Do We Foster Humility and Hutzpah?

Previously, I claimed that good contextualization requires two things: humility and hutzpah. In this post,...

November 07, 2016

ChinaSource Podcast on Contextualization and Chinese Culture

ChinaSource recently posted an interview between Joann Pittman, Sam Chan and I. I am grateful...

October 2016

October 25, 2016

My most useful contextualization tool (Part 2)

In my last post, I showed one way to apply the most important tool (in...

October 19, 2016

My most useful contextualization tool (Part 1)

I recently realized that I have never shared on this blog what is probably the...

October 12, 2016

Study Guides to Training Videos

Over the past few months, I posted 4 short training videos (available on my media...

September 2016

September 21, 2016

Building the Biblical Story

In order to teach the Bible and share the gospel, we do best to understand...

September 14, 2016

Humility and Hutzpah: Two Characteristics of Biblical Contextualization

Contextualization requires character more than competence. Too few people talk about this. As a result,...

September 08, 2016

Jewish scholar gets evangelical, rips bad contextualization

Previously, I described the distress I felt at a recent SABS conference. No doubt, hearing...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

The Yin-Yang of Contextualization

The male students in my class agreed, “The Bible says that men are more important...

August 16, 2016

Review of Ten Elshof’s “Confucius for Christians”

If you want to see an example of good contextualization, read Gregg Ten Elshof’s Confucius...

August 09, 2016

Can we be Confucian Christians?

This post introduces you to Gregg Ten Elshof’s Confucius for Christians by responding to (what...

August 03, 2016

What the Gospels Teach about Contextualization

The Bible not only gives us our message; it should shape our methods. In One...

July 2016

July 07, 2016

“There is no God without me.” I’m disappointed.

Disappointed. That’s how I felt recently after attending a meeting for the Society of Asian...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Contextualizing without Compromising like Aaron (Part 2)

What else can we learn about contextualization from the golden calf story in Exodus 32?...

June 22, 2016

Contextualizing without compromising like Aaron (Part 1)

What can we learn about contextualization from Aaron and the golden calf story (in Exodus...

June 15, 2016

Contextualizing One Gospel (Training Video)

Here is the second in a series short training videos. Last time, I gave a...

June 08, 2016

How Empathy Helps Contextualization

At its best, contextualization requires us intentionally to interpret the Bible with empathy. (For my...

June 01, 2016

How to Intentionally Contextualize

If you’re not intentional in how you read and apply the Bible, you’ll likely compromise...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

One Gospel for Shame, Guilt, and Fear Cultures?

How does the one gospel make sense for shame, guilt and fear cultures? Some people seem to...

May 18, 2016

Explaining Contextualization (a short video)

In the coming weeks and months, I'll post a series of short videos explaining key...

May 12, 2016

Examples of Contextualization Maps

Today, I'll give a few examples how to use a "contextualization map," which I explained in...

May 05, 2016

Use a “Contextualization Map”

If we only have 3–5 minutes, can we still contextualize the gospel? I think we...

April 2016

April 14, 2016

Learning Contextualization with “Uptown Funk”

Here's a fun demonstration of contextualization. 1 song. 66 different dances. Each fits its context....

April 07, 2016

Missiology and EMQ Review “One Gospel for All Nations”

It's a exciting month for One Gospel for All Nations. EMQ and Missiology: An International...

April 06, 2016

The Gospel with an Accent (by Sam Chan)

Today's guest post is by Sam Chan (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), a theologian, preacher,...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

Four Reasons We Need Contextualization

Hundreds of books and articles talk about contextualization. Nearly every one of them focuses on...

January 2016

January 13, 2016

Interview with Christine Dillon (Part 2)

This the second half of my interview with Christine Dillon, a church planter in Taiwan...