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August 2013

August 06, 2013

Is Our Theology Enslaved to the Law?

How do the various biblical metaphors and word pictures relate to one another? Click on...

July 2013

July 04, 2013

Biblical Theology from a Chinese Perspective

Check out my most recent article "Biblical Theology from a Chinese Perspective--Interpreting Scripture through the...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

"There is no fairness if you do not let us cheat" — Chinese parents

This is one of the most telling articles you may ever read about Chinese culture.Here...

June 12, 2013

Does Christ Satisfy God’s Honor or His Justice?

Of making many atonement theories, there is no end. It can be a real headache...

June 05, 2013

"What Does It Mean to Contextualize the Gospel?" by Werner Mischke

Check out Werner Mischke's post "What does it mean to contextualize the gospel?"

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Finding Israel in the Middle Kingdom

What does Beijing have to do with Jerusalem? Well, imagine you live in the following...

May 30, 2013

"Theology" versus "Chinese Theology"?

What's the difference between "theology" & "Chinese theology"? This video makes me think of contextualizing...

May 27, 2013

Preaching the Gospel to the Tiger Mom

How would you preach the gospel to someone like a “Tiger Mom”? Amy Chua, who...

May 24, 2013

How Do Evangelicals Define "Contextualization"?

How do we define contextualization? Judging from the books and articles I've read on the...

May 23, 2013

Interpreting Contextualization

What is "contextualization"? It is one of the most popular buzzwords in evangelicalism today. When...

May 21, 2013

Does Biblical Infallibility Allow Us to Assume the Gospel?

How do fallible people contextualize God's infallible word? To put it more sharply, does it...

May 20, 2013

Week 1 of Book Giveaway

This is week 1 of the book giveaway. Each of the next four weeks, I'll...

May 16, 2013

Who Should Read "Saving God's Face"?

Is "Saving God's Face" a book that only “scholars” will understand? No. That doesn’t mean...

May 15, 2013

Missiology or Theology? Crossing Academic Cultures for the Sake of the Nations

In order to reach the nations, we will have to cross cultures academically. What God...

May 13, 2013

The Dangers of Being an Evangelical Missiologist

I once had a good friend jokingly say, "I can't tell if you are a...

May 08, 2013

The Personal History behind "Saving God's Face"

What is the personal history behind my book, Saving God's Face? Why did I write...

May 02, 2013

Introducing My New Book, Saving God's Face

April 2013

April 23, 2013

How Can Oral Peoples Interpret the Bible?

There is a difference between using stories to teach the Bible and preaching the gospel...

April 18, 2013

The Old Testament as God’s Contextualization for Oral Peoples

How can oral people groups interpret the Bible when they can't read it? How can...

April 16, 2013

Tell the Whole Story Out of Order Using Layers

In the last post, I made a simple argument. It is very easy––if not common––for...

April 11, 2013

Critiquing Creation to Christ (C2C)

Some people might take issue with my critique of C2C in the last post. Am...

April 09, 2013

Taking the Context out of the Bible?

Taking the Context out of the Bible? We've all heard taking a passage out of...

April 02, 2013

Contextualizing the One Gospel in Any Culture––A Model from the Biblical Text for a Global Context

Trying to figure out how to contextualize the gospel? Practically speaking, how do we assess...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Why Did Adam Wear a Loincloth?––Uncovering the Truth about Context

I have written on the influence of our culture lens on our theology and view...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

What is Most "Fundamental" in Salvation?: A Problem in Theological Debates

Theological debates are often fueled by a lack of clarity about both the terms we...

February 14, 2013

The New Covenant in a Chinese Context (Part 3): Defined by Ethnicity?

In the previous posts, we saw that the new covenant has a collectivist dimension and...

February 01, 2013

Reply to Questions about Compromising the Gospel by Settling for Truth

This is second post where I answer a reader's questions about my latest article, "We...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Questions About What Happens When We Compromise the Gospel by Settling for Truth

As I announced previously, my newest article was published in Global Missiology. Someone read it...

January 21, 2013

Two Kinds of Contextualization and Why They Matter (Part 3––A Matrix for Seeing the World)

This is Part 3 in a series that aims to help people understand contextualization. Contextualization...

January 16, 2013

Two Kinds of Contextualization and Why They Matter (Part 2)

What we don't know about contextualization CAN hurt our gospel ministry. Typically, people regard contextualization...