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June 2017

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...

April 2017

April 26, 2017

Eastern versus Western Honor & Shame

Every human society cares about honor and shame but not all in the same way....

April 19, 2017

Is Christ’s reputation lost on the church?

“Face” is a matter of life and death. Just ask Lance Armstrong and anyone fighting...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

If We Say Chinese Have No Sin, We Deceive Ourselves

It began last summer. I awoke to read an email suggesting that Danny Hsu’s article...

March 21, 2017

Check out “The Good News for Honor-Shame Cultures”

In the recent March 2017 issue of Lausanne Global Analysis, you'll find an excellent article...

March 14, 2017

Which box do you belong in?

Humans always identify with groups. This is natural and good. Everyone simultaneously is an "insider"...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Students “borrow points” to pass test

Here are a few noteworthy articles reflecting on contemporary Chinese culture. 1. “Teachers Loan Students Points to...

January 24, 2017

Why collectivists grow rice and individualists grow wheat

One of my favorite books is Richard Nisbitt’s Geography of Thought, where he surveys many...

December 2016

December 14, 2016

Honor and Shame in Judgment

If you emphasize honor and shame, does this mean that you need to minimize the...

December 07, 2016

Honor and Shame are Objective (Not Merely Subjective)

Many Christians think honor and shame are simply subjective categories. The Bible disagrees. Scripture uses...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

Responding to “White Privilege” in Missions

How do we practically respond to “white privilege”? We first considered how to talk about...

November 22, 2016

Honor-Shame Conference 2107 at Wheaton: Registration NOW OPEN

It's official! You can now register for “Honor, Shame, & the Gospel“—the Honor-Shame Network Conference...

November 10, 2016

Trump supporters are not put to shame

During election coverage, one commentator rightly stated Trump’s victory does not represent the opposition of...

November 03, 2016

How Christ saves God’s face . . . and ours (new article)

I'll excited to let you know that Missiology published my newest article this month and it appears...

October 2016

October 13, 2016

Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures (book notice)

Here is a must read for anyone ministering in honor-shame contexts. Jayson Georges and Mark...

October 12, 2016

Study Guides to Training Videos

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

October 04, 2016

What LGBT Teaches the Church about Shame (Part 3)

This post concludes the series by giving three suggestions to apply the observations made in...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

What LGBT Teaches the Church about Shame (Part 2)

This post highlights a few observations that will help the church use honor & shame...

September 28, 2016

What LGBT Teaches the Church about Shame (Part 1)

If the LGBT movement has anything, it’s an ironic sense of shame. I’m not talking...

September 06, 2016

If you give praise, you and they will lose face.

Working in strong honor-shame cultures should make us rethink assumptions about leading others. For example,...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

Honor and Shame in the Bible (intro video)

Here's the 4th installment in my ongoing video series. This training video explains various ways...

August 30, 2016

Recent Insights into Chinese Culture

Two recent articles well illustrate some important dynamics within contemporary Chinese culture. They further show...

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...

July 2016

July 21, 2016

Understanding Honor and Shame (Training Video)

This short video explains the meaning of “honor and shame,” highlighting key themes are mark...

July 20, 2016

Honor among Southern Evangelicals

How did honor shape evangelicalism in the American south before the civil war? Robert Elder...

July 13, 2016

How the West shames the rest

People wonder why the rest of the world gets angry at Western countries. In the...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

Philo says honor is the reason for the sacrifices

I’m preparing a course called Theology of the Atonement. In the process, I read the...

May 03, 2016

Global Insights for Ministry in Honor-Shame Contexts

Recently visionSynergy and HonorShame.com facilitated a global online conversation about ministering and leading in honor-shame...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

My podcast interview now available

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of being interviewed with Nick Peters, who runs...

April 21, 2016

“Does the Plan of Salvation Make Disciples?” (Infographic)

A number of people have expressed interest in the discussion (from last week's post) concerning...