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July 2017

July 11, 2017

How does the Bible contextualize the gospel? (Session 2 Training Video)

Here is SESSION TWO of 4 training videos I will release this summer. Below, you'll find...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

Reinterpreting Contextualization (Session 1 Training Video)

In the coming weeks, I will release 4 full length training videos. The audio comes...

June 07, 2017

Should Missionaries Adopt Warriors’ “Run and Gun” Offense?

What can Golden State Warriors teach missionaries? A lot.

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Reflections on the Reformation 500 and the Gospel Conference

Over four-thousand Chinese leaders and mission workers from around the world recently met in Hong...

May 24, 2017

How Metaphors Make Us Moral

“Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.” Arguably, John...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Newest “mission and culture” book reviews in Themelios

Themelios just published its April 2017 issue. The assortment of book reviews concerning mission and culture are excellent....

March 2017

March 08, 2017

How Story Structure Can Clarify Ideas

“Story” is an extremely useful tool for clarifying our key ideas and bringing focus to...

March 01, 2017

Individualism with “Chinese Characteristics”?

“Traditional” views of Chinese culture as so Qing dynasty. That’s what Danny Hsu argues in...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Let Us NOT Praise Famous Men: Success in Ministry

Today's guest post comes from ANDREW T. KAISER, PhD, author of Voices from the Past...

February 08, 2017

Contextualize. Don’t Merely Evangelize.

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

February 07, 2017

Educated Chinese Christians and Wang Mingdao’s Popular Theology

Why do educated Chinese Christians both believe and leave the church? And does Wang Mingdao's...

January 2017

January 25, 2017

Creativity in Ministry

Who knew Pixar had so much to teach pastors and missionaries?

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...

December 2016

December 08, 2016

Interesting stuff in Themelios (Dec 2016)

This month’s Themelios has multiple interesting articles and reviews of noteworthy books. I was fortunately...

November 2016

November 16, 2016

Thank God for “White Privilege” in Missions?

Someone asked me to speak more directly to the issue of “white privilege.” Previously, I...

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 20, 2016

“White privilege” in missions. Really?

My aunt is attracted black men. That means I now have two black cousins related...

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...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

The Latest Issue of Themelios (August 2016)

Here are a few highlights from the latest issue of Themelios for those interested on...

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...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

The Ethics of Missionary Strategy

Do you have an ethical ministry strategy? I’m guessing most people have never asked this...

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 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 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 29, 2016

Evangelism or “Elevator Pitch”?

What's the distinction between evangelism and an elevator pitch? If you look at how we actually...