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April 2016

April 13, 2016

5 Problems with the “Plan of Salvation” in China (and other Honor-Shame Cultures)

From an honor-shame perspective, the “Plan of Salvation” (POS) has a number of problems. By...

April 12, 2016

Has Orality Been Taken Too Far?

There is an interesting dialogue in the newest issue of EMQ. The article is titled,...

March 2016

March 23, 2016

3 Types of Missionary Perspectives

Among missionaries, there are at least three common ministry perspectives. Each perspective has a different...

March 02, 2016

Doing Missions by Darwinian Evolution

If certain missionary methods have no biblical precedent, then why do they multiply so rapidly?...

February 2016

February 04, 2016

Does the “Plan of Salvation” Make Disciples?

Thanks to Asian Missions Advance, who have published my latest article in its Jan 2016...

January 2016

January 25, 2016

Beware of Ministry Fragilistas

When it comes to leadership in ministry (particularly among missionaries), one sees a few types...

January 18, 2016

Define “worship”, not “god”

Justin Taylor probably has the most helpful post I've seen yet about the Wheaton controversy...

January 13, 2016

Interview with Christine Dillon (Part 2)

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

January 05, 2016

Interview with Christine Dillon (Part 1)

Today, I interview Christine Dillon, a church planter in Taiwan with OMF International. We talk...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Two Advantages of Storying in Honor-Shame Cultures

Today's post comes from guest blogger Christine Dillon, a church planter in Taiwan with OMF International....

December 29, 2015

Giving a Preview of the Kingdom

Here's a short video interviewing my friend and doctoral supervisor, Bruce Ashford, about his recent...

December 16, 2015

We marry better than we evangelize

Suppose you are a single 20-something. Your friends tell you about a woman named Jesse,...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

Great Commission Quotes

What quotes would you add?

October 2015

October 06, 2015

The Exodus as God’s “People Planting Movement”

In Exodus, God catalyzes a “people planting movement.” This differs from “disciple making movements” or...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

Contextualization is about empathy

Contextualization is about empathy, being able to see the world from another person's perspective. Don't...

July 15, 2015

Measuring the “Success” of Contextualization

Let’s face it–– missionaries tend to care a lot about numbers. Whether we’re talking about...

July 14, 2015

“One Gospel for All Nations” is here!!

MY NEWEST BOOK IS NOW READY!! It is titled One Gospel for All Nations: A...

July 08, 2015

Is our ministry “effective”?

When assessing various methods of ministry, one of the early questions people have is this:...

July 07, 2015

July Issue of Global Missiology is Here!

Doug Coleman and I had the privilege of co-editing this month's issue of Global Missiology. ...

July 01, 2015

Hoarding Theological Training?

Training Leaders International posted a great video by Richard Pratt, an Old Testament professor at...

May 2015

May 20, 2015

Finding Honor-Shame in UPG Cultures

A lot has been written about how honor and shame influence large cultures, whether Chinese,...

May 13, 2015

4 Keys to Evangelism in Honor-Shame Cultures

(This post originally appeared on Ed Stetzer’s blog The Exchange) I’ll never forget when an...

May 11, 2015

Missiology reviews "Lost World of Adam and Eve"

A few months ago, I ran a series reviewing and applying John Walton's book The...

May 08, 2015

Links corrected to Chinese resources

I was informed that a number of my links to Chinese resources were broken or...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

Introducing "The Promises of God"

Gospel presentations have a disproportionate influence on the way people afterwards read the Bible. Therefore,...

April 22, 2015

TWO new gospel presentations!

Practical. Contextualization. Some people think those words don’t belong together. My newest book will be...

April 16, 2015

My new site for ministry resources in Chinese!

I'm thrilled to announce that I have started a separate website specifically for Chinese readers....

April 08, 2015

Thoughts on David Garrison’s reply to my article on CPMs

Last October (2014), Global Missiology published two articles I wrote concerning Church Planting Movements (CPMs)....

April 02, 2015

An Emergency Landing (a joke)

Here is a joke that's been circulating on 微信 (WeChat). One of our Chinese friends...

April 01, 2015

What’s the Difference Between “Contextualization” and . . . ?

I sometimes get asked to distinguish a few key missiological terms. These words often appear...