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January 2014

January 30, 2014

What to do if they don't know Greek or Hebrew

What should we do when Chinese believers don't know Greek or Hebrew? In the last...

January 22, 2014

What is the "Context" of Scripture?

Studying context is the single most important step in the interpretation process. If so, we...

January 16, 2014

When You Only Have a Bible: Explain It (Step 5)

What do we do after we’ve restated a text, given our impressions, examined the context,...

January 14, 2014

My Latest Article on Romans Now Published in JETS

My most recent article on Romans is now published! It is titled, “PAUL WRITES TO...

January 07, 2014

When You Only Have a Bible: Context and Questions (Steps 3 and 4)

Previously, I introduced a method of interpretation that anyone could use, even when the only...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Interpreting Scripture When You Only Have a Bible (Steps 1 and 2)

Practically speaking, how do we interpret the Bible when we only have the Bible? This...

December 23, 2013

What Theologians Are Saying About the Glory of God

Here is just one more little contribution to the bigger argument that glory, honor, and...

December 17, 2013

"What does the text mean?" and other unhelpful questions

If we want to find the meaning of a biblical text, what things are not...

December 10, 2013

How Do We Interpret the Bible? (a new series)

How do we interpret the Bible when we only have the Bible? This means...no commentaries,...

December 03, 2013

Assuming to know what the fox says

In the previous post, I asked a question people have been asking, "What does the...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

What does the fox say…about the gospel?

Are you one of the 100+ million people who've seen this video? I know...

November 20, 2013

How "Western" Theology Shapes "Eastern" Evangelism

Traditional western theology may not be wrong, but it also may not be as helpful...

November 14, 2013

Jesus Preached a Chinese Gospel

My previous post, examined the story of the rich, younger ruler (Mark 10:17–30). I suggested...

October 2013

October 24, 2013

A Chinese Perspective on Justification

How would I outline a Chinese perspective of justification? I could write a book on...

October 22, 2013

Theology is Like Making a Baby

In talking about justification, Paul first answers the who-question, then the how-question. That was the...

October 17, 2013

The "Old Perspective": Right Answer, Wrong Problem?

The traditional perspective on justification gives a right answer to the wrong question. As a...

October 15, 2013

The Problem of "Ascribed Righteousness"

Chinese culture may help us reconcile the "New Perspective on Paul" (NPP) and the traditional...

October 10, 2013

Can We Balance the Ying-Yang of Justification?

What do recent debates about justification have to do with China? In the last post,...

October 08, 2013

The Doctrine of Justification in a Chinese Context

How should justification influence our ministry in China? If we are concerned with sharing the...

October 03, 2013

Hitler's Rant on N. T. Wright and John Piper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M_6EuMuC4Kc Next week, I'll start a series on justification, wherein I'll suggest that Chinese culture...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

Why China Matters for Doing Theology: The Inspired Authority of Scripture

In Part 1, I said that China matters because biblical truth is at stake. Today,...

September 19, 2013

Why China Matters for Doing Theology: Biblical Truth

Why would someone need to know more about China in order to understand the Bible...

September 12, 2013

Doing Biblical Theology from Outside the Box

Ideally, we can share the biblical story orally and visually. In other words, what people...

September 10, 2013

Gathering the Nations in the New Creation

以辱为荣：Honored through Shame Jesus overturns the world’s understanding of honor and shame. When people give...

September 05, 2013

The Resurrection and Restoration of God's People

How are we to understand Christ within the grand narrative of Scripture? After all, Jesus...

September 03, 2013

Why Israel? Recovering the Bible's Forgotten Middle

This post depicts Israel within the biblical story. The summary follows the picture below. God...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

How Do We Do “Theology from a Box”?

Today, I begin to explain step by step how to tell the whole story of...

August 27, 2013

Keeping the Biblical Story Coherent and Balanced

If you would like to download the graph above, click here (a bigger picture) or...

August 22, 2013

The Biblical Story in the Context of Honor and Shame

It’s asking a lot of a single model to capture the whole biblical story in...

August 20, 2013

What Comes First? Biblical Theology or Evangelism Methods?

Although many can recite a set evangelistic presentation, fewer people could comfortably make sense of...