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April 2025

April 29, 2025

Why Egalitarians Can Stay in a Complementarian Church

If you’re convinced the Bible affirms women preaching and leading, what do you do when...

March 2024

March 19, 2024

When Cultural Identity Becomes Sacred

In contemporary American society, a striking phenomenon has emerged: the sacralization of culture and cultural...

October 2023

October 17, 2023

Paul’s Contextualization of Artemis for the Ephesians

Sandra Glahn's Nobody's Mother demonstrates how Paul uses Artemis to contextualize his message for the...

June 2023

June 06, 2023

The Unforgivable Sin? Rejecting the Sign of the New Covenant

Jesus says one sin is unforgivable— blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. In general, commentators are...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

The IMB and SBC must lose face to give God face

When I wrote the post explaining why I left the SBC and IMB, I intended...

April 2021

April 27, 2021

Yes, we stereotype. So now what?

In America, “Don’t label me!” is the constant refrain. Outside of the West (especially North...

January 2017

January 10, 2017

Recapping significant events in China during 2016

ChinaSource recently listed a number of things happening in China during 2016 that have...

December 2016

December 21, 2016

“The Spirit Didn’t Move”: Passion Conference Scandalized

If you haven't read The Babylon Bee, you can fix that by clicking here. For...

November 2016

November 17, 2016

The Gospel of the Kingdom (video)

In light of the recent election, I can think of few videos more fitting to...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

It’s okay to cry. You’re a Christian.

Being a pastor is hard. Crossing a culture as a missionary is hard. Being a...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

Man digs well 40 days after wife shamed

This is a great read on multiple levels. The article is titled "Man Digs...

May 10, 2016

3 reasons to read Themelios this month

Here are three reasons to check out the most recent issue of Themelios (an academic...

February 2016

February 23, 2016

Responding to Grace in Romans

Some people have concerns about the content of my previous post. Building on John Barclay’s...

December 2015

December 10, 2015

Another review of “Saving God’s Face”!

Albeit late, I recently found out that the Southeastern Theological Review included a book review...

October 2015

October 22, 2015

Will I see you at ETS 2015?

I look forward to attending ETS and SBL 2015 next month! I hope to connect...

October 20, 2015

More tips for teaching theology in Chinese

This post gives a number of suggestions for learning and teaching theological concepts in Chinese....

October 15, 2015

3 Tips for Teaching Theology in Chinese (and other languages)

Practically speaking, how can people learn and teach theological ideas in Chinese (or any other...

October 07, 2015

Pastor Centered Chinese Churches

What image comes to mind when you think of a Chinese pastor? Meek and mild?...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

Is this the gospel?

What do think? Is this the gospel?

September 17, 2015

Congrats to the 3rd and final winner

Congratulations to Sharon Walraven! She has won the third and final drawing of the month...

September 11, 2015

Week 2 Winner is…. Are you the next one?

We have a winner to the Week 2 book giveaway! Congrats to Caleb Spindler, who...

September 10, 2015

What Magic Teaches Us About Contextualization

This video is so beautifully relevant for understanding what it takes to do contextualization. This...

September 03, 2015

Last chance to get free stuff

This is the third and final week I'll be giving away free books. This week,...

September 01, 2015

Week 1 winner. Week 2?

The winner from week one's book giveaway is hquach, who signed up to receive blog...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Early reviews of “One Gospel for All Nations”

It's great to see a few early reviews of "One Gospel for All Nations." If...

August 27, 2015

Giving Away More Books!

Last week, I celebrated my move to Patheos by giving away books. I'll announce the...

August 27, 2015

EMQ offers “How Would Jesus Tell It?”

The kind folks at EMQ (Evangelical Missions Quarterly) have just made available for free my...

August 23, 2015

A Few Interesting China Articles

Joann Pittman always has great posts with insights into Chinese culture. Here are a few...

August 20, 2015

I’m giving away books on Patheos

To celebrate my move to Patheos, I'm giving away books!! After a week, I'll draw...

August 17, 2015

Video of Tianjin Explosion

The video below was posted on "WeChat" (微信) by someone who was about 2 km...