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July 2022

July 05, 2022

Chinese Christians Have Faith in the Wilderness. Will We?

We made the heart-wrenching decision to close the China chapter of our lives. Twenty years...

June 2022

June 21, 2022

Shame and Status in Centered Set Churches

The previous posts explained the differences between bounded-set churches, fuzzy-set churches, and center-set churches. Reviewing...

May 2022

May 10, 2022

Three Implications of Not Having Paul’s Missionary Motive

Missions is always a cooperative partnership. Which means the solution to dependency isn’t independence. It’s...

May 03, 2022

How Honor Motivates Mission Strategy

Paul is worried about the quality of his ministry. This concern trumps the modern fixation...

March 2022

March 08, 2022

The Cost and Reward of People Movements

As a missions community, we’re ready to strike gold. But we’re poorly equipped for the...

February 2022

February 22, 2022

Bigger, Better, and Faster Are Not Essential for Church Planting

While I can't entirely explain the problem, the solution has to place less emphasis on...

May 2021

May 04, 2021

Civility is a Life and Death Issue

Over the past number of years, incivility has destroyed friendships. It has divided families and...

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...

April 22, 2021

Interesting Article and Reviews in Themelios

The most recent issue of Themelios (April 2021) contains an article and several book reviews...

April 20, 2021

Separating for the Sake of Church Unity

Winsome Conviction opens with a provocative statement: “there are times when the best way to...

April 13, 2021

Argument Culture, Not Conviction, Threatens the Church

Without understanding how to disagree well, the church will never have unity, just mere conformity....

December 2020

December 22, 2020

New and Noteworthy Articles and Reviews

If you can’t read everything (and you can’t), then read book reviews instead. This is...

June 2020

June 18, 2020

JETS reviews Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes

The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society has reviewed Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes. The...

January 2020

January 29, 2020

Review of Ministering in Patronage Cultures

In this post, we take a closer look at Jayson Georges' Ministering in Patronage Cultures:...

December 2018

December 18, 2018

Book Reviews in this month’s issue of Themelios (Dec 2018)

We can not read every book that we’d like to read. That is why we...

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....

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...

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...

April 2016

April 07, 2016

Missiology and EMQ Review “One Gospel for All Nations”

It's a exciting month for One Gospel for All Nations. EMQ and Missiology: An International...